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- William_Manuel_Johnson comment "William Manuel \"Bill\" Johnson (August 10, 1872 – December 3, 1972), was an American jazz musician, considered the father of the \"slap\" style of double bass playing.Johnson claimed to have started \"slapping\" the strings of his bass (a more vigorous technique than the classical pizzicato) after he accidentally broke his bow on the road with his band in northern Louisiana in the early 1910s.".