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This week’s episode continues the interview with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby that we began on episode 58 of the podcast. 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 [...]

We’ve got a bunch of interesting links for you this Friday! First, we’ll be featuring Pat Metheny bassist Steve Rodby on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. This interview, which is conducted by special host Kells Nollenberger (from the Jazz Exchange podcast), was initiated on episode 58 of the podcast.

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Jason chats about some new blog articles, Story Time episodes, and podcast guests that are launching soon, plus his upcoming release of ‘Road Warrior Without an Expense Account’ in book form.

 

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We’re concluding our interview with the multi-talented bassist Dave Anderson on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In addition to serving as Principal Bass of the Louisiana Philharmonic, Dave is a prolific composer, active teacher, and electric bassist. He serves as Principal Bass of the Britt Festival Orchestra in southern Oregon, and he plays in [...]

I’ve really got a great one for this week’s “Fun Friday” post! I found this video through the excellent podcast net@night. It’s got one guy who’s never used Facebook and another who’s very into Facebook–a quite common scenario based on my experience. Check it out!

Folks out there in blog and podcast land are really going to dig this new project launching next week from Adaptistration blogger Drew McManus and me. Titled “Because Shut Up, That’s Why!”, this podcast is a lighthearted musical review podcast that features a wide variety of musicians debating various pieces in a fun environment. Drew [...]

I always enjoy seeing members of the online double bass community appear in print media. What we do here online has, I believe, just as much validity and potency (and has arguably surpassed print media in importance in recent years) as print media, and most of the material published here on doublebassblog.org actually reaches more [...]

For the past month, I have been hosing and producing a podcast for Midwest Young Artists, a Chicagoland organization encompassing orchestral, jazz, choral, and chamber offerings. To me, this podcast (which can be found at WMYA.FM is a fantastic idea, and I’m thrilled to be a part of the process. In addition to handling the [...]

 

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Welcome to Exploring Chamber Music with Chicago Symphony bassist Brad Opland and the Chicago Chamber Musicians. This Contrabass Conversations special series highlights chamber music that includes the double bass. Learn more about the Chicago Chamber Musicians by visiting their website at chicagochambermusic.org.
Today’s program features several works by double bass virtuoso and composer Giovanni Bottesini. All [...]

I’m writing this blog post from my brand-spanking new Macbook! I’ve
been planning a move (back) to the Mac side of things for quite some
time now, and I’m really digging how this device improves my workflow.
I wrote a post about my big and clunky Acer laptop running Windows XP
and how this is… well, a less [...]