Listen to some music by bass players on this New Sounds. Hear the orchestral double bass, as represented by German bass player Eberhard Weber, along with the electric bass guitar, represented by the Swedish bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg. There's also music by California bass player Michael Manring, whose signature instrument, the hyperbass, he helped to develop and is designed for limitless altered tunings. Plus, music from bassist/composer and jazzer/rocker Ben Allison (also composer of NPR’s On the Media theme) - his tune "Slap Happy" from the record "Peace Pipe," and more.
Special thanks to our New Sounds Summer Intern, Ross Harriss, for helping to make this podcast possible.
PROGRAM # 3472, Music for Bass (First aired on 5/22/2013)
ARTIST(S) | RECORDING | CUT(S) | SOURCE |
Eberhard Weber | Fluid Rustle | Quiet Departures [18:02] | ECM 1137 |
Jonas Hellborg | Aram of the Two Rivers, Live in Syria | Salah al Din [9:47] | Bardo Music 038 |
Ben Allison | Peace Pipe | Slap Happy [8:05] | Palmetto Records pm2086 |
Michael Manring | Soliloquy | Selene (live) [4:50] | Manthing Music |
Gary Burton Quintet w/Eberhard Weber | Ring | Silent Spring (C Bley), excerpt [1:00] | ECM 1051 |
