Contact the show: call (415) 952-5643 (Google Voicemail) or email feedback@contrabassconversations.com Jack Unzicker and Jason Heath chat about all kinds of topics in today’s episode. This was recorded live at East Side Denton in Denton, Texas in September, 2017.
Category: Interview Guests
427: Hans Sturm on Rose Fingered Dawn
Contact the show: call (415) 952-5643 (Google Voicemail) or email feedback@contrabassconversations.com Hans Sturm and Jackie Allen have recently released Rose Fingered Dawn, an album of original compositions written by Hans. Today’s episode is a conversation with Hans about this new album along with excerpts of several selections.
426: Mark Dresser on bi-tones, expressivity, and telematic performance
Contact the show: call (415) 952-5643 (Google Voicemail) or email feedback@contrabassconversations.com It was a pleasure to sit down with bassist, composer, and University of California San Diego professor Mark Dresser for this wide-ranging conversation about bi-tones, fingerboard amplification, telematic music performance, and much more!
425: Paul Ellison and his students
Today, we take a look at the remarkable impact that Paul Ellison has had on the double bass world as a teacher. This episode includes our original interview with Paul from 2016 as well as thoughts on Paul as a teacher from five former students: Caitlyn Kamminga Nina DeCesare Peter Seymour Nicholas Walker Jory Herman… Continue reading 425: Paul Ellison and his students
424: Matthew McDonald (from the archives)
This “best of” episode features Berlin Philharmonic principal bassist Matthew McDonald. Enjoy, and check out the original episode from 2016 here.