Ray Brown solo from Black Orpheus

Here is a video of the late jazz giant Ray Brown playing some solo bass on ‘Black Orpheus’ during his 75th birthday celebration concert. George Fludas plays drums on this high quality (both in terms of bass playing and production value) video.Related...

Trio bass’in sings gospel tunes in English

Here is another excellent video from Trio bass’in, the excellent French bass ensemble consisting of Gilles Rivière, David Cadiou and Olivier Quesne. You can also check them out on a post from last week. Enjoy!Related Posts:Trio bass’in tears it upTime for...

Eddie Gomez bass solo video

Here’s a video of jazz bass giant Eddie Gomez taking an extended solo. Not sure what program this was pulled from, but it’s great to both hear and see Eddie play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWZh7dgFi1A For more great jazz content, check out our...

Song about getting a bass on a plane

Double bassist Scott Worthington recently sent me a link to this very funny video featuring Jay Leonhart singing about trying to get a bass violin on a plane–any plane. Scott’s own composition ‘Disrepresentation’ was featured back in January on...

Matt Heller plays Bach Suite No. 1 Prelude

Here is a video that Matt Heller (hellafrisch blogger and Calgary Philharmonic member) recently posted on his blog. Here he plays an excerpt from the Prelude of the first Bach cello suite. It’s great to hear Matt play again after reading so much of his writing...