Archive for June 2007
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Orchestra of basses plays Mozart Piano Concerto
You’ll love it or you’ll hate it–check out this double bass nonet recording of a Mozart Piano Concerto slow movement, complete with piano soloist! This group has also been featured on the blog in a recording of Miloslav Gajdos Christmas tunes:
More Bass Ensemble Videos:
Gajdos bass nonet Christmas medley
Furtok double bass quartet
Blues-Style by [...]
Bass shot of the day
The Creole Quartet plays a little jazz on the Heart of Wales line in this photo en route from Swansea to Shrewsbury:
Related Posts:
Maggini exhibition photo
beautiful Millennium Park photo
demotivational posters
Bassfest 2007 photos and video
Bass hedge from Robert Oppelt
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2004 Gagnon double bass for sale
I just put out a new listing on the bass blog For Sale page that I’d like to call to people’s attention. Milwaukee-area bassist Mike Britz is selling a 2004 Gagnon double bass which is a really excellent instrument. I’ve played on several of these in the past (Lyric Opera bassist Collins Trier [...]
Luthier directory now active
I have finished laying down the groundwork for the Bass Blog Luthier Directory and am starting to add shops. This process will take a while, so expect to see a few new shops added each day. You can always e-mail me your suggestions or leave a comment on what other shops should be [...]
Who’s raking in the bread? Orchestra compensation reports from Adaptistration
Drew McManus has been puting out the 2007 Compensation Reports on his blog Adaptistration over the last several days. In this survey, International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ISCOM) and Regional Orchestra Players Association (ROPA) executive director, music director, and concertmaster compensation is analyzed against a variety of other factors, including base musician [...]
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
I stumbled upon a fascinating essay recently through Dana Boyd’s blog about how class differences manifest themselves in whether a teen chooses to use Facebook or MySpace. In it, she hypothesizes that the ‘preps’ go for Facebook while the counter-culture types go for MySpace. This is a very interesting essay (warning: some mild [...]
Audition - El Paso Symphony Assistant Principal Bass and Section Bass
El Paso Symphony bassist Jesus Apodaca alerted me to an upcoming audition for both assistant principal bass and section bass for the El Paso Symphony. Per service pay is approximately $70 per service (section) for the upcoming season. Visit the El Paso Symphony website at www.epso.org to learn more about these positions.
The El [...]
Bass shot of the day
The great Charles Mingus playing with the bow at a jazz festival. Note the lion’s head scroll on this bass. Anyone know who made this bass?
Related Posts:
Christian McBride video
Ray Brown video
Charlie Haden video
Reg Kehoe and his Marimba Queens
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Gary Karr plays Paul Mero’s Pitzi-Cats
Gary Karr’s concert performances often took camp to a new level, and nowhere is this better demonstrated than in this video of Paul Mero’s Pitzi-Cats:
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Gary Karr plays Paganini Moses Fantasy
Gary Karr plays Van Goens Scherzo
Gary Karr plays Rachmaninoff Vocalise
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Basses in jazz art paintings from Ann deLorge
Bassist and PlayJazzNow.com founder Bill Harrison just started a blog called Jazz Underneath, and it is already turning into quite a resource. One of his recent posts highlights beautiful jazz-themed paintings by New Orleans painter Ann deLorge. The work to the left is called Jazz in Red.
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