Édouard Nanny @ 150
2022 is the 150th birthday of the French bassist-composer Édouard Nanny (1872 – 1942). He was the leading French bassist of his generation, taught at […]
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The Unique Teppo
In March, I wrote a short article for the International Journal of Music in anticipation of the 80th birthday of Teppo Hauta-aho on 27 May
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I Remember Teppo
English translation: Violetta Donadoni. As a vow to a jazz classic, a language that the honoree perfectly mastered, I want to lead the next lines.
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The Ragtime Bass Player
4 December 2021 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Czech bassist-composer Adolf Lotter (1871 – 1942). Apart from in “Light Music” circles
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Happy Birthday to Gary Karr
Gary Karr celebrated his 80th birthday on 20 November 2021, and his contribution to the double bass is unique. Almost singlehandedly, he dragged the double
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David Heyes’ Upcoming Projects
David Heyes talks about his current and future projects, such as recording a Czech music album and creating a Bass Academy. More information inside this article!
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Remembering Ovidiu
[Why?] … belongs amongst the best pieces written for this instrument combination. Double Bassist I first met the great Romanian virtuoso Ovidiu Badila at Kloster
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David Heyes: “I Am Proud of the Range of Music I Have Commissioned and Publish”
In this interview, we have David Heyes, double bass teacher at Wells Cathedral School (UK) and founder of the Recital Music publishing house.
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Bert Turetzky — An American Original
Early in his career, while teaching at the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut, Turetzky’s life took a change of direction. A friend, a composer,
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Whether to Amplify or Not a Solo Double Bass?
English translation: Violetta Donadoni. I am writing this article because I consider it an interesting subject to discuss, which is little or almost nothing talked
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