International Society of Bassists manager Madeleine Crouch recently sent out the following information regarding jazz bassist Dennis Irwin: Jazz icon Dennis Irwin, bassist with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (formerly the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Band) for more than 20...
I’m a little late with this news, but the most recent Bass Musician Magazine has been released (February/March 2008 Edition). I am a staff writer for this publication, and my contribution for this issue features Peter Seymour and his band PROJECT. You can learn...
Xbass.org, the online double bass magazine created by members of the fabulous Bass Gang (hear excerpts from this group on Contrabass Conversations episode 23) just did a fantastic new redesign of their site. This site is a tremendous resource for bass players...
This is a post from National Symphony Orchestra bassist Jeff Weisner. Jeff also teaches bass at The Peabody Institute in Baltimore and co-authors the blog PeabodyDoubleBass. Click here for all of Jeff’s doublebassblog.org posts. ____________ It’s Day 5 of our...
Contrabass Conversations frequent collaborator and classicalmusicnews.tv blogger John Grillo continues his Art of the Deficit series this week with a post examining the role that the National Endowment for the Arts plays in the budgets of many symphony orchestras. ...