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Archive for December, 2010

From the Blog Archive » Flowers for Linda Eder

Yazan: Jason | 17 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, crazy gig stories, humor

From the archives–a story about a very strange little man who managed to disrupt a massive concert hall filled with people. Also includes a video version of the story. Have a good wekend! Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog » Blog Archive » Flowers for Linda Eder

Meditations/Part 1 – Bass Instinct

Yazan: Jason | 16 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

http://www.bassinstinct.at Bass Instinct – Acoustic Bass Sextet Vienna – live at Porgy & Bess 2005 Composition by Charles Mingus, arranged by Michael Radanovics From left to right: Ernst Weissensteiner, Herbert Mayr, Georg Breinschmid, Peter Herbert, Tommaso Huber, Gerhard Muthspiel YouTube – Meditations/Part 1 – Bass Instinct

Giovanni Bottesini Concerto n°2 en si mineur – mvt 3

Yazan: Jason | 15 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos

Here’s a video recently sent to me by Julien Mathias of him performing the third movement of the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 with a small string orchestra. Enjoy!

News from eighth blackbird

Yazan: Jason | 14 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: music news

I’ve performed with eighth blackbird when they came and collaborated with the IRIS Orchestra of Memphis. A fine example of musicians carving out their own niche in the music world and creating something original and compelling in the process: eighth blackbird helps launch new CD label and new music festival this winter “eighth blackbird play [...]

Jason at the Midwest Clinic this week

Yazan: Jason | 13 December 2010 | No Comments
Categories: education

I’ll be at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago most of the week (Wednesday, Thursday, and potentially Saturday), so if you’re in town for this event, feel free to drop me a line at jasonheath -at- doublebassblog.org. Maybe we can get a really expensive coffee at McCormick (or some really cheap and good food in neighboring [...]