The second part of Brian Roessler’s excellent look at the development of François Rabbath’s career as a jazz artist was recently published. Many bassists seem to forget that Rabbath (former Contrabass Conversations guest) was well-known as a jazz bassist...
— Visit the Double Bassist’s Guide to Colleges – U.S. Edition — A couple of weeks ago, I put out a survey for blog readers asking them to rank what they feel are the best universities and conservatories for double bass study in the United...
Registration for the 2010 Chicago Bass Festival (Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010 from 9:30 am – 5 pm) just opened up. You can register here or through any page on the Chicago Bass Festival website. I cannot emphasize strongly enough how much this event will...
Composer John Adams has started a blog. Called Hell Mouth (great name, don’t you think?), at present it covers a variety of musical and non-musical topics. Here are a few that I connected with: What Music Can and Cannot Do Hocking a Hooey at the Concert Great...
Longtime friend of the blog Brian Roessler, bassist for the Fantastic Merlins, has a multi-part series about François Rabbath (former Contrabass Conversations guest) being published on Destination Out. Here’s a link to the first part–it’s really...
