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We’re featuring the Courante and Gigue from the Sixth Cello Suite by J.S. Bach as well as the first movement of the Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 on Eclectic Bass this week, played impeccably by the wonderful bassist Ben Jensen, currently a student of Bruce Bransby at Indiana University. These were recorded live in a master class at Indiana University and are an outstanding example of bass playing. Enjoy!

We’ve featured Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst on Contrabass Conversations previously–if you haven’t checked out this interview before, I’d encourage you to check it out. Indiana University has an established reputation as one of the premier institutions for top-notch double bassists to perfect their craft, and if Ben’s example is any indication of the talents of the younger generation of bassists, we’re in good hands indeed!

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We’re featuring the Courante, Gavottes, and Gigue from the Sixth Cello Suite by J.S. Bach on Eclectic Bass this week, played impeccably by the wonderful bassist Ben Jensen, currently a student of Bruce Bransby at Indiana University. These were recorded live in a master class at Indiana University and are an outstanding example of bass playing. Enjoy!

We’ve featured Indiana University double bass professor Lawrence Hurst on Contrabass Conversations previously–if you haven’t checked out this interview before, I’d encourage you to check it out. Indiana University has an established reputation as one of the premier institutions for top-notch double bassists to perfect their craft, and if Ben’s example is any indication of the talents of the younger generation of bassists, we’re in good hands indeed!

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We’re featuring music from the engaging and unusual band Habersashery on Eclectic Bass, the all-music episode series from Contrabass Conversations. We’ll be playing three tracks from their new album Illuminated Road, which you can learn more about on their website. Enjoy!

Tracks featured:

-Toys
- Sunset Cowboy
- Not Here

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We’re featuring two tracks from U.K. bassist Leon Bosch’s new solo album The Russian Double Bass, which was released on Meridian Records this month. Leon has been a musical guest on the podcast twice before, and I really hope you enjoy this all-music episode of excellent music played by this wonderful musician.

Tracks Featured:

• Rachmaninoff Vocalise
• Glière Tarantella

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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, and stay tuned next week for some listner feedback and more content from Contrabass Conversations.

Musical Guest: Matthew Weiner

visit him online at www.myspace.com/matthewweiner

Music Performed (order album here):

• Pixie Trance
• Brazilian Tune
• Doin’ The Frog

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We’re featuring music from Louisiana Philharmonic Principal Bass Dave Anderson on this week’s Eclectic Bass episode. Learn more about Dave on his MySpace page, order Dave’s compositions here, and check out our interview with Dave here.

Tracks played:

• “Teen Town” by Jaco Pastorius
• “Surf Ride” from Yule Logs by Dave
• “Schweik Fahrt” featuring Dave and Hal Robinson
• Quintet Mvt. 4 by Dave featuring Sid King and the Kentucky Center Chamber Players
• “Blew Cheeze” featuring Dave and pedal steel guitarist Dave Easley
• “12-Tone Hip Bop” by Dave

Special thanks to The Bass Gang for our theme music

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The first episode of our new all-music series Eclectic Bass is now available! Listen to it with the player above (click the play button, or click ‘play in popup’ to keep browsing while you listen), download the episode (right click and choose ‘save as…’), or subscribe to Contrabass Conversations to get all these episodes downloaded directly. Enjoy!

Featured Artists:

Frederick Charlton

Sarabande and Double from the Partita No. 1 from Bach on Fire

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Lila Horovitz

La Casa Nueva by Lila Horovitz and Contrebajeando by Piazolla from Preludio Del Primer Dia

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• order album

Bill Koehler

The Mirror from Journey2gether

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• order album

Theme song: ‘Don’t Break It’ by Antonin Bastian