By Jason
An active double bass performer and teacher, Jason teaches double bass at DePaul University and served on the Board of Directors of the International Society of Bassists for many years. Jason is the current President of the Illinois chapter of the American String Teachers Association.
Jason has been a member of the Elgin Symphony since 2000 and has played with the Midsummer’s Music Festival in Door County for the past decade. He is a past member of the Milwaukee Ballet and IRIS Orchestra, and has performed with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, and numerous other professional ensembles.
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The following podcast is a recording of a panel discussion on the future of music from the 2009 International Society of Bassists Convention. It features:
Great podcast: Who was it who said
“When jazz became a concert, an intellectual phenomenon instead of a dance phenomenon, it no longer became a popular phenomenon.”
Its at about 48:50 in the podcast.