Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

Regular bass blog contributor Benjy sent in this great photo from an old International Society of Bassists journal that he scanned, retouched, and framed.

Benjy writes:
I’m sure that it will amuse the bass community- we can actually count the number of strings he played on! If I’m not mistaken, he was very active in [...]

Steve Riddle plays another angle…
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Jazz Bass, originally uploaded by Claire Tamara.

 
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Lucite electric basses pop up from time to time–I believe that my father-in-law actually has one. This photo, sent to me by Eric Hochberg after he located it on TalkBass.com, is the first example I’ve seen of a lucite double bass:
If anyone has any other photos of lucite double basses, please let me know!
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Courtney and I liked the idea of a beach wedding, and we eventually settled on Hanalei on the beautiful island of Kauai as the ideal location. As you can see, the wedding party was really dancing with joy at the setting:

My brother was so excited about this beautiful place that he couldn’t keep still, [...]

Yesterday I posted a video sent to me by Peter Szczepanek featuring Stringfever (a U.K.-based string quartet) playing Bolero on one cello all at the same time.
After asking when bass players would try the same thing, Márcio Domingues from Portugal [...]

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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 [...]

I want to put this sign on my studio door:
(image credit - Mike Licht)
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Double bassist Greg Sarchet (Bass Club Chicago, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University) sent in this great photo of the late jazz giant Art Davis (see obituary here) posing with a very fitting ice sculpture:
Greg has contributed frequently to both the blog and the podcast (look for more from Greg later on this week), [...]

Lance Rose rocking out on the upright bass:
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The Moutin Reunion Quartet live in performance. I wonder who was up close and personal enough to snap this photo?
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Moutin Reunion Quartet, originally uploaded by Stephane Marion.
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