OK, so it’s not double bass. Still, I think that few will pass up a chance to check out this video of Jaco Pastorius playing ‘Portrait of Tracy’ live. He’s got crazy hippie hair and makes rock star faces through the whole thing, but he’s...
Michael Hovnanian just put up a post on his CSO Bass Blog that started with a great joke:The last chair bassist of a major orchestra fancied himself something of an amateur conductor. One day the Maestro fell ill and with no conductor on call the orchestra manager...
The following photo is from a student of mine of a cake for a fellow bass player’s birthday. How hardcore to have your birthday cake be a double bass!Related Posts:Past bass shots of the day 1 2 3 4 5Double bass is not always a double bassFlea starts music...
Northwestern University double bass faculty member DaXun Zhang has accepted a position with the University of Texas-Austin beginning Fall 2007 and will be leaving his Northwestern teaching post. This is sad news for the double bass community in Chicago, but great news...
Jacque Harper sent me a link this very strange cat video featuring a cat struggling along a curtain rod with a feather duster to get to a shelf.Related Posts:Nora, the piano-playing catmore Nora footageTortoise on cat patrolThere is no escape from the Jingle...
