Basses in jazz art paintings from Ann deLorge

Bassist and PlayJazzNow.com founder Bill Harrison just started a blog called Jazz Underneath, and it is already turning into quite a resource. One of his recent posts highlights beautiful jazz-themed paintings by New Orleans painter Ann deLorge. The work to the left...

Weekly Wrap-Up

I am wrapping up my portion of the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County, Wisconsin this week with some fabulous performances. This is my third summer with this ensemble, and it is a great way to decompress after getting up at 4 a.m. and working until 11 p.m. for...

Upcoming podcast guests

I just did a great interview with Pittsburgh Symphony Principal Bassist Jeff Turner yesterday for Contrabass Conversations. I think that folks will really get a lot of this interview, and I really enjoyed the opportunity to get to sit down wit Jeff and learn his...

Great response to Eric Hochberg interview

I’ve been seeing a lot of traffic to Eric Hochberg’s Contrabass Conversations interview in the last few days, and it is good to see that the bass and jazz community are checking this episode out. The interview has been mentioned on several jazz blogs as...

Rick McLaughlin shows basses on 5/26 in Rhinebeck NY

Bassist Rick McLaughlin (a member of the Grammy-nominated Either/Orchestra and AlterEGO electric upright endorser) will be showing his AlterEGO basses this Saturday (5/26) 2pm in Rhinebeck, New York. Here are the details:You can also visit Rick’s blog for more...