l’orchestre de contrebasses

Check out this excellent video of L’Orchestre de Contrebasses–it’s like an MTV music video for the double bass. Can you recognize the tunes?Related Posts:Boguslaw Furtok plays Bottesini Gran Duo ConcertanteTrio bass’in tears it upPaul McCartney...

Trio bass’in tears it up on video

Check out this wild bass video from the French bass ensemble Trio bass’in, sent in to me by ensemble member Gilles Rivière. This group is awesome! Check them out as they tear through all sorts of musical numbers in full costume. Bassists David Cadiou and Olivier...

Super Mario themes on bass (and flute)

Here’s a fun bass video featuring some low-end Super Mario themes:This video reminds me of a fantastic video from flutist Greg Patillo featuring some Mario music. I blogged about Greg and his project with my IRIS Orchestra colleague Eric Stephenson last...

Van Goëns Scherzo video

This video of the Van Goëns Scherzo with Julien Mathias on double bass and Michiko Ishii piano is worth checking out. It unfortunately has about 30 seconds of wildly unstable camera phone gyrations, but the video quality is fine once the piece actually starts. I...

Rockabilly slap bass playing with Lee Rocker

I think that Lee Rocker is a real trip. I’m not sure how much useful information is actually conveyed in this video, and I hope that bass students don’t imitate his wacky left hand technique, but I still get a kick out of this. This video actually reminds...