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Archive for September, 2009

CBC 137: Todd Coolman interview

Yazan: Jason | 12 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, jazz, jazz bass playing

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We’re featuring an interview with jazz bassist Todd Coolman on the podcast. This episode is guest hosted by double bassist Win Hinkle, who interviewed Rufus Reid previously for Contrabass Conversations as well. After listening to this interview, I went out and downloaded Perfect Strangers, Todd’s newest album, and I highly recommend it to listeners. Truly [...]

Charnett Moffett – Star Spangled Banner

Yazan: Jason | 12 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos

About this performance: Charnett Moffett performs his version of the Star Spangled Banner, taken from his recent release on Motema Music “The Art of Improvisation.” Details magazine gave the album 4 out of 5 stars: “One of jazzs top instrumentalists, Moffett is a hypnotic performer. Playing the upright and the electric bass and accompanied only [...]

Best of the ‘Viols in Our Schools’ GambaCast – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656) – Pavan & Alman á4

Yazan: Jason | 11 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Early Bass, Phillip Serna

Donovan Stokes: Marine Layer

Yazan: Jason | 10 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass videos

Double bassist Donovan Stokes (a former Contrabass Conversations guest) is an eclectic artist who works in a variety of musical styles. Titled Marine Layer and written by Dnovan for double bass and echoplex, the following video is representative of Donovan’s varied compositional palette and is taken from Donovan’s appearance at the 2009 International Society of [...]

Grand Rapids Symphony in peril

Yazan: Jason | 09 September 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: music news, orchestra news

I’ve been corresponding with Paul Austin, a musician with the Grand Rapids Symphony and Co-Chair of the Negotiating Committee for this orchestra and Vice President of the Regional Orchestra Players’ Association (ROPA), and organization to which my Elgin Symphony also belongs. The Grand Rapids Symphony musicians are facing an extreme situation, and at present the [...]