Thanks to virtuoso performers like Gary Karr, François Rabbath and Edgar Meyer, the double bass is leaping to the front of the concert stage and composers are taking note. This week we’ll listen to some of the music written in the last few decades for this sonorous and incredibly versatile instrument.
Deep Resonances: Modern Music for Bass
50 Shades of Double Bass
Playlist
Can’t Stop Running, by Adam Ben Ezra
Adam Ben Ezra, bass
Four Rogues, no. 1, Calm, by Frank Proto
John Ebinger, bass; Roy Hakes, piano
Duets, mvts. II Parade of the Pigs and V Lament, by Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson, bass; Hal Robinson, bass
Quartet for Double Basses, mvt. II, by Gunther Schuller
Robert Gladstone, bass; Frederick Zimmerman, bass;j Orin O’Brien, bass; Alvin Brehm, bass
Grig’s Dance, by Patrick Neher
Patrick Neher, bass; Mark Rush, violin
Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass, by Tom Johnson
Robert Black, bass & narrator
Monody II, by George Pearle
Robert Black, bass
Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, mvt. I, by Edgar Meyer
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Hugh Wolff, conductor; Edgar Meyer, bass
Mobil II, by Manuel Enriquez
Bertram Turetzky, bass
Blue Monk, by Thelonious Monk
Superbass: Ray Brown, bass; John Clayton, bass; Christian McBride, bass
