Published on October 29, 2009
in Event and News.
| October 5, 2010 | to | October 10, 2010 |
“A convention for all who love the double bass” – after the great success of Bass 2008 in Paris, the next big double bass event is announced to take place at Berlin in October 2010. Participants and guests can expect numerous musical double bass highlights and many different possibilities to interact with other experts in the field: Internationally reknowned professors, double bass soloists, publishers, instrument, string and bow makers will present themselves. Moreover, there will be competitions and workshops for all age groups. And, of course, you will be able to exchange and mingle with other double bass fans from Europe and all over the world. More informations at the Bass2010 website.
Playing the bass by sliding the video’s timeline … a YouTubeBass is something that we don’t necessarily need, or what we have inpatiently been waiting for – but it’s a funny idea, anyhow.
But don’t miss to watch Adam Ben Ezra’s double bass version of the Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean!
Published on October 20, 2009
in Jazz and News.
On Sunday night, bassist Ben Williams won the prestigous Thelonius Mink Competion in his hometown Washington. The six judges, including Ron Carter, Charlie Haden and Dave Holland, winnowed the list to three (Joe Sanders from Milwaukee, Matt Brewer of Albuquerque and Ben Williams) and those finalists performed Sunday with singer Dee Dee Bridgewater and a rhythm section of pianist Geoff Keezer and drummer Carl Allen.
“The crowd favorite was 24-year-old Ben Williams, who grew up in Northeast D.C. and graduated from Davey Yarborough’s jazz program at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. He pulled hard at the strings, building up a powerful rhythmic attack on Duke Ellington’s “Caravan,” locking eyes and trading musical ideas with the ebullient Bridgewater.” reports Matt Schudel/Washington Post.
More about Ben Williams at his MySpace page.
Published on October 16, 2009
in News.
My posts at www.DoubleBassGuide.com and www.Kontrabassblog.de (my German double bass weblog) can now be followed at twitter: www.twitter.com/jonaslohse.
While I was setting up this, I also fixed a configuration mistake at my FeedBurner account, where you can subscribe my posts via email. So this service should properly work again now, too.
Published on October 14, 2009
in Event.
| October 30, 2009 | to | October 31, 2009 |
The AmsterBass bass meeting takes place at the Conservatorium Amsterdam, and offers performanes and workshops with Dominique Di Piazza, Reggie Washington, and others. (Mostly Electric Bassguitar relates, not Doublebass.)
Published on October 14, 2009
in Event.
The European Bass Day is held at Viersen/Germany, and features a trade show and performances. (Mostly electric bassguitar, not doublebass related.) Festhalle Viersen, Hermann-Hülser-Platz, 41747 Viersen, Germany. Headliner: Richard Bona Group.
www.european-bassday.com
Published on September 27, 2009
in Event.
| October 12, 2009 | to | October 21, 2009 |
The Encuentro Internacional de Contrabajo, a double bass festival, will take place in october at Bogota (Columbia). “We are extremly honoured and happy since Maestro Gary Karr will not only be among our invited Doublebassists but we will be dedicating the encouter to him!” says Moisès Bertran, Director Conservatorio de Música/Universidad Nacional de Colombia. The Filarmonic Orchestra of Bogotá will host the National Doublebass Competition during that time, too. Beside Gary Karr, the Universtity of Bogota has invited the double bassists Ivan Sztankov, Bernard Cazauran, Ilko Rusev, Hernando Segura and Jonathan Camps.
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