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Archive for the 'jazz bass playing' Category

Bill Harrison in Bass Musician Magazine

Yazan: Jason | 11 January 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, jazz bass playing

Longtime online bass friend Bill Harrison has contributed some really great posts to Bass Musician Magazine over the past couple of years. Bill runs a company called playjazznow.com that offers downloadable play-along jazz tracks. Good stuff. Bill’s BMM columns: Bill Harrison | Bass Musician Magazine [the face of bass]

Jon Burr – The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass

Yazan: Jason | 04 January 2011 | 1 Comment
Categories: bass, education, jazz bass playing

A couple years ago, I interviewed jazz bassist Jon Burr about his career and his book The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass. It’s available as a PDF download, so check it out if you haven’t before. The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass Jon Burr interview (MP3)

The Chicken

Yazan: Jason | 14 May 2010 | No Comments
Categories: bass videos, jazz, jazz bass playing

This is a video of Lee Starovich (one of my longtime bass students) performing The Chicken along with trumpeter Kyle Liccoci. Both of these musicians have been involved with the Midwest Young Artists program and attend Libertyville High School, where I teach:

CBC 141: David Grossman interview

Yazan: Jason | 03 October 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, jazz bass playing

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This week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations features an interview with double bassist David Grossman, a member of the New York Philharmonic bass section and an active jazz bassist. Hosted by John Grillo, this interview covers David’s early musical experiences, his dual interest in jazz and classical music, current projects, his philosophy and approach as a [...]

CBC 137: Todd Coolman interview

Yazan: Jason | 12 September 2009 | No Comments
Categories: bass, Contrabass Conversations, jazz, jazz bass playing

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We’re featuring an interview with jazz bassist Todd Coolman on the podcast. This episode is guest hosted by double bassist Win Hinkle, who interviewed Rufus Reid previously for Contrabass Conversations as well. After listening to this interview, I went out and downloaded Perfect Strangers, Todd’s newest album, and I highly recommend it to listeners. Truly [...]