I stumbled upon this cell phone video of Gary Karr (see his Contrabass Conversations videos here) while browsing around YouTube recently. He’s playing with deaf bassist Hector Tirado–check out Hector’s website for recordings as well as information...
I’ve always enjoyed this set of variations by Bottesini, played quite admirably here by Chunyang Wang. I always thought about working them up for a recital but ended up ditching them for something or another. [From YouTube – Chunyang Wang plays “Nel...
Click to Play Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Suite No.1 in G-Major for Violoncello (Double Bass), BWV 1007 Prelude Allemande Courante Sarabande Menuet I & II Gigue Dr. Phillip W. Serna, double bass & bass viol with Dr. Joseph Bognar, harpsichord...
I recently found what seems like a pretty cool solo bass piece by bassist/composer Chunyang Wang. I’d be interested to know more about this player if any blog readers know about his background. [From YouTube – Chunyang Wang plays his Caprice for Solo...
I’ve set up a page for folks to follow along with live ISB Convention coverage at doublebassblog.org/live. This page will feature our Ustream live feed, my Twitter feed for the convention (I’ll be tweeting quite a bit, so you can follow along that way even...