Bilbo Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 I am listening as we speak to Edgar Meyer's Unaccompanied Cello Suites performed on the Double Bass and am loving it. Has anyone any recommendations for other arco recordings by top drawer players. Classical preferrably, solo would be good. Not a lot of great arco jazz out there (Stewart and Chambers excepted). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonicon Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 The first Edgar Meyer solo album is really good. It's hard for me to think of many other things like it, but there is a nice CD of Robert Black playing the music of Christian Wolff. Wolff's music isn't for everyone, but I love it. Black probably has some other solo CD's, but that's the only one I own - he's a great player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Not totally solo, but [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Music-Double-Bass-Piano-1/dp/B0000014FZ/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1275757439&sr=1-3"]this[/url] Naxos CD (and volume 2 also) have some lovely playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
27 frets Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 [quote name='Bilbo' post='858098' date='Jun 5 2010, 12:35 PM']I am listening as we speak to Edgar Meyer's Unaccompanied Cello Suites performed on the Double Bass and am loving it. Has anyone any recommendations for other arco recordings by top drawer players. Classical preferrably, solo would be good. Not a lot of great arco jazz out there (Stewart and Chambers excepted).[/quote] I've got that Edgar Meyer CD too, but for something more lighthearted, you could try the London Double Bass Sound - DB ensemble pieces This features everything from 'L'Elephant' to 'Carmen' to 'When I'm Sixty Four' to 'Wannabe' - great fun! Also, search for 'Octobass' on Youtube - their repertoire includes Deep Purple and Beatles covers, plus classical pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 There is a great video of a Thomas Martin bass being made, with Tom playing an arco sound track. Worth a look/listen on this link. [url="http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk/double_bass_video_gallery.asp"]http://www.thomasmartin.co.uk/double_bass_video_gallery.asp[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbastin Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 Renaud Garcia Fons [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXt6htVi3C4&feature=fvst"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXt6htVi3C4&feature=fvst[/url] Incredible arco player Francois Rabbath [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyqe_TBitz0"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyqe_TBitz0[/url] Renaud's Teacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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