The following article appears in the January issue of Strings Magazine and is written by San Diego Symphony principal bassist Jeremy Kurtz, a former Contrabass Conversations guest and guest author for dbb.org: All Things Strings: Unconventional Wisdom
Bassist Steve Badach sent me the following photo of a truly enormous bass. I wonder what first position looks like on this thing? Doesn’t look like the octobass to me since there isn’t any sort of fingering contraption for the left hand. Click here for a...
I was recently reading Chicago Jazz Magazine and came across the following very cool column featuring jazz bassist Kelly Sill, who teaches at DePaul University and is a major force on the jazz scene here in Chicago. It’s a “blow-by-blow” of...
Stephen Buckley was a guest artist at the University of Colorado’s College of Music for a two-day residency in September. He is assistant principal bass with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, and has also worked extensively with the Bergen Philharmonic...
Saw this blurb come down the news wire and had to throw in my two cents. This is probably one of the best things that a bass player could do with their summer at present. I highly recommend checking out the Domaine Forget academy if possible. Getting in is...
