Giovanni Bottesini Concerto n°2 en si mineur – mvt 1

Here’s a video recently sent to me by Julien Mathias of him performing the first movement of the Bottesini Concerto No. 2 with a small string orchestra. Enjoy! YouTube – Giovanni Bottesini « Concerto n°2 en si mineur » 1er mouvement – Contrebasse:...

Celebrate Thanksgiving with the world’s best bass video!

Here’s a classic from the blog on your post-turkey digestive day. I still get tears in my eyes at this one even after a couple hundred viewings. As one of my colleagues pointed out to me when I blogged this years ago, check out which bow gets the...

The Bass Audition

Here’s a little something for all those bass players flying into Chicago to take the principal bass audition and attempt to fill Joe Guastafeste’s shoes: Sent to me by Jon Stefaniak – truly hilarious and pretty on the money in my book