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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.
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CBC 40: Donovan Stokes interview and music
This week’s podcast features an interview with double bass performer, composer, and teacher Donovan Stokes. We featured music from Donovan on episode 13 of the podcast, and it’s a pleasure to feature this great musician again. Gadaha, the album that we feature this week, was recorded with no overdubs whatsoever, which is [...]
CBC 39: Scott Rosenthal interview and music from Stefano Sciascia
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with Chicago-based double bassist and electric bassist Scott Rosenthal. Scott is one of the major players for the Chicago theater scene, having performed in a huge number of productions such as The Producers, Ragtime, Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, [...]
CBC 37: Brad Opland interview
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with Chicago Symphony bassist Brad Opland. In addition to the interview, you’ll get a chance to hear Brad perform on the double bass in his own arrangement of Ibert’s Quatre Chansons de Don Quichotte for bassoon and bass and hear Brad perform on the electric bass [...]
Awesome Facebook group for the podcast
Facebook rocks, and the Contrabass Conversations group is turning into a fun community even only a few days into its existence. We’ve got some good discussions going, a lot of photos and videos up, show ideas, and much more, so check it out if you’re on Facebook!
CBC podcast Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17621298264
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CBC 34: Colin Corner interview and music from JC Jones and Daniel Nix
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with Minnesota Orchestra bassist Colin Corner. Colin joined the orchestra in 2006 after being a member of the Vancouver Symphony and Louisiana Philharmonic. We got a chance to talk auditions, orchestra life, gear, and much more. We also feature a piece from Israel-based musician [...]
CBC 32: Peter Tambroni interview
This week on Contrabass Conversations we bring you an interview with string teacher and double bassist Peter Tambroni. Peter has written a book titled An Introduction to Double Bass Playing, and he has many valuable ideas regarding double bass pedagogy. Arizona bassist Robert Matheson is also featured on this episode. Enjoy!
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CBC 31: Rabbath interview 3 plus Andrew Anderson and Matthew Weiner music
This week we are wrapping up our interview with double bass virtuoso François Rabbath. You can hear the previous sections of this interview on episode 16 and episode 22 of the podcast.
We will also be featuring in interesting new twist in Contrabass Conversations interviews today—the Lyric Opera’s Andy Anderson (a regular collaborator on the [...]
Contrabass Conversations #30 - Guy Tuneh interview
This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an interview with double bassist Guy Tuneh, conducted over a distance of thousands of miles. It was a real pleasure to get to sit down and chat with Guy–he’s a warm, intelligent, and passionate individual, and these traits come through in his speaking just like they do in [...]
Contrabass Conversations #29 - Michael Hovnanian interview part 2
This week we are continuing our conversation with Chicago Symphony Orchestra bassist Michael Hovnanian that we began on Episode 24 of the podcast. Michael has been a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1989, and he serves as the president of Discordia Music (double bass music publisher). Michael also plays for the Gunnelpumpers, [...]
