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- CBC 102: Jeremy McCoy interview
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Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:23:45 +0000
We’re chatting with Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Assistant Principal Bass Jeremy McCoy on this week’s Contrabass Conversations episode. Jeremy attended the Curtis Institute and was a member of the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Canada prior to his appointment with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Jeremy and I discuss a wide variety of topics, including his [...] - CBC 101: Jeff Bradetich interview (0mb)
Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:00:54 +0000
It is a real pleasure to be able to put out this interview with University of North Texas and Cleveland Institute of Music faculty member Jeff Bradetich. Jeff was a huge influence on my early development, and I continue to use the principles he taught me in my own teaching and performing each and every [...] - CBC 100: Origins (0mb)
Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:00:34 +0000
We’ve finally reached 100 episodes of Contrabass Conversations! In this special episode, we hear how many of our guests from our first two years of podcasting began playing the bass. Today, you’ll be hearing excerpts from the following guests. Complete episodes featuring all of these guests (and many more!) can be found at the Contrabass Conversations [...] - CBC 99: Jeremy Kurtz interview (0mb)
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:00:31 +0000
We’re featuring an interview with San Diego Symphony Principal Bass Jeremy Kurtz on this week’s episode. Jeremy was a student of Hal Robinson at Curtis and Tim Pitts at Rice University, and he also spent two years in the New World Symphony prior to his appointment with the San Diego Symphony. His solo album [...] - CBC 98: Marshall Fine Sonata for Double Bass (0mb)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:00:16 +0000
This fascinating bass sonata clocks in at almost 40 minutes (!) and was written by Marshall Fine for double bassist John Chiego. John Chiego, bass Deborah Heath, piano recorded live at the University of Memphis 2/14/98 1. Homage to A.T. (13:06) 2. Scherzo: La Vendetta (5:12) 3. Warrington-Variations (20:55) About Marshall Fine: Currently Assistant Principal Violist of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Marshall Fine is [...] - CBC 97: Gary Karr - from the CBS archives (169mb)
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:00:25 +0000
We’ve got a real treat for you this week on Contrabass Conversations. I got this great footage from the CBS archives from bassist Eric Rath. This is a special from Camera 3 filmed in 1969 about Gary Karr. You’ll get a chance to hear Gary perform, chat about the bass, and play in some truly [...] - CBC 96: Kells Nollenberger and the Kaleidoscope Trio (0mb)
Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:24:04 +0000
We’re featuring two tracks from Contrabass Conversations contributor Kells Nollenberger and his new album with the Kaleidoscope Trio. Kells also has a podcast called The Jazz Exchange and guest hosted an interview with Steve Rodby for us in the past. We’ll be hearing the first and last tracks from their new album Map to the Ocean, [...] - CBC 95: The Bass Gang Rocks! (0mb)
Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:34:45 +0000
We hope you enjoyed last week’s episode featuring the music of bassist Matt Weiner and ukulele player Del Rey. I think that this duo rocks, and I hope you enjoyed hearing those tracks from them. This week, we’re featuring another all-music episode. I’m pleased to bring you some tracks from The Bass Gang, one of the [...] - CBC 94: music from Matthew Weiner (0mb)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:25:12 +0000
Eclectic Bass 3 - bass and ukulele music Today we’re featuring some tracks by Matt Weiner on double bass and Del Ray on ukulele from their album At The Ukeshack #1. We’ll first hear Pixie Trance, followed by Brazilian Tune, and wrap up the show today with Doin’ The Frog. Check them out online at myspace.com/matthewweiner, [...] - CBC 93: DaXun Zhang interview part 2 (0mb)
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:00:46 +0000
We’re concluding our interview with double bass soloist and University of Texas-Austin bass professorDaXun Zhang today, as well as featuring more tracks from this stellar musician. Check out episode 92 for the first part of this interview. Along with the conclusion of our interview, we’ll be featuring DaXun performing a very cool Chinese piece for bass [...] - CBC 92: DaXun Zhang interview part 1 (0mb)
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:28:35 +0000
We’re featuring an interview with and music from double bass soloist DaXun Zhang this week on Contrabass Conversations. The winner of numerous prestigious solo competitions, DaXun is a true virtuoso, capable of a level of musical expression and technical dexterity rarely seen on the instrument. In this first segment of our interview (which we will conclude [...] - CBC 91: Barry Lieberman interview part 2 (0mb)
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:00:41 +0000
We’re concluding our interview with double bassist Barry Lieberman. The former Assistant Principal Bass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Principal Bass of the Winnipeg Symphony, Barry now serves as co-director of The American String Project, an innovative string ensemble which features arrangements of string quartets for small string ensemble with double bass. On today’s episode, [...] - CBC 90: Barry Lieberman interview part 1 (0mb)
Sat, 02 Aug 2008 11:00:47 +0000
This week, we’re featuring an interview with double bassist Barry Lieberman. The former Assistant Principal Bass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Principal Bass of the Winnipeg Symphony, Barry now serves as co-director of The American String Project, an innovative string ensemble which features arrangements of string quartets for small string ensemble with double bass. On [...] - CBC 89: An Afternoon With Gary Karr (0mb)
Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:00:55 +0000
We’re featuring Gary Karr, one of the all-time most influential double bassists, on Contrabass Conversations today. Hearing Gary Karr on record was a defining experience for me in my youth (as was the case for bassists worldwide), and hearing him live remains one of my most memorable double bass performances of all time. The complete audio [...] - CBC 88: video version (0mb)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:59:30 +0000
This is the link to the video version of CBC 88 with Guy Tuneh for our subscribers. - CBC 88: Guy Tuneh video episode (0mb)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:00:03 +0000
We’re featuring a video episode of double bassist Guy Tuneh on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. Guy has been featured many times on the podcast in the past, and it’s a real pleasure to hear his fine playing again on the show. This episode is being released in both audio and video versions. You [...] - CBC 87: Rufus Reid interview (0mb)
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:00:56 +0000
We’re featuring an interview with jazz bassist Rufus Reid on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. This interview was conducted by guest host Win Hinkle, a former member of the Florida Symphony Orchestra (this orchestra dissolved in 1993) who also worked in Florida as a trombonist, electric bassist, and double bassist, including a lot of [...] - CBC 86: music business chat with Weldon Anderson (0mb)
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:53 +0000
We’re featuring a conversation with double bassist and composer Weldon Anderson on this week’s episode of Contrabass Conversations. In this episode, we’re chatting about Weldon’s experiences as a Broadway musician with the innovative Squonk Opera, his perspectives on freelancing, and an interesting back-and-forth on the music business in general. Check out the first part of [...] - CBC 85: bass gear with Steve Rodby (0mb)
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:00:20 +0000
This week?s episode concludes the interview with jazz bass legend Steve Rodby that we featured on episodes 58 and 78 of the podcast. Rodby has played bass on every Pat Metheny Group record since 1980, co-produced the group?s last five albums and won 10 Grammy Awards with the group. He has toured with jazz greats [...] - CBC 84: Hans Sturm and the Rabbath technique (0mb)
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:00:06 +0000
We?re featuring something a bit unusual for this week?s Contrabass Conversations episode. Ball State University bass professor and International Society of Bassists president Hans Sturm has been featured several times on the podcast in video episodes, and this week we’re featuring Hans discussing the fundamentals of the Rabbath technique left hand positioning system.This dialogue was [...]
