Archive for October, 2009

CBC 143: Jeff Weisner interview

Yazan: Jason | 24 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, education

This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with National Symphony bassist and Peabody Conservatory faculty member Jeff Weisner. In addition to performing and teaching, Jeff is a prolific blogger, writing about all kinds of subjects on PeabodyDoubleBass. Jeff also cross-posts many of these posts on doublebassblog.org, adding his own perspective and enhancing this site. [...]

Doublebassscore – Bottesini Concerto No. 2 Mvt. 2

Yazan: Jason | 23 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

More great content from the Doublebassscore YouTube channel: -Ludwig Streicher, bassist Thanks to John Grillo for pointing this out to me!

Doublebassscore – Bottesini Concerto No. 2 Mvt. 1

Yazan: Jason | 22 October 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos

More great content from the Doublebassscore YouTube channel: -Ludwig Streicher, bassist Thanks to John Grillo for pointing this out to me!

Steve LaSpina performs Oleo

Yazan: Jason | 21 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

The String Emporium (they are sponsors for both the blog and the podcast) has recently posted a set of high quality videos featuring performances from notable bassists on instruments available at the String Emporium. In the following video, jazz bassist Steve LaSpina (a previous Contrabass Conversations video guest) performs Oleo. The following details are from [...]

Steve LaSpina performs Blueswalk

Yazan: Jason | 20 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

The String Emporium (they are sponsors for both the blog and the podcast) has recently posted a set of high quality videos featuring performances from notable bassists on instruments available at the String Emporium. In the following video, jazz bassist Steve LaSpina (a previous Contrabass Conversations video guest) performs a tune called Blueswalk. The following [...]

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