One of my favorite local Chicago bloggers is John Greenfield, a bike advocate who also documents walks down the major thoroughfares of Chicago. His photo-laden montages of Chicago’s interesting streets (including Grand Avenue, Halsted Street, Belmont Avenue,...
From the International Society of Bassists E-Newsletter: 2010 Grammy nominations included a number of ISB members: Among the nominees are: · Best Jazz Instrumental Album – The New Song and Dance, The Clayton Brothers (and John Clayton’s pianist son Gerald...
Longtime online bass friend Bill Harrison has contributed some really great posts to Bass Musician Magazine over the past couple of years. Bill runs a company called playjazznow.com that offers downloadable play-along jazz tracks. Good stuff. Bill’s BMM columns:...
Bass Musician Magazine is featuring an interview with Leon Bosch in their most recent issue. We’ve featured Leon many times on Contrabass Conversations in the past–check out this recent interview below: SA Bassists With Martin Simpson: An Interview with...
A couple years ago, I interviewed jazz bassist Jon Burr about his career and his book The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass. It’s available as a PDF download, so check it out if you haven’t before. The Untold Secret to Melodic Bass Jon Burr interview...
