Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

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The following is a short excerpt from the E-Bass Line Newsletter from the International Society of Bassists. Receiving this newsletter each month is one of the many benefits for ISB members, including special rates on instrument insurance, the excellent journal Bass World, the paper edition of the Bass Line, and much more! Check out [...]

Double bassist Vito Liuzzi sent me a link to this excellent performance of the Rossini Duetto featuring the incomparable bassist Franco Petracchi with Italian cellist Vittorio Ceccanti:

The following is a short excerpt from the E-Bass Line Newsletter from the International Society of Bassists. Receiving this newsletter each month is one of the many benefits for ISB members, including special rates on instrument insurance, the excellent journal Bass World, the paper edition of the Bass Line, and much more! Check out the [...]

I just discovered a new site called Behind the Notes through a recent article in Bass Musician Magazine. This site offers a variety of interviews with what on first glance appear to be mostly jazz artists. It’s a premium content site with some free content as well, and though it only offers a few features [...]

We’re taking a much needed week off from Contrabass Conversations–the first one since the podcast started in January of 2007! We’ll be back next week with an episode featuring the outstanding bassist DaXun Zhang. Stay tuned, and have a great final few weeks of summer!

I have been getting a lot of e-mail recently that follows these general lines:
Dear,
Good day to you over there,i am Mr Lily James I want a PrivateTeacher for my son (Josy James), I got your advert while searching for Private Teacher through the internet and I really want my son to be taught by you. [...]

The following is a short excerpt from the E-Bass Line Newsletter from the International Society of Bassists. Receiving this newsletter each month is one of the many benefits for ISB members, including special rates on instrument insurance, the excellent journal Bass World, the paper edition of the Bass Line, and much more! Check out the [...]

After featuring Barry Lieberman and his beautiful Maggini on Contrabass Conversations these past few weeks, I thought that it would be a good idea to show folks a picture of this magnificent instrument. This photo comes from Barry’s first tour with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Check out part 2 of our interview to hear how [...]

We have been fortunate enough to have some of the industry’s most influential jazz bassists on the Contrabass Conversations podcast. From Chicago bassist Eric Hochberg to University of North Texas bassist Lynn Seaton, we’ve been able to get some great podcast interviews with these great artists.
As mentioned before in these “best of” features, we have [...]

The following is a short excerpt from the E-Bass Line Newsletter from the International Society of Bassists. Receiving this newsletter each month is one of the many benefits for ISB members, including special rates on instrument insurance, the excellent journal Bass World, the paper edition of the Bass Line, and much more! Check out the [...]