Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Here is a video of highlights from my recent recital on Gary Karr’s former “Amati” bass:

Jazz Performances and Interviews
Victor Wooten
Wynton Marsalis
Euke Ellington: Symphony in Black
Duke Ellington Biography (16 min)
Quincy Jones Interview Part 1 (30 min)
Quincy Jones Interview Part 2 (30 min)
Quincy Jones Interview Part 3 (30 min)
Quincy Jones Interview Part 4 (30 min)
Quincy Jones Interview Part 5 (30 min)
One Handed Electric Bass Solo
Paul Chambers with Miles and Coltrane
John Coltrane Quintet with Eric Dolphy
John Coltrane Quartet - Naima
Wes Montgomery perfroming Coltrane’s “Impressions”

Classical Double Bass Performances
Edgar Meyer

Classical Performances - Other Instruments
Sviatoslav Moroz - violin (Brahms Violin Concerto with Russian State Symphony)
Wells Cunningham - cello (Paganini Caprice No. 24)
Violin/Viola Duo from Yokohama (fast forward 2 minutes to skip the talking)
Franz Liszt Symphonic Poem No.3 - Les Preludes The Symphony Orchestra of Russia

Esther Kim, violin

• Sarasate
• Mozart Violin Concerto
• Ysaye
• Tartini “Devil’s Trill” Sonata
• Dvorak Romantic Pieces Op. 75
• Saint-Saens Introdution and Rondo Cappricioso
• Mozart Violin Sonata
• Elgar Salute D’Amour
• Wieniawski Caprice No. 5
• Handel Halverson
• Bach Partita No. 3
  

Orchestral Performances
Mahler 2 with UC-Davis Symphony
Leonard Bernstein retrospective

Bass Techniques
Vibrato

Miscellaneous
Inspection of Instrument Factories in Northern China
Workshoplive.com
wacky German bass video