CBC 89: An Afternoon With Gary Karr


 
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We’re featuring Gary Karr, one of the all-time most influential double bassists, on Contrabass Conversations today. Hearing Gary Karr on record was a defining experience for me in my youth (as was the case for bassists worldwide), and hearing him live remains one of my most memorable double bass performances of all time.

The complete audio version of this video is available through the media player at contrabasssconversations.com (at the top of this post) and through the podcast feed for subscribers. You can watch the complete video below (1 hr 40 min) or download it through the following link:

This video is a magnificent tribute to Gary Karr. University of Washington bass professor Barry Lieberman interviews Gary as they listen (along with an enthusiastic audience) to recordings from various stages of Barry’s career. The video concludes with a performance from Gary and pianist Harmon Lewis, a rare treat from this retired duo.

Lear more about Gary Karr at his website garykarr.com, and learn more about Barry Lieberman and his project featuring arrangements of great chamber music that include the double bass at theamericanstringproject.com. We’ll also be releasing this complete video in segments on YouTube, so feel free to search for it there as well. Enjoy, and stay tuned next week for the first segment of our interview with Barry Lieberman, which will feature performances from The American String Project.

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9 Responses to “CBC 89: An Afternoon With Gary Karr”

  1. vito on July 26th, 2008 11:05 am

    Dear Jason,
    a very beautiful interview. BRAVO.

    Vito (Italy)

  2. vito on July 29th, 2008 7:52 am

    Hi Jason!
    Don’t work a lot! Naturally my italian “BRAVO” goes expecially to maestro Lieberman. In the 2xbasslist someone has said that “this is a piece of history about Gary Karr”. And it’s true!
    Just another little thing :-) ! “If Mr. Ruiz moves all the body and instrument to make Music, Karr in his history has moved only his eyes”.

    Ciao Jason.

  3. Paolo on February 19th, 2009 6:26 pm

    :grin: No doubt:Gary is n.1

  4. Charlie Atwell on May 3rd, 2009 9:48 pm

    Thank you for hosting this video. I made this for Barry Lieberman and he pointed me to your website. I appreciate that you have maintain quality while moving it the web. It looks great.

    Thanks, Charlie

  5. CBC 139: The American String Project : Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog on September 26th, 2009 6:01 am

    [...] of our most popular offerings on Contrabass Conversations since its inception has been Barry’s interview with Gary Karr for his Barry Lieberman and Friends series at the University of Washington. You’re in for a [...]

  6. Contrabass Conversations | CBC 139: The American String Project on September 26th, 2009 6:04 am

    [...] of our most popular offerings on Contrabass Conversations since its inception has been Barry’s interview with Gary Karr for his Barry Lieberman and Friends series at the University of Washington. You’re in for a [...]

  7. jezus on October 1st, 2009 5:12 pm

    God is with us!

  8. YouTube – Gary Karr, Han Han Cho, Harmon Lewis: Schumann: Spring Song (Live) : Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog on October 15th, 2009 6:01 am

    [...] following video features Gary Karr (check out An Afternoon with Gary Karr for the ultimate retrospective on this great artist) performing Schumann’s Spring Song with [...]

  9. Gary Karr interview in Seattle this weekend : Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog on November 13th, 2009 5:25 pm

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