Jazz highlights from Contrabass Conversations

Though we’ve tended toward the classical side of things thus far on the Contrabass Conversations show, we’ve certainly had a fair share of jazz features over the past year-and-a-half.  Since many bassists play both jazz and classical, several of the...

Rufus Reid video series now on JazzDoubleBass.com

Over the summer we blogged about JazzDoubleBass.com, a new project started by Tyrone Bishop. This site features forums, interviews, and other resources for the jazz bassist. The Contrabass Conversations podcasts has a dedicated forum at this site as well, so check it...

xbass.org – Italian online double bass magazine

I just got contacted by the operators of xbass.org, an Italian bass magazine similar in content to Bass Musician Magazine (a publication that I write for).  Check out this link for their English content.  Lots of videos, articles, and the like. Related...

Scott Rosenthal on this weekend’s Contrabass Conversations episode

I hope that folks enjoyed our interview with Eric Hochberg that was released yesterday. This special mid-week episode featured the conclusion of our interview from earlier this year plus some music from Eric. These shorter mid-week episodes will come out from time to...