Adriel Bettelheim sent me this recent Denver Post obituary for former Colorado Symphony bassist David Potter. David was a well-loved bassist and teacher with former students in all corners of the country. Boston Symphony bassist Benjamin Levy is quoted in the...
Here is a video of the late jazz giant Ray Brown playing some solo bass on ‘Black Orpheus’ during his 75th birthday celebration concert. George Fludas plays drums on this high quality (both in terms of bass playing and production value) video.Related...
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So where do we go from here? Do we all just turn in our instruments and quit this miserable business? Not me, and not you either, I imagine. We musicians know the value of what we do. We know that our art can change lives, create happiness, inspire greatness in...
Bass Blog reader Trevor Bortins sent me a link to this very interesting site about the “new” violin family known as the the violin octet. I have done some reading and heard some musical examples regarding this set of acoustically well-proportioned...
