530: Barrie Kolstein on 70 years of business




Contrabass Conversations double bass life show

Summary: Barrie has been in the double bass business for nearly 50 years, and Kolstein Music is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Barrie and I cover all kinds of new ground in this long-overdue “round two” conversation, including what it was like working with bass legends like Fred Zimmermann and Orin O’Brien, new product innovations, the Busetto bass, and trunk designs, how the bass world has (and hasn’t) changed over the decades, advice Barrie would give to his younger self, and much more!