Buddy Hayes on The Lawrence Welk Show

Uh-oh!  Has this blog finally jumped the shark after all these years by finally playing something from Lawrence Welk.  Actually, I probably jumped the shark years ago with the Jingle Cats (read the angry comments on this video from my readers–very amusing) or...

Andy Anderson’s double bass lesson series

I was poking around the other day at some old statistics, and I couldn’t help that, on YouTube alone, Andy Anderson’s double bass lesson series has been viewed over 88,000 times.  That’s especially remarkable considering that we initially...

Dan Styffe and Rolf Martinsson’s Double Bass Concerto

Dan Styffe, who serves as Co-Principal Bass in Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor at The Norwegian Academy of Music and Barratt Dues´s Institute of Music, recently premiered Rolf Martinsson’s Double Bass Concerto with the Oslo Philharmonic.  Here’s...