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Jonas
George Duke’s Concerto for Christian McBride will premiere at a free UCLA concert that will feature the 67-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra (LA), conducted by Mitch Glickman. McBride will appear as bass soloist in the new commissioned work composed by composer/keyboardist/producer Duke. The concert will also feature works commissioned by composers Charles Floyd, and SJO conductor Mitch Glickman.
George Duke: “This is without a doubt the most comprehensive symphonic jazz composition I’ve written. It is written for the full breadth of Christian’s talents including upright, fretless and electric basses. My central idea is to allow Christian the freedom to spontaneously create and at the same time have a cohesive composition with the orchestra. The piece includes a standard jazz rhythm section along with a full orchestra. The challenge was to have complete interplay between the orchestra and the jazz trio and allow the bass to speak throughout its range as the dominant soloist and melodic proponent.”
Links: wwwjazztimes.com, Free tickets at www.sjomusic.org
Nathan Sawaya is a Brick Artist. He builts things with Lego bricks, and he has recently made a Lego cello: YouTube
After last week’s ISB Convention 2011 at San Francisco, the next big event has been announced:“After a great week in BASS2008 PARIS and in BASS2010 BERLIN, we would like to continue making tradition for an European bass convent every two years. In 2012 we welcome you in Copenhagen from 14-19th of August 2012. Looking forward to meeting you all for a week of fun, information, development and art!”Links: www.bass2012.eu, Facebook
Amazing! YouTube-Link
An interesting photo, found at Naonerd’s Flickr account.
No matter what kind of music you’re playing, the bass enhances the sound and makes it more beautiful and full.
Charlie Haden
Bassist Gary Peacock was born May 12, 1935. Happy Birthday!
The late Motown bassplayer James Jamerson, mostly known for playing the Fender Precision bass guitar, was also a double bassist. In this video, his son talks about his bass playing and shows the double bass he played.