February 2009 is Membership Drive Month for the International Society of Bassists, and with the upcoming convention at Penn State this June, there’s never been a better time than now to join up, either for the first time or to renew your membership if it’s...
Here’s a video from 1996 featuring Miloslav Gajdos performing at the Harold Washington Library as part of Chicago’s International Artists Exchange. Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist and Northestern Illinois University double bass professor Greg Sarchet (who...
Reinforcing my belief that this current up-and-coming generation of bassists is the most technically advanced yet, I’d like to offer up this recording passed along to me by bassist Steve Metcalf of Ben Jensen, an absolutely outstanding player who studies with Bruce...
CEMC/ SoG – Claudin de Sermisy (c.1490-1562) – Changeons propos, c’est trop chante d’amours From the May 18, 2008 Chicago Early Music Consort & Spirit of Gambo – a Chicago Consort of Viols Performance of ‘Bonjour, Mon Coer!...
How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care) by Ross Duffin W. W. Norton, paperback (crossposted from PBDB) “Don’t even start thinking about this stuff,” said my friend, an excellent musician who does a lot of period performance work. “It’ll ruin...
