Bass shot of the day

Here is a photo of J.J. Wiggins with the Mercer Ellington Orchestra:Related Posts:Fabio Cinque photoCzech-Ease bass photoCrazy musical instrumentsSymmetry in bassesAlcoa aluminum bass photo subscribe to the blog – subscribe to bass blog photos only

Jazz legend Johnny Frigo – 1916-2007

Eric Hochberg (heard on Contrabass Conversations #21) passed along the news to me recently that jazz violinist Johnny Frigo just died at age 90. Johnny actually began his performing career as a bassist. This cover from Downbeat Magazine is a rare example of Johnny...

JazzDoubleBass.com

August 6th will mark the launch of what promises to be a very interesting new resource for jazz double bassists. JazzDoubleBass.com promises to:provide a meeting place for exchanges of opinions, ideas and material;provide an educational resource for all levels of Jazz...

Great interview with Ranaan Meyer

I just completed an excellent interview with Time for Three bassist Ranaan Meyer. John Grillo (a Contrabass Conversations regular) and I co-interviewed Ranaan, and you can expect the first part of this interview on next week’s podcast.Ranaan is well-versed in...

Bass shot of the day

The Creole Quartet plays a little jazz on the Heart of Wales line in this photo en route from Swansea to Shrewsbury:Related Posts:Maggini exhibition photobeautiful Millennium Park photodemotivational postersBassfest 2007 photos and videoBass hedge from Robert...