Bassist Bobby Sleeper sent me a link to this great arrangement of the Bach Badinerie from the Orchestral Suite No. 2, played masterfully by Cristian Braica and accompanied by Boguslaw Furtok (featured many times on the blog in the past) as virtual orchestra....
Interested in a new aluminum double bass? Dave Gartland from midnightrockers.co.uk is making new ones. Here’s a link to the specific page on these new basses.
Ahhh, Facebook… it certainly has an ability to bring back all sorts of fond memories. Here’s a photo in which someone tagged me recently. It’s of the IRIS Orchestra from the mid-2000’s. I’m on the right along with double bassist Scott...
Jeff Weisner (National Symphony double bassist and former Contrabass Conversations guest, and a regular contributor to doublebassblog.org) let me know that Ira Gold (also a National Symphony double bassist and former Contrabass Conversations guest) will be joining the...
From ArsAntiguaPresents.com–listen here (MP3 link): Born in 1667, Michel Pignolet de Monteclair made his way to Paris in 1697, and by 1699 was playing the basse de violon in the Paris Opera and gaining renown as a teacher. Acknowledged as one of the most...
