Milwaukee loses classical station to smooth jazz

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 shufflingClassical music disappeared from Milwaukee radio today as WFMR-FM...

Bass shot of the day

Another beautiful shot from a Maggini exhibition:Related Posts:Maggini exhibition photobeautiful Millennium Park photodemotivational postersBassfest 2007 photos and videoBass hedge from Robert Oppeltsubscribe to the blog – subscribe to the podcast

We’ve moved! Welcome to www.doublebassblog.org

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...

Auditioning at 54 – part 2

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...

Volkan Orhan performs Copland Sonata 3rd Mvt.

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.Related Posts:University of Iowa bass professor Volkan OrhanGary Karr plays...