New items on ‘For Sale’ page

I just added some new items to the bass blog For Sale page, including a really cool aluminum bodied Pfretschner double bass. Visit the For Sale page for more details, and feel free to e-mail me (jsh177@yahoo.com) with any items you’d like to have listed (no...

Guy Tuneh plays La Sonnambula by Bottesini

This is an excellent video featuring Guy Tuneh performing the La Sonnambula variations by Bottesini. Wolfgang Kind accompanies Mr. Tuneh on piano. Mr. Tuneh and I have been in touch, and I plan on featuring him on a future episode of Contrabass Conversations!Related...

Bass shot of the day

Another beautiful shot from a Maggini exhibition:Related Posts:Maggini exhibition photobeautiful Millennium Park photodemotivational postersBassfest 2007 photos and videoBass hedge from Robert Oppeltsubscribe to the blog – subscribe to the podcast

Auditioning at 54 – part 2

This is part 2 of a guest post by double bassist Jean-Yves Bénichou. You can read part 1 of Benjy’s post here. Benjy is bi-national, being a citizen of both the United States and France. He has lived in France for the past 30 years and has been a member of the...

Volkan Orhan performs Copland Sonata 3rd Mvt.

This is a live performance of Aaron Copland’s Violin Sonata 3rd Movement. This piece is transcribed for double bass and piano by Gary Karr, and is accompanied by Gaylien Chun on piano.Related Posts:University of Iowa bass professor Volkan OrhanGary Karr plays...