The Bass Gang plays Rock & Roll Beethoven on Italian tour - video
Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi recently sent me a link to this new video from The Bass Gang’s recent Italian tour. What a great ensemble!
The virtuosity of Victor Wooten - video
OK–he’s not an upright bass player. But the indisputable awesomeness of the Woot certainly warrants attention here at doublebassblog.org. He’s one of the most popular electric bassists of all time, and rightly so–his inventiveness, creativity, and virtuosity shine through in everything that he plays. Go Victor!
Esbjörn Svensson Trio - bass solo video
Here’s a video of the Esbjörn Svensson Trio playing the intro to “Behind The Yashmak” live at the Jazz à Juan Les Pins festival in France from July 19, 2003.
The Bass Gang plays Mozart on Italian tour - video
Italian bassist Vito Liuzzi recently sent me a link to this new video from The Bass Gang’s recent Italian tour. What a great ensemble!
Duets with, er… yourself
Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Greg Sarchet sent me a link to what is pretty much the greatest bass video of all time. I’m not sure whether to put an ‘explicit’ warning on this one–let’s just say that you may want to skip this one if you have delicate sensibilities.
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Christian McBride & Niels Pederson-Bye Bye Blackbird
Here’s a great clip of Christian McBride & Niels Pederson–two modern jazz giants on stage at a concert for Ray Brown.
Guy Tuneh performs Mendelssohn Sextet mvt 3
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The outstanding double bassist Guy Tuneh (www.guytuneh.com) performs the third movement Sextet in D Major with Villa Musica. Listen to Guy Tuneh in interview to his Contrabass Conversations page, and check out more videos from him here.
This Messiah video is bad bad bad
I know that we’re well past the Messiah story trading season, but I couldn’t resist sharing this deliciously terrible video from double bassist Eric Steffens. Be sure to turn your speaker volume down–the person recording/transferring this had their settings really out of whack, and the audio quality is quite distorted. Still, if you [...]
Christian McBride upright bass solo
Oh yeah! The great Christian McBride tears it up live on the Ornette Coleman tune “Turnaround” with Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny and Brian Blade.
Happy New Year from Guy Tuneh and Contrabass Conversations!
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Jason thanks readers, listeners, and viewers for being a part of the Bass Blog and Contrabass Conversations in 2007, and double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh (www.guytuneh.com) plays excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.
