Jeff Bradetich plays the BB Wolf

Bass blog contributor Nick Hart sent me a link to this great video of University of North Texas and Cleveland Institute of Music bass professor Jeff Bradetich performing the B.B. Wolf by New York Philharmonic bassist Jon Deak. We will be featuring some compositions by...

Lawrence Wolfe plays Koussevitzky on carbon fiber bass

This is a video of Lawrence Wolfe, assistant principal bass of the Boston Symphony and bass instructor at the New England Conservatory, performing some short Koussevitzky pieces on a Luis and Clark carbon fiber bass and bow. Quite a nice sound, although a player like...

Dan Armstrong and the Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble

Chicago Symphony bassist Dan Armstrong recently shared some musical experiences he’s been having with the Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble, a Milwaukee-based group with which he has been doing some playing. He writes:In addition to my CSO job, I’ve been playing...

Bis die Flut kommt das Spardosen-Terzett

My limited German prevents me from giving much information about this video, but check it out. It’s very finely crafted and is a pleasure to watch. Guanaco passed this along to me via Michas Cellopages:Related Posts:Titanium Jr. by Donovan StokesCharnett Moffett...

Time for Three performs Czardas

I’d like to thank people for the positive comments about Ranaan Meyer’s Czardas video, which we put out as a Contrabass Conversations episode yesterday. If you’re a subscriber, then you also received this video on the podcast feed. If you...