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Just what the world needs…….more smooth jazz. How about some Yanni DVDs and Kenny G albums while we’re at it?
Milwaukee loses classical music radio to fill void left by station shuffling
Classical music disappeared from Milwaukee radio today as WFMR-FM (106.9) flipped to smooth jazz.
It’s part of a chain reaction that started with WKTI-FM [...]

Another beautiful shot from a Maggini exhibition:
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Maggini exhibition photo
beautiful Millennium Park photo
demotivational posters
Bassfest 2007 photos and video
Bass hedge from Robert Oppelt

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I finally took the plunge (for the second time) and moved the bass blog to its own domain today. Long-time readers may remember me attempting this six months ago, moving the blog from jasonheath.blogspot.com to doublebassblog.com, with disastrous results (although at first I was really excited about the possibilities of this project).
I posted a [...]

This is part 2 of a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. You can read part 1 of Benjy’s post here. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic [...]

This is a live performance of Aaron Copland’s Violin Sonata 3rd Movement. This piece is transcribed for double bass and piano by Gary Karr, and is accompanied by Gaylien Chun on piano.

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University of Iowa bass professor Volkan Orhan
Gary Karr plays Rachmaninoff Vocalise
Jason plays the ‘Amati’ bass - video
Christian McBride - two bass soli
Maxim Vengerov [...]

I wrote a two-part post last summer on what to look for when purchasing a bass. I have since retooled this post into a full article and have submitted it for publication, and I’ll let readers know when and where they can find this article when it comes out.
Double bassist John Floeter put out [...]

I just stumbled upon a new bass blog by German bassist Markus Kroell. Markus blogs in German, which is not my forte, but it is a well-done blog, and I’d encourage folks to check it out. It’s always good to see more double bass blogs out there. I added this blog to [...]

Double basses at a Maggini exhibition:
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Strollin’ Down the River
The other kind of double bass
Civic Orchestra of Chicago bass section - 1998
My photos in print
Previous bass shots of the day: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

This is a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the Strasbourg Philharmonic since 1985. He studied double bass at Temple University with Edward Arian and [...]

Double bassist Peter Lloyd has been hired to teach at Northwestern University starting Fall 2007. He will be replacing double bass instructor DaXun Zhang, who has accepted a faculty position at the University of Texas-Austin. For some background on this institution, you can read my previous thoughts on the history of Northwestern University’s relationship with [...]