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695: Andrew Goins on the Texas Online Bass Camp

694: Ryan Roberts on podcasting

693: Elisa Janson Jones on online learning

692: Elsen Price on diverse projects

691: Hugh Sung on online teaching

690: Morgan Daly of ContraCover

689: Dmitry Gorodetsky on reinventing himself

Today we’re featuring Christian Fabian, the longtime bassist for the Lionel Hampton Big Band.  We spent some time in person together during the 2020 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Born in Sweden and raised in Germany, Christian attended Berklee College of Music. Through Brian Bromberg, one of his early mentors, Christian became the bassist for the Lionel Hampton Band. He currently serves as co-leader of the New Lionel Hampton Band featuring Jason Marsalis, and he also co-founded the Native Jazz Quarte

We’re chatting with Eleanor Martindale about the third annual RCR Double Bass Camp, which will be coming up August 17-22 in the south of France. We talk about how the camp is organized, Lorraine Campet, Bernard Salles, Alberto Bocini, Giuseppe Ettorre, and all the other teachers that will be there, and much more. Enjoy, and you can learn more about the RCR Double Bass Camp on their website and Facebook page! •Subscribe to our newsletter: http://smarturl.it/cbcnews

Houston Grand Opera principal bassist and University of Houston bass faculty Dennis Whittaker recently launched a YouTube Channel called Incredibly Useful Exercises. Dennis has 45 of his favorite exercises that he is putting on YouTube and also into a series of 16 volumes plus an appendix.  He rates each on a scale of 1-5 for the following attributes: Control Mindfulness Expression Power Velocity Coordination Endurance We dig into his inspiration for the project, efficiency, and much more. 

After 30 years at the University of Washington, Barry Lieberman is retiring.  I’ve had Barry on the podcast several times in the past, and we had an engaging chat about the hefty list of bass players that he has brought to the university for his Barry Lieberman and Friends series This episode was recorded on March 10, 2020, and I congratulate Barry on his accomplishment!

I had a great time having Kieran Hanlon back on the podcast. In this episode, recorded on February 20, we talk about the Fredonia Bass Fest, which had recently wrapped up and which had past podcast guests Danny Ziemann and Lauren Pierce as guest artists. We also dig into Kieran’s new trio edition (bass, guitar, cello) of the Eccles Sonata, the interesting self-care topic that came up at the Bass Fest, and more.  Enjoy!

It was great to have Valentina Ciardelli back on the podcast. In this episode, recorded on February 20, we dig into her new arrangements, including Zappa, Stravinsky, and 'Nei Cieli Bigi’ from La Bohème for cello and bass.  Valentina is currently offering Skype lessons, so be sure to reach out to her if you’d like to study!  Also, she is now selling these arrangements: •Sonata for double bass and piano (Music from the Sphinx) •Vissi d'arte - from opera "Tosca" for solo double bass

It was a pleasure chatting with Lizzie Burns. Lizzie spent six years studying in Boston while maintaining an active freelance career. She was a founding member of Phoenix and the Pianosofia Chamber Players, and a fellow of Symphony Nova. We chatted on February 25h for the podcast, and much has changed in the world in the intervening weeks, but I hope that you enjoy taking your mind off of these concerning times with this engaging and thoughtful conversation with Lizzie!

Today’s episode features the following the topic of Gary Karr and his influence: David Murray - Butler University Derek Jones - Cirque du Soleil’s show KÀ Gary Karr - the man himself! Hector Tirado - Puerto Rican bassist James Oesi - soloist Jeff Bradetich - University of North Texas Jim Ham - luthier Phoebe Russell - Queensland Symphony Ranaan Meyer - Time for Three Check out Gary's other appearances on the podcast, and listen to “best of” episodes at contrabassconversations.com/h