Edicson Ruiz performs Preludio e Fuga by Heinz Hollinger

Here’s a vid of a new piece for solo double bass (in Viennese tuning, no less!) by Heinz Holliger and written for Venezuelan bassist Edicson Ruiz. Talk about a wild piece! Prelude e Fuga for Solo Doublebass in the Vienese Tuning written in 2010 for Edioson Ruiz...

Stanford Jazz Workshop this summer

More cool stuff to do this summer–now’s the time of year when this news starts really piling up in my blog inbox. It’s from the International Society of Bassists E-Bass Line. You’re an ISB member, aren’t you? If not, join! Here’s...

Joel Quarrington wins 2010 Juno Award

Cool news from the International Society of Bassists E-Bass Line. You’re an ISB member, aren’t you? If not, join! Here’s the link. Congratulations to Joel Quarrington, principal bass with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada, who has...

A Tax Form for the Marginally Employed – NYTimes.com

Jeremy Baguyos, the double bass professor at the University of Nabraska-Omaha, sent me a link to the following story that the NY Times put out back in April. It (somewhat depressingly) sums up my former career: A Tax Form for the Marginally Employed –...

Doing Their Jobs In Nashville by Drew McManus

In case you haven’t heard, the Schermerhorn Symphony Center (home of the Nashville Symphony) has been hit hard by the severe flooding in Nashville. Check out the details from Drew McManus: Doing Their Jobs In Nashville by Drew McManus