Jason Heath’s Double Bass Blog

We’ve got a set of all-music shows that we’ll be bringing out to complement our interview shows, so folks just looking to listen to some great bass playing can get their fix.

 

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We’re featuring the multi-talented bassist Dave Anderson on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to serving as Principal Bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic, Dave is a prolific composer, active teacher, and electric bassist. He serves as Principal Bass of the Britt Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon, and he plays in metropolitan New [...]

I just want to put out a quick note and let folks know that we’ve got our Dave Anderson episode ready to launch for tomorrow (Saturday, April 19).  We’ll feature a 30 minute segment of the interview plus three tracks:

Dave playing Teen Town by Jaco Pastorius
Dave’s new bass quartet
Dave and Hal Robinson playing one of [...]

I haven’t thrown this offer out in a while, but if anyone out there would like to record a bumper for the podcast on their computer, I’d be happy to put it between segments of an upcoming show.
Examples of a bumper include:
“Hi, this is __________, and you’re listening to Contrabass Conversations.”
“Hi, this is ___________ from [...]

 

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I’m pleased to be able to share this interview with Robert Meyer, one of our most experienced and interesting members of the double bass community. Robert has had a long and illustrious career on the double bass, working for over 50 years in most of the major orchestras in London (including the London [...]

I’m putting the final touches on this week’s Contrabass Conversations interview episode with Robert Meyer.  I’ve been an avid follower of Robert’s blog Musical Reminiscences since he launched it in late 2006, and I was thrilled that he was interested in doing an interview for the podcast!
At age 87, Robert looks back on a [...]

We’ve got a real treat for bassists in the next couple of weeks on the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. We just completed an interview with Louisiana Philharmonic Principal Bass Dave Anderson earlier this week, which was an absolute delight to do! Dave is a superb bassist and composer, and one of the [...]

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Jason talks about some recent guests and upcoming guests for the Contrabass Conversations podcast. BTW, do you see a hair ad when you watch this video? I’m getting one right now (I’ve got my advertising turned on through blip.tv, which throws a little change my way with each video view), and [...]

 

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We’re chatting with Michigan State University and Interlochen Arts Academy double bass instructor Jack Budrow this week on Contrabass Conversations. In addition to helping place students in major orchestras across the globe, Jack has had a very distinguished performance career as a former member of the Houston Symphony, Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and as [...]

We hope you all enjoyed our first episode of the all-music show Eclectic Bass, our latest offering from the Contrabass Conversations podcast network. If you missed it, you can find the first episode here, and stay tuned for more episodes from this series in the very near future.
Along with Exploring Chamber Music, our series [...]