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We passed the 2000 post milestone over the weekend on www.doublebassblog.org. It seems like it was only a few months ago that we hit 1000 posts…oh wait, it was just as few months ago (in May 2007)! That’s what happens when you put out 3-5 daily posts, I suppose. Here’s a [...]

Here’s a great clip of Christian McBride & Niels Pederson–two modern jazz giants on stage at a concert for Ray Brown.

Here are some stories that have caught my attention this past week.  Most of them could use a blog post all their own, but I seem to be spending all my time digging my car out of snowbanks these days, so these links will have to do:

Danny Newman: 1919-2007 - This legendary promoter for the [...]

Bass Musician Magazine, the bi-monthly publication for which I write a regular column.  This issue I contributed a piece on François Rabbath.  Blog readers will have seen all this material before here on the blog, but you can check out this article for a nice synopsis of Rabbath’s life and his contributions.
This is the [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode continues Andy’s discussion of spiccato strokes, and it should prove to be quite informative.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode delves into the topic of spiccato–a topic that we’ll be exploring in depth in the following few episodes of this virtual lesson series.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode delves into the topic of spiccato–a topic that we’ll be exploring in depth in the following few episodes of this virtual lesson series.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode covers developing articulation in the bow.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) in the bass blog video player in the [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode covers techniques used in articulation and connecting long notes.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) in the bass blog video [...]

This is our next installment of Lyric Opera of Chicago and Grant Park Symphony bassist Andy Anderson’s Virtual Lesson series. This episode covers techniques used in developing smooth bow changes.
You can view all the released episodes of this series (as well as all of our other blog/podcast bass videos) in the bass blog video player [...]