Fausto Borém is the Grand Prize winner of the 2018 International Society of Bassists Research Competition. His document, titled Intonation in the Performance of the Double Bass, was presented at the 2019 ISB Convention. Fausto has been on my “to interview” list for years, and it was great to have the opportunity to connect with… Continue reading 632: Fausto Borem on Brazilian musical explorations
Category: Podcast
631: Helen Svoboda on finding your voice
I was introduced to Helen Svoboda by jazz bass mainstay and past podcast guest John Goldsby. Helen is exploring a variety of interesting solo and collaborative projects on the bass, including her Vegetable Bass series, her bass and tenor sax duo Meatshell, her chamber-oriented Sprout project, and more. Helen is pushing into fascinating new territory… Continue reading 631: Helen Svoboda on finding your voice
630: Vassilis Papavassiliou revisits vibrato
Vassilis Papavassiliou presented a session titled Vibrato Revisited part 2 at the 2019 International Society of Bassists Convention, and we had the chance to sit down for a few minutes and explore some of his new findings. Vassilis appeared on the podcast in 2018 to cover this topic, and he has created an excellent website… Continue reading 630: Vassilis Papavassiliou revisits vibrato
Help make Walking the Changes happen on Kickstarter!
Documentary filmmaker and bassist Nick Wells has assembled footage from nearly 30 of the most well-known names in jazz bass, including Dave Holland, Larry Grenadier, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride into a new project called Walking the Changes. Through the month of October, Nick is running a Kickstarter to take this mountain of footage and… Continue reading Help make Walking the Changes happen on Kickstarter!
629: Bert Witzel on auditioning
Bert Witzel is the latest addition to the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra bass section. He served as principal bass of the Louisville Orchestra for many years prior to winning an audition for his current position. Bert is also the author of Scales for the Double Bass. We dig into Bert’s journey through the music world, the… Continue reading 629: Bert Witzel on auditioning