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Double Bass YOU - on youtube (DB forum thread)
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Another clip from a Jazz Society concert. This one features Jacob Duncan on sax, playing one of his excellent tunes.
Jacob Duncan! I knew him back in my North Texas days! A beautiful cat and a beautiful player!
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Yes, Jacob is a treasure in our scene. I did 12 years of a Wednesday night sax/bass/drums trio gig with him that only stopped because of covid. I grew a LOT on that gig!
It was! Especially since the drummers - Jason Tiemann (first six years) and Mike Hyman (last six) - were both also world class. And completely different to boot.
It was really incredible to get to do 6 concerts with this trio last week. This is from last Tuesday in St. Louis. Video by Aaron Johnson
Fun with Marais. The viol part is deceptively difficult - marais was a master virtuoso, so it comes with the territory.
Sort of fun that all three instruments are from the same maker as well.
A fun tune by my colleague Gabe Evens from a concert last week. As an added bonus, I think I am finally dialing in a decent amplified sound in that hall after many years of trying!
amplified sound is nice. sounds like a difficult hall to sound good in? band sounds great.
Thank you! Yes, it's difficult. The only good sound I get in there is playing unamplified without drums. With an amp, it seems I am either way too loud or inaudible.
These are fun and very impressive! But I hope you also get to perform some of this stuff live with other musicians in real time. Who is the instrument maker?
My instruments are from ed maday in new york - i love him and his work. I can't say enough good things about him.
a little over a year ago, i decided to stop taking any gigs (playing bass) to focus on really learning the viol. I've only owned one since october of 2024.
so, at the moment i only play occasionally with my students and things like that. I'm at the beginning stages of what I plan on making into a full career (as much as one can while teaching full time) playing the viol.
I also just tried a violone for the first time and think i'd really like to pursue that...
so, yeah, i agree that actually playing with ensembles and musicians is going to be wonderful when i get there. But, i'm really not there yet and don't have the time even if I was.
Earl
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From a concert in March at The Bass Place (my house in Ridgefield Park, NJ!). The great pianist Mamiko Watanabe and I perform To Wisdom The Prize by Larry Willis. All acoustic!
more viola da gamba from me... i'm going to paste the video description here:
Froberger (1616-1667) is mostly known for his influence on the generation after him, more than any particular pieces he wrote. His music would have directly influenced Buxtehude, who would go on to be a mentor figure for a young J.S. Bach. It is also well established that Bach would have directly studied his music, likely pieces similar to this one. There also exists a transcription of Frobergers Hexachord Fantasia in Mozart's own handwriting. Beethoven's notes from his time studying with Albrechtsberger make specific mention of examples from Froberger's approach to counterpoint. It's nearly impossible to overstate how profound his influence really was. This piece is a "Ricercare," which comes from the italian word for "search." Similar to a Fugue (chase) but less strict in form and tonal relationships.
