Gaelen McCormick’s wonderful Simandl etude videos

Rochester Philharmonic bassist Gaelen McCormick (who we will be featuring on Contrabass Conversations this Thursday) has been recording lesson/performance videos of the Simandl 30 Etudes.  We talk about this cool project in our conversation, and I thought...

Mauricio Annunziata’s new concerto for double bass

Mauricio Annunziata has written a new concerto as a commission for BASS 2016 PRAGUE (the 5th European Biennial Double Bass Congress, Sept. 20-25, 2016) This new work will be played by Svetozar Vujic, solo double bass of the Orchestra of Nationale Theatre of...

David Murray interview coming soon!

I had a chance to sit down with Butler University double bass professor and noted soloist and clinician David Murray recently for an extremely fun and interesting interview.  David and I covered all sorts of topics, including lessons with Gary Karr (who was actually...

Ron Carter interview coming soon!

I had the chance to interview jazz bass legend Ron Carter recently for Contrabass Conversations.  Ron has, of course, been a hugely influential figure in the world of the bass, from his work with Miles Davis in the 1960s through his dozens of records as a bandleader....