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...
The Jason Seed Elixir Ensemble, the group that we featured on the blog yesterday, will be performing on September 6 at the Elbo Room in Chicago, Illinois. They go on at 11 p.m., so if you’re in the area (and many readers are), check this excellent group...
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Bill Harrison from PlayJazzNow.com has made some sample tracks available to Bass Blog readers. Just click the downloads tab to check out these tracks for yourself. At PlayJazzNow.com there are tracks available for all instruments. These particular tracks allow the...
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...
