Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Doublebassblog.org contributor Vito Liuzzi performs the Romanza Drammatica by Giovanni Bottesini:

Vito Liuzzi - double bass
prof.: Rosalba Lapresentazione - Piano

Regular contributor to doublebassblog.org Vito Liuzzi performs a fantasy on tunes by The Beatles:

Vito Liuzzi - double bass (Italy) prof.: Rosalba Lapresentazione -Piano
Double Bass “Romeo Orsi 1890″
“Beatles fantasy” for double bass and piano has been arranged by italian Maestro Michele Cellaro.

My double bass comrade Ausberto Acavedo sent me a link to this series from the University of California San Diego featuring double bassist Bertram Turetsky in recital. Check it out below:

Contrabassist Bertram Turetzky, presents an evening of delightful surprises.These solo and chamber works include four premieres and several pieces that have made Turetzky famous. Series: [...]

Who could fail to be charmed by this performance of Tom Johnson’s ‘Failing’ by Gary Karr? What a blast!

After checking out this video, check out my own performance of Failing or our Contrabass Conversations specials featuring Gary Karr.

My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of Renaud Garcia-Fons performing at the the 3rd Warsaw Bass Festival during the summer of 2008. Check it out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRq9VWuhiqk

My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of François Rabbath discussing the differences between French and German bow technique at a Berlin master class. Very interesting.
This video also has a snippet of Rabbath playing some jazz. Folks [...]

My double bass colleague Benjy (who has contributed many posts to this blog in the past) sent me a link to the following video of François Rabbath performing at the the 3rd Warsaw Bass Festival during the summer of 2008:

Now check out Rabbath’s Contrabass Conversations interview from 2007!

Chicago Symphony bassist, DePaul University bass instructor, and Contrabass Conversations guest Rob Kassinger plays an awesome bowed jazz solo at Symphony Center in Chicago with the Bobby Lewis Jazz Quintet:

Rob has an extensive jazz background–learn more about it by listening to his interview on Contrabass Conversations!

We’ve got a real treat for you this week on Contrabass Conversations. I got this great footage from the CBS archives from bassist Eric Rath. This is a special from Camera 3 filmed in 1969 about Gary Karr. You’ll get a chance to hear Gary perform, chat about the bass, and play in some truly [...]

Here’s a great video (with high production values to boot!) of University of North Texas and Cleveland Institute double bass professor Jeff Bradetich performing the Allemande from the first Bach Cello Suite. Very cool. I hope that Jeff knows his stuff’s out there on YouTube–something tells me that “deathgrind” (the username of the person who [...]