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This week on Contrabass Conversations we are concluding the interview with double bassist Kathryn Nettleman that we began on episode 12 of the podcast. Also, this week we feature some jazz bass from Brooklyn musician Kevin Tkacz plus current news on the bass scene. Enjoy!
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CBC 27 Show Notes

Release Date: 7/1/07
Length: 30:28
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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features a continuation of our interview with double bassist François Rabbath plus some music from U.K.-based bassist Leon Bosch. You can check out episode 16 of the podcast for the first part of this interview with François, and detailed information for both guests is available in the show notes [...]

I’ve been seeing a lot of traffic to Eric Hochberg’s Contrabass Conversations interview in the last few days, and it is good to see that the bass and jazz community are checking this episode out. The interview has been mentioned on several jazz blogs as well, which is great to see. If you missed [...]

Bassist Rick McLaughlin (a member of the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra and AlterEGO electric upright endorser) will be showing his AlterEGO basses this Saturday (5/26) 2pm in Rhinebeck, New York. Here are the details:
You can also visit Rick’s blog for more information on these instruments, and you can check out his website at RickMcLaughlin.com. Along [...]

 

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This week’s Contrabass Conversations guest is jazz bassist Eric Hochberg. Eric is very active in the jazz scene here in Chicago, and you will get a chance to hear him during the interview and his playing after the interview. I’m really excited to be able to present you with this great episode. [...]

I am putting the finishing touches on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. This week you will be hearing an interview with and music from jazz bassist Eric Hochberg. I think that you will really enjoy the episode, and I look forward to hearing listener reactions to our first jazz bass guest.
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This week’s Contrabass Conversations episode features an excellent interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. Double bassist (and frequent Contrabass Conversations guest) John Grillo co-hosted the interview with me. You’ll be hearing the first part of our interview this week, and we’ll be putting out more of this interview in the [...]

I am in the process of putting together this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode featuring an interview with Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst. I know that bass players out there will really get a lot out this interview, and I think that they will enjoy the back and forth between co-host John Grillo, [...]

Double bassist Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a fascinating and useful string tone comparison site by bassist Herve Jeanne. This site compares the tonal characteristics of the pizzicato sounds of:
Velvet GarboVelvet AnimaPirastro ChordaPirastro PizzicatoPirastro OlivPirastro ObligatoPirastro JazzerThomastik SpirocorePresto NylonwoundAquila Nylgut
What a great idea, and what a useful resource! I’d love to [...]

Eric Hochberg recently sent me a link to some videos by Renaud Garcia-Fons. You can view them here. They are definitely worth checking out. Here is some biographical information about Renaud Garcia-Fons:

Renaud Garcia-Fons is a French double-bass player and composer, notable for his virtuoso musicianship and for using a customised 5-stringed [...]