While taking care of business in residential Chicago today, I happened to find myself following a homeless guy who was carrying a white radio with suction cups (the kind that people mount in their showers). He was blasting Barry White on this little thing and...
We’ve featured the extraordinary double bass soloist Boguslaw Furtok many times on the blog in the past, and this clip (submitted by double bassist Ian Hallas ,who just performed the Bottesini Concerto with orchestra this week) is no exception. Sha Ye (violin)...
We will be wrapping up the third and final part of our interview with National Symphony bassist Ira Gold this weekend, as well as featuring a recording of Ira playing some Bach. Ira is an outstanding bassist and teacher and an extraordinary musical and technical...
Here’s a shot by Julieta Cervantes (for the New York Times) of Tim Cobb along with James Levine, John Harbison, Elliot Carter, and Milton Babbitt. Tim is the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra principal bassist. Read the accompanying New York Times story here. Thanks...
A few days ago, I logged into my Facebook account and discovered the following message: "Jason Heath would like to be friends with you…" Me….become friends with me? I clicked the Jason Heath profile and, sure enough, it was another Jason...
