This New Bass (A Painful Journey) – essay from Eric Hochberg

This is an essay by jazz bassist and Contrabass Conversations guest Eric Hochberg documenting his experiences with his new double bass and how many small factors can add up to cause a very difficult situation. Click here to read all of Eric’s bass blog...

Insightful comments on Jazz Bass Player post

Bill Harrison’s post Why I’m a jazz bass player has sparked some very interesting comments, including one from Contrabass Conversations guest Eric Hochberg. Check out the comments here.Also, thanks so much for the great feedback on This Crazy Business Part...

Bill Harrison joins the Bass Blog writing staff

I’d like to welcome jazz bassist Bill Harrison to the doublebassblog.org writing staff. An active double bassist and educator, Bill is the owner of PlayJazzNow.com, the world’s only source for downloadable play-along tracks, and he maintains a blog called...

Jazz legend Johnny Frigo – 1916-2007

Eric Hochberg (heard on Contrabass Conversations #21) passed along the news to me recently that jazz violinist Johnny Frigo just died at age 90. Johnny actually began his performing career as a bassist. This cover from Downbeat Magazine is a rare example of Johnny...

JazzDoubleBass.com

August 6th will mark the launch of what promises to be a very interesting new resource for jazz double bassists. JazzDoubleBass.com promises to:provide a meeting place for exchanges of opinions, ideas and material;provide an educational resource for all levels of Jazz...