Archive for June, 2010
bass shot of the day
Yazan: Jason | 10 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, photography
I quite like this photo from Bob Strickland, who has written in many times on all things bass. It’s titled “practice”:
new bass recordings from Kadima Collective
Yazan: Jason | 09 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Uncategorized
I’ve featured several recordings from this label in the past on Contrabass Conversations: The Kadima Triptych Series (cd/dvd/text package) devoted to documenting the work of bassists. Two titles are now available. 1. Mark Dresser: “Guts” — a solo CD + DVD documenting extended techniques. 2. Deep Tones for Peace CD + DVD (13-bass ensemble telematic [...]
3/4 Wilfer bass for sale
Yazan: Jason | 08 June 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: bass, for sale
My friend Andrew Harmon (he’s contributed to dbb.org in the past) is selling a very nice Wilfer bass:
Adventures in Student Teaching no. 543
Yazan: Jason | 07 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: crazy gig stories, education, humor
A friend of mine from my student teacher training program at DePaul once told me a painfully funny (to me, at least) story from his middle school student teaching days: A bassoonist by trade, this student teacher had been assigned to strong music program in a very posh Chicago suburb. The first week he was [...]
News from Ben Allison
Yazan: Jason | 05 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, jazz
Ben Allison was invited to teach a one-week workshop on composition and group interplay at the Siena Jazz Foundation’s International Jazz Master Program. Then he debuts a new group back in New York City at the Abrons Arts Center before heading back to Europe for a tour with the Ben Allison Band. Ben and his [...]
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