Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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I’ve been playing this piece by Rabbath for many years, finding it extremely effective for many different kinds of concerts.  There are a lot of different ways to interpret this piece, and I find this rendition fresh and fun:

You can also hear me play this piece in a demonstration/recital (after a bit of chatter [...]

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Gomez, originally uploaded by dinda974.
Here’s a shot of the great Eddie Gomez at work on the instrument. Even seeing a photo of him on the bass gives me a hankering [...]

This is the video version of my recent Story Time with Contrabass Conversations episode about cabs. It’s…well…..sort of a video, anyway. Check it out and see. I have taken various photos and put them together in a kind of slideshow/documentary/video podcast episode. If you’re a podcast subscriber (and if you’re not, [...]

Here’s a great video of University of Iowa double bass professor Vlkan Orhon performing Poucha Dass by François Rabbath.  I’ve always enjoyed playing this piece, and it’s great to get a chance to hear Volkan perform it.
Check out Volkan’s video performance of the Harbison Concerto here (click here to learn more about the history of [...]

Here are a few short bits from some of my favorite music blogs. You can always visit my link blog to see all the stories (both music and non-music related) that I’ve been checking out:

John Grillo discusses the IRIS Orchestra - John Grillo (a frequent collaborator for the blog and the podcast) writes about the [...]

While attempting to do some hunting around for public domain scores earlier this week, I was greeted by the following message from the IMSLP (International Music Score Library Project):
On Saturday October 13, 2007, I received a second Cease and Desist letter from Universal Edition. At first I thought this letter would be similar in [...]

We just added a new instrument to the bass blog For Sale page.  This bass is being sold by Maurice Clubb of the Pacific Northwest Ballet and Tacoma Symphony.  Check out the For Sale page for more information (plus photos) of this bass.
Here’s a neat shot of a Jim Hamm (maker of the Gary Karr [...]

We’ve featured this great tune from L’Orchestre de Contrebasses before, but it’s great to see it in this excellent live rendition.  What an excellent ensemble, and what a great example of the varied repertoire available to bass ensembles these days.  The group originally had bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons as one of its members. Check out his [...]

We just wrapped up our 10 part virtual lesson series with Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist Andy Anderson, and putting these episodes into one easy-to-use player seemed like a good idea. The player below will play the series from episode 1 through episode 10–just use the forward and back arrows to skip through the [...]

Bass blog contributor Benjy recently sent me a link to this video featuring Rinat Avisar with the Israel Kibbutz Orchestra performing the Concerto Capriccioso by Haïm Permont:

—————————————————————– Concerto Capriccioso by Haïm Permont Double Bass:  Rinat Avisar - http://www.rinatavisar.com/ (only displays well in Internet Explorer) [...]