John Christensen Bass Blog http://www.madisonbassplayer.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:47:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.madisonbassplayer.com/13-Larry-Grenadier-Vid.html <p>i love larry&#39;s playing..</p><p>&nbsp;{youtube}n41I-UBcO2s{/youtube} </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p> John Christensen http://www.madisonbassplayer.com/11-Chuck-Israels-With-Bill-Evans.html {youtube}dH3GSrCmzC8{/youtube} John Christensen http://www.madisonbassplayer.com/10-I-love-this-guy.html <p>I heard this guy on Wynton&#39;s Christmas special.. what a great player.</p><p>His name is CARLOS HENRIQUEZ</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>{youtube}t1HvI-uiwCQ{/youtube} </p><p>&nbsp;</p> John Christensen http://www.madisonbassplayer.com/9-Interesting.html <p class="header"> A Brief History of the Double Bass<br /> by Lawrence Hurst </p> <p> <img src="http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/1187/Music/basshist.jpg" alt="Early Double Bass" width="172" height="263" align="left" /> The modern double bass is not a true member of either the violin or viol families. Most likely its first general shape was that of a violone, the largestmember of the viol family. Some of the earliest basses extant are violones, (including C-shaped sound [...] John Christensen http://www.madisonbassplayer.com/7-This-is-a-piece-of-content.html {youtube}DANkec2NY4w{/youtube} John Christensen