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Contrabass Conversations

Contrabass Conversations

double bass podcast

396: Orin O’Brien on Leonard Bernstein, Fred Zimmerman, and life in the New York Philharmonic

Orin O’Brien
credit: Henry Grossman

It is an honor and a pleasure to welcome Orin O’Brien to the show!  I’ve been hoping to have Orin as a guest for years, and I want to give a big shout-out to Chris Mathers for connecting the two of us!

We chat about numerous shared acquaintances, including Greg Sarchet, Miloslov Gajdos, David Grossman, Ira Gold, Ed Barker, Hal Robinson, Max Dimoff, Michael Hovnanian, Douglas Mapp, and Ron Wasserman.

More About Orin

New York Philharmonic bassist Orin O’Brien was born in Hollywood to parents in the film industry, George O’Brien and Marguerite Churchill, and received her early musical training in Los Angeles, where she studied with Milton Kestenbaum and Herman Reinshagen. She then studied in New York with Frederick Zimmermann and graduated from The Juilliard School, and is an alumna of the Music Academy of the West, now a partner in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy.

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395: Todd Parks on Nashville, technology, and the acoustic music scene

What is it about the energy of Nashville?

How has the technology surrounding us changed the way we musicians do what we do?

How does a person go from being down to their last pot of coffee to touring the world with the biggest names in their scene?

We answer these questions and much more on this episode featuring Todd Parks.

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394: New Album from Nick Villalobos and Simply Three

On September 22, Simply Three is releasing Undefined, their first album of all-original music.  You can pre-order it here.

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393: Level Up Your Music Career With Jennifer Rosenfeld

Jennifer Rosenfeld is a leader in the world of music entrepreneurship and has been helping musicians “level up” their career since 2009.

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392: Jeff Denson on jazz education, finishing projects, and motivation

What does a jazz education in the 21st century look like? And what should it look like?

Why would a working bassist decide to drop it all and go to school?

How does focusing deeply on contemporary music outside of jazz change the way you approach the instrument?

We answer these questions and much more on this episode featuring Jeff Denson.

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http://traffic.libsyn.com/contrabassconversations/CBC_392_-_Jeff_Denson_Interview.mp3
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