Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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DBB.org regular contributor Benjy sent me a link to this very fun video featuring Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray pantomiming an argument with the first movement of Beethoven’s 5th symphony as a soundtrack. Sid Ceaser was a live sketch comedy pioneer in the 1950s with his sitcoms Your Show of Shows and Ceaser’s [...]

My wife got in an accident in this slippery weather. Sometimes I really hate this city. Especially in the winter. #
Hanging out with Courtney and the cats. #
Posted ‘Guy Tuneh performs Mendelssohn Sextet mvt 1′ to blip.tv: http://blip.tv/file/523900 #
Trying to stay warm in frigid temperatures. #
Just blogged a new video from Guy [...]

Matt Wengerd, one of my very first bass blogger contacts back in 2006, recently overhauled his blog, and it really looks great.  Matt’s blog is essential reading if you’re a bassist.  He’s got tons of great content for bassists of all specialties, but if you’re a jazzer then his blog will be of particular interest [...]

Guy Tuneh, the wonderful bassist whom we have featured numerous times on DBB.org and Contrabass Conversations, recently performed the Mendelssohn Sextet in D Major with Villa Musica. This live performance shows off Mr. Tuneh’s dynamic double bass playing in a chamber music setting. Visit Guy Tuneh online at www.guytuneh.com, check out his Contrabass [...]

Here are some stories that have caught my attention this past week.  Most of them could use a blog post all their own, but I seem to be spending all my time digging my car out of snowbanks these days, so these links will have to do:

Danny Newman: 1919-2007 - This legendary promoter for the [...]

It finally happened.  I had just wrapped up a great interview with Justin Locke a couple of weeks ago, and I went to click the ’save’ button on HotRecorder, the program I use to record podcast interviews.  Well, HotRecorder wasn’t so hot that day.
Click.
Nothing.
Click.
Nothing.
No!  I had lost the recording (miraculously, I managed to save the [...]

I just discovered that there is a mirror site on LiveJournal for DoubleBassBlog.org.  It’s basically an RSS link of all the posts here.  I think that this is cool–thanks to whoever set this up!  Check it out here:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/dbl_bass_blog/

We’re in the middle of a big snowstorm here in Chicago. Had quite a hairy drive home! #
Putting the finishing touches on our final Lawrence Hurst interview segment. #
Heading for bed after installing some awesome new blog plugins. #
Dragged out of bed early by cats. #
Impressed by how much faster my blog loads after [...]

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We’ve gotten slammed here in Chicago with the first really big snowfall of the season.  This kind of thing used to strike terror into my very core as I envisioned the slipping and sliding that I would be doing on rural Wisconsin back roads, commuting hundreds of miles between disparate locations in the frozen and [...]