CBC 45: Colin Corner interview 2 and music from Rob Kassinger
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features the conclusion of our chat with Minnesota Orchestra bassist Colin Corner. Colin joined the orchestra in 2006 after being a member of the Vancouver Symphony and Louisiana Philharmonic. In this episode we discuss the process of taking an audition for an ensemble like the Minnesota Orchestra–the [...]
New Bass Musician Magazine features Contrabass Conversations guest Eric Hochberg
This month’s issue of Bass Musician magazine just launched, and as usual you can check out our Contrabass Conversations offering in this publication. We featured Chicago area jazz bassist Eric Hochberg in this issue of the magazine, merging the two halves of Eric’s episode together into one feature.
Check out the Bass Musician [...]
Creating a Top Ten Jazz Bass Schools List
A recent comment from Carol on my Advice for Aspiring Music Performance Majors post sparked my interest in creating a similar list for top-tier schools for jazz bass study. Commenting on Karl Olsen’s Orchestra Audition Winners List, Carol writes:
Jason, congratulations on your wedding (what a handsome couple!). I love your advice to bass performance [...]
Walking Bass Lines: "Rhythm Changes"
Here’s a brief demonstration of how to use chord substitutions on the ever-popular “I Got Rhythm” chord progression.
CBC 38: Eric Hochberg interview part 2
This Contrabass Conversations special episode features the second part of our interview with Chicago-based jazz bassist Eric Hochberg. Eric first appeared on episode 21 of the podcast, and listeners should really enjoy hearing the conclusion to this interview. Following the interview is a track featuring Eric titled Mr. Bar Locrian. Learn more [...]
Walking Bass Line Transitions VIDEO
I’ve just uploaded my first instructional video to you tube. In it I explain how to connect one chord change to the next when you are playing a walking bass line. I use the lessons I’ve learned from the greats: Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Charles Mingus, Ron Carter et al. The techniques I discuss are [...]
Ray Brown Master Class video in nine parts
Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a set of videos from a master class with Ray Brown. Divided into nine parts (solely because of upload limits on YouTube), this is perhaps one of the best jazz bass treasures on YouTube to date.
Bassist Matt Wengerd has posted this series of videos on his blog, [...]
Bass Faculty at Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops
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Bass Faculty, originally uploaded by matthew.wengerd.
This photo of the bass faculty for the 2007 Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops is from 104 Weeks blogger and jazz bassist Matt Wengerd. Look at the [...]
Eric Hochberg performs with the Lyle Mays Quartet
Bill Harrison alerted me to this video of Contrabass Conversations guest and bass b log contributor performing with the Lyle Mays Quartet:
Lyle Mays QuartetUploaded by mwdrums
This video was shot in 1992 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. To hear more from Eric Hochberg, visit his website or check out Contrabass Conversations #21. Click here [...]
Improvisation Skills - post from Bill Harrison
Bass blog contributor Bill Harrison wrote a very interesting post recently on his bog Jazz Underneath. His post was prompted by this post from jazz vocalist Carol Sloane. Regarding the skills necessary for constructing a solid improvisation, Bill writes:
Just because one knows the melody and lyric of a song does NOT mean one [...]
