Here’s some great footage of the great Niels Henning Orsted Pederson from the 1960s. Great stuff from a major force on the jazz secene early in his career: YouTube – NHØP – 1960’s Sessions
Here’s a video recently sent to me by Julien Mathias of him performing the first movement of the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 with a small string orchestra. Enjoy! YouTube – Giovanni Bottesini « Concerto n°2 en si mineur » 1er mouvement – Contrebasse:...
The Chicago Bass Ensemble is now blogging! Check out their blog, and check out our interview with these four fine players from a couple years ago as well.
This is a great (and all-too-true) send-up of life as an orchestral percussionist. Hilarious in a painful way:
There’s another Musicians at Work forum at the Chicago Cultural Center this Monday. I was a guest panelist a few years ago–click here for the audio of my presentation, and check out this week’s panel if you get a chance: Marketing and Maintaining...
