Just had a great dinner at Bluestone in Evanston with Courtney. I’m beat from my long day in Texas and Illinois. # Watching some streaming television via Hulu.com – Courtney, the cats, and me. # Just woke up after a long recovery slumber from this...
PostClassic: Aniara Kyle Gann from PostClassic writes: “Just before leaving for Europe I chanced to pick up a vocal score of Karl-Birger Blomdahl’s science fiction opera Aniara, and I’ve only recently had time to spend with it….” (tags:...
I spent the weekend in Dallas, Texas for my first meeting as a member of the International Society of Bassists Board of Directors. This was an extremely productive and activity-packed weekend, with members flying in from California, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,...
Oh yeah! The great Christian McBride tears it up live on the Ornette Coleman tune “Turnaround” with Joshua Redman, Pat Metheny and Brian Blade.
Frequent blog and podcast collaborator Andy Anderson gave me the great idea of compiling a list of double bass audition requirements for major universities and conservatories. I think this is a great idea, and I’ve put up what Andy has compiled thus far:...
