Archive for the 'bill harrison' Category
Favorite Recorded Jazz Bass Solos
Yazan: billharrison | 27 June 2008 | 11 Comments
Categories: bill harrison, jazz, jazz bass playing, Uncategorized
I’m soliciting suggestions for an upcoming “Dozens” piece that I’m writing for jazz.com. What are your favorite recorded jazz bass solos of all time? Please leave a comment or drop me an email if you’d like to suggest a favorite track. Thanks. BTW, if you haven’t visited the site yet, it is a lot of [...]
When Size Really Does Matter
Yazan: billharrison | 26 February 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bass humor, bill harrison, electric bass, jazz bass playing
This is a post from contributor Bill Harrison. Bill owns and operates the play-along jazz tracks company playjazznow.com , and he maintains a blog called Jazz Underneath. You can read all doublebassblog.org contributions from Bill here. ___________ Among the many fascinating questions I get asked while wheeling my bass to gigs or waiting for parking [...]
Walking Bass Lines with Bill Harrison – Major Triads
Yazan: Jason | 15 February 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass videos, bill harrison, jazz, jazz bass playing, videos
Doublebassblog.org contributor Bill Harrison recently put out a new video demonstrating major triad fingerings on the double bass. Bill has made several instructional videos for jazz bassists in the past, and they are definitely worth checking out. Bill is the founder of PlayJazzNow.com, a company that specializes in downloadable play-along tracks for jazz musicians. Be [...]
Jazz Bassist/Composers
Yazan: billharrison | 24 December 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, bassist/composers, bill harrison, jazz, jazz bass playing, jazz improvisation
My extensive research into the area of influential and prolific jazz composers who happen to be bass players has been something of a bust. Much as I wanted to shill for my fellow low note creators, the sad truth is that there are not enough outstanding musicians who fit the description to warrant a full [...]
10,000 Hours
Yazan: billharrison | 02 October 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: advice, bill harrison, practicing
This is a post by Bill Harrison – playjazznow.com _____________ I’ve been immersed in a fascinating book called This Is Your Brain On Music. The author, Daniel J. Levitin, is a musician/recording engineer/producer turned neuroscientist. Despite the unfortunate title, the book is a serious exploration of the connections between music (from both a listening and [...]
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