I’d like to welcome jazz bassist Bill Harrison to the doublebassblog.org writing staff. An active double bassist and educator, Bill is the owner of PlayJazzNow.com, the world’s only source for downloadable play-along tracks, and he maintains a blog called Jazz Underneath.
Bill is a prolific and insightful writer, and I urge readers to check out his blog. I am really happy to have him as a contributor to the Bass Blog, and I’m sure that readers will appreciate the new perspective that he brings to the site. You can check out his post Why I’m a jazz player to hear more from Bill.
Our regular contributors now include:
- Bill Harrison – PlayJazzNow.com founder, jazz bassist, and blogger
- Phillip Serna – classical bassist and educator
- Jean-Yves Bénichou – American and French bassist, member of Strasbourg Philharmonic
- Nicholas Hart – Cincinnati College-Conservatory bass student
This list doesn’t include all of the people who ave sent in links, stories, and other contributions from time to time, all of which are much appreciated!
Our Contrabass Conversations guests are all contributors as well simply through their participation in the podcast:
Guy Tuneh – double bass virtuoso soloist
Andy Anderson – Section Bass, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Weldon Anderson – former Broadway musician, avant-garde and freelance musician
Bjorn Berkhout – composer of many double bass compositions
Ira Gold – Section Bass, National Symphony Orchestra
John Grillo – Former New World Symphony member, performances with dozens of orchestras
Eric Hochberg – Chicago-area jazz musician
Michael Hovnanian – Section Bass, Chicago Symphony
Lawrence Hurst – Bass Professor, Indiana University
Rob Kassinger – Section Bass, Chicago Symphony
Kate Nettleman – Former New World Symphony member, performances with dozens of orchestras
François Rabbath – double bass solo artist and pedagogue
Greg Sarchet – Section Bass, Lyric Opera of Chicago
Phillip Serna – early music specialist, private teacher and freelance bassist
Jeff Turner – Principal Bass, Pittsburgh Symphony
Plus the following musical guest artists:
Lonnie Plaxico
Donovan Stokes
Dinah D
Fonkmasters
Terry Plumeri
Gunnelpumpers
Michael Hovnanian
Scott Worthington
Leon Bosch
Brother Love
Lascivious Biddies
Catalin Rotaru
Francois Rabbath
John Grillo
Phillip Serna
Kate Nettleman
Andy Anderson
Ira Gold
Antonin Bastian
Evan Tate
Mark Gunn
Uncle Seth
Bjorn Berkhout
David Anderson
Rob Kassinger
NYCO
Death Chariot
Peter Lawson
Eric Hochberg
DaXun Zhang
Latin Soul Syndicate
Brad Yoder
Guy Tuneh
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