Archive for July, 2009
Classic Post: Duets with, er, yourself
Yazan: Jason | 28 July 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: bass, bass humor, bass videos
Several people at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention remarked to me that their all-time favorite video on the blog was the “Duets” video featuring a bassist wearing, off all things, a Santa hat (!), and demonstrating quite an innovative bowing technique… http://doublebassblog.org/2008/01/duets-with-er-yourself.html
Babble babble goes the conductor
Yazan: Jason | 27 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: blogging
A recent post from Michael Hovnanian (Chicago Symphony, DePaul University, Discordia Music, and a Contrabass Conversations guest as well) reminded me of a post I wrote a while back called The Babbling Conductor. I wonder if the conductor I referenced (albeit in a roundabout way) ever found out about my post… Michael’s post on wordy [...]
CBC 131: Jiri Slavik interview
Yazan: Jason | 26 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, jazz improvisation, Uncategorized
We’re featuring an interview with double bassist Jiri Slavik on Contrabass Conversations this week. Jiri is an extremely accomplished bassist in both jazz and classical styles, as you can see from his biography below, and he gave a truly mesmerizing performance at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention. This interview took place just as [...]
CBC 130: P. Kellach Waddle interview
Yazan: Jason | 25 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations
We’re featuring composer and bassist P. Kellach Waddle on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. Actually, we have chatted about doing an interview since 2007, and we got a chance to do so at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention. P. Kellach Waddle has had a great deal of recognition as a composer, and he [...]
Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – CEMC – Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) – Sonata in G-major
Yazan: Phillip Serna | 24 July 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, performances, Phillip Serna, podcasting, videos
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