Plane Trips with Basses Are Fun – If Fun for You is Getting Attacked by Rabid Weasels Traveling with a bass is an annoyance by cab and an irritation by train, but the real drama occurs when we intrepid (or foolhardy) bassists venture out to our nearest airport to load...
This was forwarded to me by Chicago-area jazz bassist Rich Armandi. Hopefully you will get a good laugh about the woes bassists feel trying to get a bass on and off a plane.
This is an essay by jazz bassist and Contrabass Conversations guest Eric Hochberg documenting his experiences with his new double bass and how many small factors can add up to cause a very difficult situation. Click here to read all of Eric’s bass blog...
This week featured the second part of This Crazy Business, my new series about life as a working musician. Unlike Road Warrior Without an Expense Account (which is about being a freelance musician), this series is about life as a musician in general. If you’d...
Philanthropic organizations in Chicago have been organizing themselves in a very interesting way when it comes to providing support for jazz, creating the Chicago Jazz Partnership in an effort to draw in new audiences for this music and find innovative ways to support...
