Zardis was a master of the original New Orleans-style slap bass, easily on a par with better known and more widely recorded New Orleans slap bassist such as Pops Foster and Wellman Braud.
Zardis was a master of the original New Orleans-style slap bass, achieving both clarity of intonation and a strong perrcussive beat. His skill placed him easily on a par with farr better known New Orleans slap bassists of his era like Pops Foster and Wellman Braud.