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We’re wrapping up the interview with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassist Jeff Turner that we began on episode 26 of the podcast, plus featuring music from U.K.-based bassist Leon Bosch’s new album titled The British Double Bass on this week’s episode of the podcast.
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This week’s episode features an interview with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby. Rodby has played bass on every Pat Metheny Group record since 1980, co-produced the group’s last five albums and won 10 Grammy Awards with the group. He has toured with jazz greats Joe Henderson and Tony Bennett, and also [...]

Pascal has only started this great project, which runs along the same lines as our Contrabass Conversations video lesson series with Andy Anderson or our Hans Sturm series on the Rabbath technique. This video is very concise and contains no dialogue, but I think that it is interesting and a good contribution to the [...]

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Here’s a shot of Suzuki Bass School developer and Contrabass Conversations guest Virginia Dixon with a group of young bassists at a [...]

We’ve got a few quick news items collected over the past week to start off your week:

Exploring Chamber Music with the Chicago Chamber Musicians now live - We recently launched our new collaborative series between Contrabass Conversations and the Chicago Chamber Musicians.  This project was conceived by Chicago Symphony Orchestra double bassist Brad Opland, and [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with Suzuki Bass School pioneer, pedagogue, and teacher trainer Virginia Dixon. Virginia shares her years of experience performing and teaching the double bass, highlights unique aspects of the Suzuki bass method, and offers advice for those interested in pursuing a career as a double bass [...]

 

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This Contrabass Conversations special series is made possible by the Chicago Chamber Musicians and Brad Opland. Learn more about this fine ensemble at www.chicagochambermusic.org. This episode features music for cello and bass by Haydn and Rossini performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians Brad Opland and Gary Stucka. They perform the Haydn Divertimento in D Major [...]

Guy Tuneh, the wonderful bassist whom we have featured numerous times on DBB.org and Contrabass Conversations, recently performed the Mendelssohn Sextet in D Major with Villa Musica. This live performance shows off Mr. Tuneh’s dynamic double bass playing in a chamber music setting. Visit Guy Tuneh online at www.guytuneh.com, check out his Contrabass [...]

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 [...]

We released a video of the complete Tubin Concerto featuring blog and podcast collaborator Phillip Serna late last week.  This, to my knowledge, is the only double bass recording of the Tubin Concerto available online, and Phillip does an excellent job with it.
I neglected to put up the detailed program notes that Phillip constructed for [...]