YouTube – Von Thord – Titaniclåten

Check out the stylings of Von Thord, a very talented and cool Swedish cello and bass duo. Swedish bassist Anders Olsson forwarded me the link for this: [From YouTube – Von Thord – Titaniclåten]

Classic Post: Duets with, er, yourself

Several people at the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention remarked to me that their all-time favorite video on the blog was the “Duets” video featuring a bassist wearing, off all things, a Santa hat (!), and demonstrating quite an innovative...

Guy Tuneh photo montage

Double bassist Christian Buchholz has compiled a great set of photos featuring double bassist Guy Tuneh (also a former Contrabass Conversations interview guest). I put together the following video featuring some of these photos, with excerpts from Guy Tuneh’s...

Rachmaninoff Vocalise played by Duquesne University student

Duquesne University features bass teachers Micah Howard and Jeff Turner. Jeff Turner is the Principal Bass for the Pittsburgh Symphony and is also a former Contrabass Conversations guest, and this video features a student of Duquesne performing the Rachmaninoff...

Xavier Foley performs the Bottesini Concerto

Atlanta Symphony bassist Doug Sommer sent me a couple of videos featuring his student Xavier Foley, who took 1st Place for the 14 and under division of the 2009 International Society of Bassists Solo Competition. What a player! Both of these videos feature Xavier...