In the classical world, we get to see more than our fair share of performances from violinists, cellists, flautists, clarinetists and soloists who play instruments with relatively high registers and ...

Japanese double bass master Tetsu Saitoh is one of the most original players of the bull fiddle. He is a resourceful and inventive free improviser but also feels at home when is playing Argentine ...

This, as you may have surmised, is by way of prelude to a report of Mr. Koussevitzky’s local debut as a double bass virtuoso, and I might as well set down now that Mr. Koussevitzky’s virtuosity with ...

With improvising double bassists of the calibre of Olie Brice, John Edwards, Dominic Lash, David Leahy, Peter Marsh, Marcio Mattos, Jordan Muscatello and Guillaume Viltard being regulars on the London ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Twenty-year old Scottish double bassist Ewan Hastie has won BBC Young Jazz ...

It’s obvious from the get-go. From the first measure, the foundation is there, solid and steady. And that’s a freedom dance for the other players, whether that’s a pianist in a corner of a downtown ...

For centuries, the massive double bass has thundered away in a supporting role at the back of the orchestra. As some of the world's top bassists meet for an inaugural solo contest in Texas, the BBC's ...

Ryu Si-heon, a 19-year-old double bassist, fell ill for nearly a month after winning two prizes, including first prize, at the Giovanni Bottesini International Double Bass Competition, held in Crema, ...

A few months ago, I finally got a chance to see Jordan Morton perform. I had heard great things about this double bassist who had starting playing out as a solo singer-songwriter; when I caught her at ...

This musician realised that with the right bow, the Bach Cello Suite No.1 could come to life in a wonderful way on the double bass... Since Bach composed his Cello Suites in the early 1700s, they have ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I was chided the other day by a bass player for referring to the bass guitar. This turns out to be a point of ...