Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a set of videos from a master class with Ray Brown. Divided into nine parts (solely because of upload limits on YouTube), this is perhaps one of the best jazz bass treasures on YouTube to date.Bassist Matt Wengerd has posted this series...
Bass Faculty, originally uploaded by matthew.wengerd. This photo of the bass faculty for the 2007 Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops is from 104 Weeks blogger and jazz bassist Matt Wengerd. Look at the wide variety of basses and set-ups. One thing in...
This week we featured double bassist Daniel Nix on the Contrabass Conversations podcast performing “Beau Soir” by Debussy. Daniel is a very lyrical player who can really create a beautiful melody on the bass, and I enjoyed including his music on the...
Facebook rocks, and the Contrabass Conversations group is turning into a fun community even only a few days into its existence. We’ve got some good discussions going, a lot of photos and videos up, show ideas, and much more, so check it out if you’re on...
I’m getting married this Saturday! Courtney and I will be traveling to Kauai for a sunset wedding, and we’ll be spending our honeymoon there as well. You’ll still be hearing from me for the rest of the week here on the blog, but I’ll be taking...
