Commemorate the New Year with Guy Tuneh on Contrabass Conversations
We’re offering a one-of-a-kind treat for podcast listeners out there this New Year’s Day. Guy Tuneh, the marvelous double bass virtuoso who has made many appearances on the blog and podcast in the past, has asked me to release this complete and unedited recording of him performing Bruch’s Kol Nidrei for a very special concert. Double bassist Radu Mantu did an audio recording of Guy Tuneh performing on a borrowed bass for children with terminal illnesses, and this emotionally powerful experience is something that Guy Tuneh would like to offer up in commemoration of the new year.
After speaking with Mr. Tuneh a few days ago, we agreed that it would be fitting for him to offer up a few words wishing listeners all the best for the new year, so this episode will open up with a few sentences from him.
This is the only complete performance of a musical work that Guy Tuneh has made available to the public on the Internet.
25 December 2009, 6:04 pm
Woww,
Wonderful isn’t it!
After so long time of waiting, live and complete performance, I can’t wait any more!
like every time, holding the time with his work
and now even stronger and for children, great!
Thanks Jason!
(Jason just make sure that downloading of this recordering would be makeable.)
25 December 2009, 6:17 pm
God bless you!
Like always – touching my heart.
So nice that this caliber of talent does something like this for other people and NOT just being narcissist like some of the musicians can be.
Great, I’m going to be there when this post will be out!
25 December 2009, 7:00 pm
Thank you very much Jason Heath!
We are all very excited about that, first time that Guy Tuneh gives us more than just a sample, living us with taste of more and with dedication to us;
Wowww!!!!
That this coming available to the public, nothing of this would be without the GREAT help of the one and only Guy Tuneh and You!.
He made us all so excited and gave us a positive energy to believe in, some of us will start to play the bass or to start to make music.
New things to believe in for people like us ist more than Gold and making our life much more nice!!!!.
We all going to be there to hear this rare and very very special recordering.
Mr. Tuneh is on his way to Berlin so I don’t know if he got this post but I will inform him, imagine, he was sending me an email before some days ago saying:
“Dear Radu, I hope you like surprises…”
I wasn’t sure what was in his mind…
Thank you very much Jason, You and Mr. Tuneh did something very special for us, Thanks!
R.M. from Paris
25 December 2009, 7:16 pm
I was looking for “Kol Nidrei” by Guy Tuneh in Youtube the last days but without to find.
Not a short clip of and not a long klip of, so, now I know and hope that his Kol Nidrei will be out again!
BRAVO what a heart! & how come Mr. Tuneh is the first Bass-Caliber to do sometning nobel like this?
However always a head and always with piece of his heart.
All the best to the kids and happy new year as well.
25 December 2009, 7:22 pm
As long as he doesn’t start to throw basses out of the window…
Radu, I wish you and all of your friends all the best!
25 December 2009, 7:31 pm
Für mich, war er immer Symbol für so was wie
herzergreifend und herzerwärmender Mensch.
L.G – Peter.
25 December 2009, 7:56 pm
About the date of posting this recordering, Can you be more precise?
25 December 2009, 8:22 pm
NOBEL & 1 of a kind like always, but the date and hour of this upcoming additional contribution??
26 December 2009, 3:28 am
Is it possible to have more infos about those children?
26 December 2009, 3:59 am
I’m not a big fan of Mr. Tuneh (he is a wonderful player but not my gusto), but as a person there is alot to learn from him.
Best wishes to you to!
26 December 2009, 4:10 am
Its Great to have the chance to hear him complete, Tuneh is known as a live ferformer, as someone who just dont believe in studio-work.
I’m curious to hear his rendition from A to Z.
26 December 2009, 4:17 am
What a nice way to start the day!
Some kicking bass out of the window and some give
us a bless!
26 December 2009, 4:31 am
thank you Maestro.
26 December 2009, 8:03 am
God be with you!
26 December 2009, 9:46 am
Dear Jason,
thanks a lot for your work with this marvellous Blog about the our so loved instrument: the Double Bass.
My best bass regards also for maestro Tuneh and for inspired mood to make classical music.
Well, Jason, my best reagards and an happy new year to all doublebass community. Remembering that our instrument has had the most development among the strings.
All my best
vl
26 December 2009, 9:48 am
Keep on going that way!
26 December 2009, 1:04 pm
Nice.
26 December 2009, 3:35 pm
Its like with wine, with the years its better!
A lot to learn from Guy!
27 December 2009, 1:23 am
God bless you all!
Dear Maestro Tuneh, the power to make other people happy is something very special and these days also very rare to do, so take care and just keep on doing it, I’ll be there to hear your playing and your bless.
All best for you
27 December 2009, 1:50 am
Astonishing, Guy Tuneh is always up to something but never staying to collect the credit.
Even this time, no pictures of “I’m great and I love charity”, no wind about it, no pictures with the children with him in the center & so on.
Even this picture of him is old (like Jason took it from his Databank or something). Well, my teacher would make a big “I’m just amazing party” from this kind of “event” and use it for PR.
Guy Tuneh is just doing the things quietly, but more than that, its Amazing how much he can give from himself and stil staying on the ground and a human-been.
It make me to thing more deeply about my actions…!
Recpect and happy new year as well!
27 December 2009, 6:05 pm
One of the finest Contrabass-players alive today (if not the finest one).
28 December 2009, 3:20 am
Where is his Kol Nidrei in You Tube??
29 December 2009, 6:32 am
NOBEL like alway!
29 December 2009, 6:38 pm
Cool, I wrote some days ago a comment to Mr. Tuneh’s video of kol nideri in youtube, why is it
so short… (however no replay from him).
Great to know!
30 December 2009, 4:28 am
But no Video.
What about the recordering?
Are you going to post it later?
30 December 2009, 7:48 am
I don’t understand, why doesn’t he release a CD?
30 December 2009, 8:08 am
This bassist ist phenomenal!
You have bass players and some even AMAZING, and you have Guy Tuneh, one of a kind!
No one play like him! (to see him live is a must)
Congratulation & only the best for all!.
-Samira-
26 April 2010, 12:37 am
some people are like Roman, Petru, Edgar, Gary, Edicson, others like Nabil, Esko, or even Janne, but no one can? even come close to the pure awesomticity that? Guy D. Tuneh possesses.