Archive for May, 2010
Brahms 1 with the Berlin Philharmonic
Yazan: Jason | 31 May 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: performances, videos
Check out this clip from the Berlin Philharmonic with Simon Rattle at the helm. Does orchestra playing get any better than this? Check out the last couple of moments in this clip (from the last movement), where the whole orchestra is coming in on the “and” of beats one and three… then notice how long [...]
Edicson Ruiz performs Preludio e Fuga by Heinz Hollinger
Yazan: Jason | 28 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, bass videos
Here’s a vid of a new piece for solo double bass (in Viennese tuning, no less!) by Heinz Holliger and written for Venezuelan bassist Edicson Ruiz. Talk about a wild piece! Prelude e Fuga for Solo Doublebass in the Vienese Tuning written in 2010 for Edioson Ruiz I checked this out through the International Society [...]
Stanford Jazz Workshop this summer
Yazan: Jason | 27 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, events
More cool stuff to do this summer–now’s the time of year when this news starts really piling up in my blog inbox. It’s from the International Society of Bassists E-Bass Line. You’re an ISB member, aren’t you? If not, join! Here’s the link. Study and play with leading jazz bassists in the industry at Stanford [...]
Joel Quarrington wins 2010 Juno Award
Yazan: Jason | 26 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, ISB
Cool news from the International Society of Bassists E-Bass Line. You’re an ISB member, aren’t you? If not, join! Here’s the link. Congratulations to Joel Quarrington, principal bass with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, who has won the 2010 Juno Award for Garden Scene in the “Classical Album of the Year: Solo [...]
A Tax Form for the Marginally Employed – NYTimes.com
Yazan: Jason | 25 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: freelancing
Jeremy Baguyos, the double bass professor at the University of Nabraska-Omaha, sent me a link to the following story that the NY Times put out back in April. It (somewhat depressingly) sums up my former career: A Tax Form for the Marginally Employed – NYTimes.com
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