In 2005, Lyric Opera of Chicago bassist (and Contrabass Conversations guest) Greg Sarchet organized a recital celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first known double bass recital in the United States. This 1905 double bass recital was performed by Václav Jiskra, a...
This excellent comment came in a couple of days ago on our post (anonymous commenter) from September about balancing music performance and music education. Since things move quickly here (lots of new posts and comments every day), I like to highlight these types...
I’m hard at work getting my new blog Arts Addict (a new blog project affiliated with Adaptistration’s Drew McManus), and I am really excited about this new thing. This blog is looking awesome, and I can’t wait to launch it! It comes out...
Here’s a clip of the outstanding DaXun Zhang performing a song called Galloping Horses with Yang Wei. You can learn more about DaXun Zhang at www.daxunzhang.com, or listen to him perform on Contrabass Conversations #20. Related Posts: DaXun performs The...
Here’s the second part of the magnificent new video series with Rufus Reid and Tom Hill. This new site from Tyrone Bishop is a really great new destination for jazz double bassists, with forums, videos, and much more to come. Check out our Contrabass...
