Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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Double bassist Jacque Harper recently sent me a link to Stuff On My Cat, one of the greatest cat websites out there. I’ve loved looking at this website for a long time. Non-cat lovers may not realize that when a cat is sleepy, they often become totally unconcerned with what their human is doing [...]

In an ongoing attempt to improve the usefulness of this site, I am going to add a page listing basses, bows, and other gear for sale from bass players. If you are interested in having any instruments or other gear listed on this page you can e-mail me or leave a comment on [...]

Not bass-related, not music-related, not even cat-related….but it is still a whole lot of fun. Check out this video. If you haven’t seen Ask a Ninja before, you’re in for a treat. If you have, you’ll really love this one.

I just sat in on a great workshop that Latin percussionist Sammie Torres gave at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. Sammie, along with his good friend and musical compatriot Rick Castenedo, talked about the different heritages from which Afro-Cuban music originated and how the melding of indigenous cultures, African music, and European music [...]

This is a post from double bassist from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music student Nicholas Hart. Nick will be contributing weekly posts to the bass blog about life as a music student in one of the nation’s most exclusive programs. I think readers will find this different perspective on the double bass world and the music [...]

Check out this video of the incomparable Stanley Clarke playing an extended upright bass solo. Especially funny are the old fogies in the audience seen imitating his upright slap style. This video is great!

This episode of Contrabass Conversations features an interview with composer Bjorn Berkhout. Bjorn has written extensively for the double bass, and he has some great insight into the particular challenges of writing for this instrument. Several excerpts of Bjorn’s music appear throughout the episode. Bjorn’s double bass music can be ordered from [...]

Dark Roasted Blend recently did a post about unusual musical scores which I found very interesting. Check out their complete post for more of these images.

Here is a clip of the iconoclastic and brilliant Glenn Gould playing some Bach. He is singing along quite prominently in this clip.

My friend and IRIS Chamber Orchestra pianist Josh Nemith just started a blog for pianists. So far he has a lot of information about local Cincinnati piano resources as well as a post about the New World Symphony. Josh was the New World Symphony pianist for two seasons, and he currently does a [...]