San Francisco Symphony Principal Bass Scott Pingel was featured in Rolling Stone for his rendition of (Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth at the opening of the new Chase Center.
More details are available in these written and podcast interviews with Scott. How cool–go Scott!
Walking the Changes – Kickstarter for new jazz bass documentary
Documentary filmmaker and bassist Nick Wells has assembled footage from nearly 30 of the most well-known names in jazz bass, including Dave Holland, Larry Grenadier, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride into a new project called Walking the Changes.
Through the month of October, Nick is running a Kickstarter to take this mountain of footage and turn it into a completed film. The results are sure to be great, and there are all kinds of levels on which you can get involved.
Andrés Martín – footage from ISB 2019
Andrés Martín’s 2019 International Society of Bassists recital was recorded by D’Addario and is now available on YouTube. Check out his Sonata and new work Temperamental.
Quick Hits:
- Miles Brown, Adam Booker, Douglas Mapp, Sam Suggs, and Donovan Stokes launch new bass quintet
- check out new D’Addario videos from Bad Boys of Double Bass: Take On Me and West Side Story
- Brazilian Hat Trick by John Goldsby – Analysis and Performance from Discover Double Bass
- new album coming soon from Adam Ben Ezra
- This late Philadelphia Orchestra double-bassist left unfinished business. Then friends sailed to the rescue.
- Eastside – studio session from Simply Three
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