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Archive for the 'Contrabass Conversations' Category

CBC 154: Guy Tuneh plays Beethoven

Yazan: Jason | 12 June 2010 | 57 Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, performances

We’re featuring double bass virtuoso Guy Tuneh performing an excerpt from the Beethoven Romance for Violin, Op. 50. We’ve featured Guy many times on the podcast and blog in the past, and it’s great to get a chance to feature him again here. Enjoy! Click to Listen

CBC 153: Bottesini with Leon Bosch

Yazan: Jason | 08 May 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations

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We’re featuring double bassist Leon Bosch performing selections from his latest album on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. Titled Virtuoso Double Bass Vol. 2, this album contains a dozen works, both familiar and less familiar, from Giovanni Bottesini. You can purchase this album (as well as Leon’s other albums) from Meridian Records here, and learn [...]

CBC 151: Barre Phillips

Yazan: Jason | 27 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, podcasting

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We’re featuring music from jazz and free improvisation bassist Barre Phillips on this week’s podcast episode, as well as bass news and updates. Enjoy!

CBC 150: ISB 2011 Convention details

Yazan: Jason | 20 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Contrabass Conversations, ISB

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It’s official! Make plans to celebrate the Summer of Bass Love at the 2011 ISB Convention, June 5-11, at San Francisco State University. Stay tuned for details and mark your calendars! We’re doing a brief podcast interview today with Barry Green, who we recently featured in an interview/performance episode on Contrabass Conversations. Barry describes the [...]

CBC 149: Doug Stuart and news

Yazan: Jason | 23 January 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, podcasting

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This week, we’re featuring the double bass stylings of Doug Stuart, a former University of Michigan student who is currently active in the San Francisco Bay area. We’ll be hearing “Wake Up” and “Gratitude” from The Pear and the Pepper, Doug’s latest EP. Learn more about Doug and his playing at myspace.com/dougstuart.