We’re continuing with these new ‘Bass Blog TV’ episodes this week, rounding up some of the more interesting stories from the bass community this past week. These are new sorts of video episodes, and I’m still getting comfortable with the...
My bass student Kevin Helfman just passed along a link to this very cool video of Count Basie playing a duet with Cleveland Eaton, Basie’s long time bassist. Listen to him wail in the upper register! [From YouTube – Count Basie – Booty’s Blues]...
Here’s a video from 1996 featuring Miloslav Gajdos performing at the Harold Washington Library as part of Chicago’s International Artists Exchange. Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist and Northestern Illinois University double bass professor Greg Sarchet (who...
CEMC/ SoG – Claudin de Sermisy (c.1490-1562) – Hau, hau, hau le boys From the May 18, 2008 Chicago Early Music Consort & Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols Performance of ‘Bonjour, Mon Coer! – The Sublime 16th-Century...
The new Bass Musician Magazine (I am a columnist for this publication) just launched, and there are several excellent features that piqued my interest: The Working Bassist by John Carey: What You Really Need to Know to Survive in New York City Transcription of Jaco...
