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Bass World
About Bass World
Bass World is an eclectic, not-for-profit magazine published for the enjoyment and education of the ISB's membership. It serves as a vital link among the members of the international bass-playing community. Regular features include: columns for soloists, orchestra members, jazz bassists, and electric bass; advice from experts about instrument maintenance; profiles of early and 20th century music specialists; discussions of health issues for bassists; tips for teachers of young bassists; a page just for kids; reviews of new recordings and music; and interviews with leading bassists from around the world.
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- Back issues of Bass World magazine, portrait calendars, and convention programs are available for members in searchable PDF format in the George Vance Online Library.
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Volume 49
Volume 48
Number 1
(October 2025)
President’s Corner | A Look Back at the 2025 Convention | Scenes from 2025 Build a Bass Project | Scenes from 2025 Young Bassists/Next Gen Program | Results of 2025 Maker’s Competition | 2025 Convention Coverage | Winners of 2025 ISB Double Bass Competition | Heard at Convention | Milestones | A Week with the Houston Symphony | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | Bass Ventures | Teaching Tips | Sounding Board
Number 2
(February 2026)
President’s Corner | How to Create a Studio Budget | Different Strokes: Peter Grimes | Body & Bass: Proprioception | Luthier’s Corner: Stuff Happens | All That Jazz | Milestones | Rumblings: Pleyel’s Violone Concerto | BassVentures: Youth Rock Band Coach Toni DePass | Teaching Tips: What Can We Learn from One Song? | Sounding Board
Number 3
(June 2026)
President’s Corner | From the Editor | Feature: A Conversation with Chris Johnson/Strauss Hauss | Feature: Scott LaFaro’s Bass | Body & Bass: Teach Your Children Well | Luthier’s Corner: Recent CITES Decisions | All That Jazz: Finding Different Melodies | Milestones | Erratum: Pleyel’s Violone Concerto | Teaching Tips: Building Bridges to Intermediate Playing | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Volume 47
Number 1
(October 2024)
President’s Corner | History of the ISB | Milestones | Leon Bosch Receives 2024 Cobbett Medal | Bass Teaching Philosophies Par 2: Craig Nelson | The First Double Bass Concertos | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | Different Strokes | Sounding Board
Number 2
(February 2025)
President’s Corner | David Perlman Part 1 | Convention Preview | Milestones | Different Strokes | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Rumblings | Eugene Levinson Bass Day | Bass Ventures | Latest Score | Sounding Board
Number 3
(June 2025)
President’s Corner | David Perlman Part 2 | Milestones | Transcribing for the Stars | Beyond Technique | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Rumblings | Teaching Tips | Sounding Board
Volume 46
Number 1
(October 2023)
President’s Corner | Convention Welcome Letters | Feature: 2023 ISB Bass Convention | Feature: BPBC Turns 3 at ISB | Feature: Rediscovering a Lost Sound World, a Presentation on Three Violones | Feature: Michigan Night: Celebrating James Jamerson | 2023 Samuel Kolstein Memorial Award Recipient Madalena Kozol | Build a Bass 2023 | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | Milestones | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | Bass Ventures | Sounding Board
Number 2
(February 2024)
President’s Corner | Happy Birthday to the Evolving Bassist, Rufus Reid! | How I Met Puccini Series – Revealing the Sonic Odyssey, New Pathways for the Double Bass | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | Milestones | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | Bass Ventures | Different Strokes | The Latest Score
Number 3
(June 2024)
President’s Corner | Bass Teaching Philosophies Part 1: Joseph Conyers | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | Bass Ventures | Sounding Board
Volume 45
Number 1
(October 2022)
President’s Corner | Milestones | Tonight: A preview of Barre Phillips’s forthcoming memoir | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | BassVentures | Sounding Board
Number 2
(February 2023)
President’s Corner | Milestones | Feature: It’s About Time - The ISB Welcomes Time for Three | Feature: Building the ISB’s International Infrastructure | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | BassVentures | The Latest Score | Sounding Board | Book Review
Number 3
(June 2023)
President’s Corner | Letter to the Editor | Feature: Making the Low Notes | Feature: Despite Everything, Basses in Haiti | Feature: Murray Grodner – The Myth, The Legend, The Man | Feature: Pernambuco Update – Time to Take Action | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | Milestones | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | The Latest Score | Book Review
Volume 44
Number 1
(October 2021)
2021 Virtual Bass Convention | 2021 Build a Bass Program Goes Virtual | Diversity Panel | PAGE Panel | President’s Corner | Milestones | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | BassVentures | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | The Latest Score | Sounding Board | Books
Number 2
(February 2022)
President’s Corner | Milestones | From the Editor | Divinity Roxx Brings Positive Vibes to Children’s Music | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | BassVentures | Different Strokes | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Number 3
(June 2022)
President’s Corner | Milestones | Bassists, We Have a Problem! Endangered Pernambuco | Varieties of Transcriptions | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | All That Jazz | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | Rumblings | BassVentures | Different Strokes | The Latest Score | Young Bassists’s Page | Sounding Board | Book Review
Volume 43
Number 1
(October 2020)
Invitation to Changes: An Interview with Ron Carter | The Bass Solo That Brought Down the House: An Interview with Scott Pingel | President's Corner| From the Editor | Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | Luthier's Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Bass Ventures |My Turn | Product Review | Sounding Board | Milestones
Number 2
(February 2021)
Dwight Shambley: A Tribute | Stress-Free Practicing for Lifelong Results | How Hybrid Lessons have Transformed My Teaching Forever | How to Organize a Bass Camp During the COVID-19 Crisis | President’s Corner | Milestones | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | BassVentures | Different Strokes | In the Zone | My Turn | Sounding Board
Number 3
(June 2021)
The Development of Modern Bass | Recognizing Our Ghosts | President’s Corner | Milestones | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | BassVentures | In the Zone | Teaching Tips | All Things Electric | Product Review | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Volume 42
Number 1
(October 2019)
2019 ISB Convention | PAGE Panel | Build a Bass 2019 | Young Bassists Program | 2019 Convention Presentation Reports | President's Corner| From the Editor | Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | Luthier's Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Digital Discoveries
Number 2
(February 2020)
Remembering Jazz Bassist Don Bagley | Measuring, A Tool for Success in All Things | A Sold Out Final for the 2019 Bottesini Competition| President’s Corner| From the Editor | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | In the Zone | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Bass Ventures |All Things Electric | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Number 3
(June 2020)
Going Back to Domaine | Newbie’s Guide to Teaching Online Music Lessons | First Visit to China | President's Corner| From the Editor | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Luthier's Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Bass Ventures |All Things Electric | The Latest Score | Sounding Board | Milestones
Volume 41
Number 1
(October 2018)
Reflections on a Week with the Atlanta Symphony | Antonio Scontrino, an Instrumentalist in the Golden Age of Opera | Rules for Walking: Teaching Jazz Bass Students to Improvise Walking Bass Lines | Callus Development and Maintenance | President’s Corner| Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Milestones | The Latest Score | Digital Discoveries | Sounding Board
Number 2
(February 2019)
Milton Hinton: More Than a Foundation | Equipment and Setup for Jazz Bassists | George Vance: In His Own Words | President’s Corner| Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | In the Zone | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Milestones | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Number 3
(June 2019)
Pit Playing Advice | New Insights into the Koussevitzky Concerto | Mozart Requiem for a Double Bassist, Part 3 | President's Corner| Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Luthier's Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | The Latest Score | Sounding Board | Milestones
Volume 40
Number 1
(June 2017)
Click here (Members Only) to read Mozart Requiem for a Double Bassist Part 1 by Klaus Trumpf in German. ISB members can read this article (Members Only) in its final English translation by Vincent Osborn, see Bass World Volume 40 #1.
50th Anniversary ISB Convention | Scott LaFaro Archives | We Built a Bass in a Week | One Day in the ISB Bow Class | Different Strokes Convention Seminar | Morning Workouts at the 2017 Convention | Young Bassist Program at the 2017 ISB Convention | Sal Cuevas: Tribute to One of Salsa’s Most Influential Bassists | Mozart Requiem for a Double Bassists | Five Life Stages: Paths to Saving for Retirement | President’s Corner | Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Number 2
(October 2017)
Bob Cranshaw, The Story Behind the Picture | Alone Together, An Unaccompanied Jazz Bass Solo Workshop | A Trip into a Mysterious World | President’s Corner| Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Number 3
(February 2018)
Click here (Members Only) to read the full transcript of Victor Wooten's interview with Mike Forfia, published in Bass World Volume 40 #3. You can also listen to the interview here (Members Only).
Click here (Members Only) to read Mozart Requiem for a Double Bassist Part 2 by Klaus Trumpf in German. ISB members can read this article (Members Only) in its final English translation by Vincent Osborn, see Bass World Volume 40 #3.
A New Technique for Exploring the Double Bass | Role Model: An Interview with Victor Wooten | The Mozart Requiem for a Viennese-Tuned Double Bassist (Part 2) | President’s Corner| Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | Milestones | Sounding Board
Volume 39
Number 1
(June 2016)
Click here to read Dmitri Shostakovich: Music and Adaptations for Double Bass and Piano by Jean-Pierre Robert in French. To read this article in its final English translation, see Bass World Volume 39 #1.
ISB Welcomes Cuban Bassists | Development of a Personalized Method for Right-Hand Jazz Bass Pizzicato | Qualities of Teaching That Influence Our Work and Relationships | The Skellet Knell, A Crowd-Sourced Commission | Dmitri Shastakovich: Music and Adaptations for Double Bass and Piano | Make a Splash with Pulcinella | Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Rumblings | The Latest Score | Milestones | Sounding Board
Number 2
(October 2016)
50th Anniversary Interview with Gary Karr | Thing’s I’ve Learned from Owning Too Many Basses | Interview with ISB President Douglas Mapp | SWAP – A Better Sounding Bass Section | Danny Ziemann Gives Us the Lowdown | Lev Rakov: 75 Years with the Double Bass | Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | The Latest Score | Milestones | Sounding Board
Number 3
(February 2017)
100 Days to ISB 2017 | Copyright “Bassi-ics” | Double Bass Parts for String Quintets of the 18th and 19th Centuries | New Members-Only Benefit: 2015 Convention Videos | President’s Corner | Different Strokes | Teaching Tips | Body & Bass | In the Zone | Luthier’s Corner | Rumblings | All That Jazz | The Latest Score | Young Bassist’s Page | Sounding Board
Volume 38
Number 1
(June 2015)
Erik Moseholm: Bassist and Jazz Strategist | Milt Hinton’s Legacy Shines on at Oberlin | Welcome to Fort Collins – Douglas Mapp | 2015 ISB Big Bass Bash Preview |Young Bassist’s Program Preview | All That Jazz – An interview with Larry Gray | On the Trail of the Octobasse in Mirecourt, France | Different Strokes | Body & Bass | Luthier’s Corner – Lou DiLeone: Mentor to Many | The Latest Score | In the Zone – Brian Perry, David Milburn, Nicholas Browne | Young Bassist Page | Reviews
Number 2
(October 2015)
The 2015 ISB Convention at Colorado State University | Scott LaFaro Bass Dedication | Build a Bass in a Week, An Interview with Dustin Williams | My Week with the National Symphony Orchestra – Rudy Albach | Young Bassists Program – A Parent’s Perspective | The 2015 Young Bassists Program | Noontime Bass Ensembles | New Music Summit | Exploring Eugene Levinson’s School of Agility – Joel Braun | How to Ignite Your Inner Teacher – David Ballam | Different Strokes | Body & Bass | Milestones –Evgeny Kolosov’s | Child’s Play | In The Zone – Katherine Munagian, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, and Kevin Brown, Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Rumblings – Heather Miller Lardin | Young Bassist’s Page | Reviews
Number 3
(February 2016)
Mini Basses in Mexico by Claus Freudenstein | The Right Word(s) at the Right Time by Larry Hurst | Richard Strauss, Sonata Op. 6 for Transcribed for Double Bass | Carlos Surinach’s Double Concerto for Flute, Bass, and Chamber Choir | Make a Splash with Pulcinella | Different Strokes | Milestones | Luthier’s Corner – Seth Kimmel | Centerfold – The “LaFaro Prescott” Restoration | In The Zone – Daniel Tosky, Atlanta Symphony | Rumblings – John Feeney | Roll Call – Utah Symphony Orchestra Bass Section | The Latest Score | Sounding Board |Product Review
Volume 37
Number 1
(June 2013)
Catalonian Virtuoso Josep Cervera Bret | 10 Questions for Orin O’Brien (Part 2) | Giving Your Shoulder a Break by Murray Grodner | Body & Bass - warm up and cool down | Meet Luthier Albert Jakstadt
Number 2
(October 2013)
The 2013 ISB Convention at the Eastman School of Music | 2013 ISB Convention: Daily Spotlights | The "Other" ISB Convention | Historically Informed Performance at the ISB | 2013 ISB Convention Exhibits | Amateur Players Forum 2013 | Scenes from the 2013 ISB Young Bassists Concert | Centerfold - ISB Makers Competition Celebrates Tenth Anniversary | In the Zone: Orchestra Audition Winners - Alexander Jacobsen and Daniel Carson| Young Bassists - A Look Back at the 2013 ISB Young Bassists Program
Number 3
(February 2015)
An Interview with Bert Turetzky | Xavier Foley: Redefining Diversity at Sphinx | Different Strokes - Richard Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben by Alex Hanna | Body & Bass – Bow Tie | Luthier’s Corner – The Wolf Note | Rumblings – On the Trail of the Octobasse in Mirecourt, france | In the Zone: Christopher Johnson, Winner, 2013 ISB Orchestra Competition | The Latest Score | Sounding Board
Volume 36
Number 1
(June 2012)
An Interview with Bassist Larry Hurst | In Search of Nino Rota and his Divertimento for Double Bass of 1973 | The Hindemith Sonata: A Detective Story (in memoriam Peter Falk) | Top 10 Suggestions for Non-Bassist Classroom Teachers Working with Bass Students | Bringing Bass Lines to Life: Miyako | My Turn - Pickin' for the Prez by Bill Amatneek | Different Strokes - Bottesini's Concerto No. 2 by Brett Shurtliffe | Hot Shots - Todd Lockwood and Derek Zadinsky | Body & Bass - The Benefits of Cross Training | Young Bassists - Bass Players Taking Over the World! Entering Your Bass Community
Number 2
(October 2012)
The Mobile Bass: Which Cars are Best for Hauling Your Bass | All That Jazz - Eddie Khan | Body & Bass - Your Dog Will Never Hear Mahler's Symphony No.2 'Resurrection' | Luthier's Corner - Dancing with Wolf Tones | Hot Shots - Colin Corner | The Wired Bassist - Lessons in the Clouds
Number 3
(February 2013)
Welcome to Rochester | Requiem That is a Dream: Rediscovering Giovanni Bottesini's Choral Masterpiece | 10 Questions for Orin O'Brien (Part 1) | Crowd-Funding: Artists and Their Fans Take Charge | Poem: Missing Mr. Brown | Story Behind the Picture - Come Fly With Me | In the Zone: Orchestra Audition Winners - Fora Baltacigil | The List - Paul Kowert | Body & Bass - What is that terrible ringing in my ears? Tinnitus: Causes and Treatment
Volume 35
Number 1
(June 2011)
H. Stevens Brewster Jr., A Teacher | Creating a Competent Double Bassist, Analysis of Physical Performance Techniques and Solutions for Technical Performance Problems | Remembering Eldon R. Obrecht | The Apricot Tree | Luthier's Corner - Ask the Luthiers | The Story Behind the Picture - A Magic Touch | Centerfold - The John Lott Bass Formerly Owned By Art Davis | Hot Shots - 51 | Body & Bass - A Few Practical Ideas for Stress Reduction | All That Jazz - The Life, Career, and Music of Bob Whitlock | Young Bassists - World Peace Through Low Tones
Number 2
(October 2011)
The 2011 ISB Convention at San Francisco State University | Fifth ISB Maker's Competition | Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D, Problem of the Contrabasso Solo in the Third Movement | Amateur Bassists Forum in San Francisco | Luthier's Corner - Fifth ISB Maker's Competition | Hot Shots - Ted Botsford, Kevin Jablonski, Nicholas Recuber | Body & Bass - Stretching the Piriformis Muscle | Different Strokes | Centerstage - The Sound of the Bass | Young Bassists - San Fran Jam 2011
Number 3
(February 2012)
William "Keter" Betts: Everybody's Hand Man | In Search of Nino Rota and his Divertimento for Double Bass of 1973 | Johann Mattias Sperger (1750-1812) Sonatas for Contrabass and Piano Adaptation and Publication - Klaus Trumpf | Velkommen til København! | Child's Play - Starting a Class of Young Bassists | My Turn - Excellence in the Age of Ratings | Luthier's Corner - Ask the Luthiers | Hot Shots - Gaelen McCormick | Body & Bass - The Use of Ice and/or Heat | Young Bassists - College Auditions
Volume 34
Number 1
(June 2010)
A Week with the Philadelphia Orchestra | Passing the Torch: An Interview with Andi Beckendorf | Percussive Performance Techniques on the Double Bass | Salvador Amato: Crossing Borders with the Double Bass | Interview with Bruce Bransby | Eugene Levinson: A Celebration of 25 Years and a Life in Music | The String Quintets of George Onslow | Finding My Way Home: The Miraculous Musical Journey of Ned Mann | My Turn - Bass Sounds in South Africa | Child's Play - The Double Bass Class of the Conservatory of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo | Luthier's Corner - Luthiers, What's On Your Mind? | Body & Bass - Descriptions of Selected Bodywork Modalities | Young Bassists - Orchestral Etiquette
Number 2
(October 2010)
Remembering Zoltilln Tibay | A Tribute to Kazuo Okuda | Concepts for Improvising on the Double Bass | Nueve: How I Performed in Two Places at One Time | Chamber Music Treasures: An Annotated List of Bass Players' Favorites | An Interview with Timothy Pitts | Paul Chihara's Logs: An Appreciation | Anything but Elementary: Sherlock Holmes Returns in Jon Deak's "The Speckled Band" | Domenico Dragonetti: Into the Light | Outreach Activism: Award-Winning Chicago Area Bassist Takes Early Music into the Classroom | My Turn - Masterclasses in Austria | Body & Bass - Posture and the Double Bassist | Different Strokes - Below the Staff: Some Thoughts on Using the Extension in Orchestra | Young Bassists - Preparing for the Competition Experience
Number 3
(February 2011)
Interview with Bruce Gertz | An Oscar for Oscar: Oscar Collins Pettiford | A Celebration of the Career of Joseph Guastafeste, Principal Bassist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra | On Transcribing Rossini | Child's Play - Training as a Teacher in Argentina: Ways to Teach Young Bassists - Where to Turn for Ideas | Luthier's Corner - Ask the Luthiers | Hot Shots - Brian Johnson, Brian Smith, Jory Herman, Joseph H. Conyers, Kathryn Nettleman | Body & Bass - Balancing the Use of Large and Small Muscles: Playing with Minimal Tension and Maximum Ease | Roll Call - Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra | Young Bassists - Kansas Bass Club
Volume 33
Number 1
(June 2009)
Bass Fest In at the Deep End (Glasgow, Scottland) | An Interview with Kurt Muroki: On chamber music, the importance of listening, and being a musician first | Tackling the Karr Koussevitzky Bass | Hot Shots - Alexander Hanna and James Stroup | Luthier's Corner 35 | Body & Bass - Results from 'A Survey of, for and about Bassists' | Young Bassists - What's in a Tape? and Putting Your Best Foot Forward
Number 2
(October 2009)
2009 ISB Convention in Review at Penn State University | Noontime Playtime at the ISB Convention | 2009 Convention Gallery | A Tribute to George Vance | Jon Deak: From Bernstein to Maazel, Four Decades with the New York Philharmonic | 2009 Maker's Competition Report | My Turn - The Socially Networked Musician by Ben Allison | Young Bassists - The Uplifting Top
Number 3
(February 2010)
A Sound All Its Own: Sydeman's "For Double Bass Alone" Fifty Years Later | Music for Low String Ensemble | History of the Double Bass in China | Drying Wood for Bass Lutherie | Child's Play - A Young Teacher Teaching Young Bassists | Luthier's Corner - Luthier Q&A | Body & Bass - Definitions of Diagnosed Conditions of Bassists | Young Bassists - Setting Limits
Volume 32
Number 1
(June 2008)
Literature and Performance of Music for Double Bass and Tape | Tunings, Timbre and Talking Bass, an interview with Frank Proto and Paul Ramsler | Bob Zimmerman: Living the Legacy, Playing it From the Heart | The Story Behind the Picture: Chubby Jackson | Centerfold - Glorious Gaglianos | Body & Bass - The Physical Musician and the Inner Musician: Bringing Them into Balance | Different Strokes - Otello and Haydn | Child's Play - XXIII Suzuki Festival in Peru
Number 2
(October 2008)
Introduction to Slap Bass: History, Setup, and Technique | My Turn - Electric Life with an Orchestra: Norman Ludwin | Body & Bass - Survey Request | Centerstage - Owen Lee, Kees Boersma, Mark Morton, Hal Robinson | Hot Shots - Brett Shurtliffe, Andrew Raciti, Kristen Bruya, Doug Balliett | Young Bassists - Tuning Your Bass
Number 3
(February 2009)
Ron Carter Biography Preview: The Art and Science of the Bass | The Ritual Bass | My Turn - Marilyn Parman Returns to the Bass at Age Seventy | Hot Shots - Ed Paulsen, Paul DeNola | Child's Play - Suzuki Double Bass in Europe for the First Time | Body & Bass - Awaken Your Feet, Strengthen Your Foundation | All That Jazz - The Legacy of Ralph Peña | Luthier's Corner - Do Bridge Adjusters Affect the Bass Sound?
Volume 31
Number 1
(June 2007)
A Bass Viol Thing to Do | Creative Collaboration: The Bass I Made for Charlie Haden | In Memory of Rodion Azarkhin | Ginastera from the First Desk | DaXun Zhang | Child's Play - So you're graduating from music school...now what? (Part Two: Developing a Bass Studio) | In the Footsteps of Richard Davis | Hot Shots - Scott Dixon, Scott Pingel | All That Jazz - Eddie Jones and Chuck Andrus | Body & Bass - Facing Focal Dystonia | Orchestra Roll Call - Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Young Bassists - X marks the spot
Number 2
(October 2007)
Bass Love: The 2007 ISB Convention at Oklahoma City University | First Ever Historically Informed Performance Mini-Conference Was Totally "HIP"! | 2007 ISB Makers' Competition | Centerfold - Bernard Simon Fendt Double Bass | My Turn - A Week of Bass Love by Vladimir Bernstein| Body & Bass - Reassessing Patterns of Movement, Listening And Thought | Centerstage - Dealing With Performance Anxiety | Young Bassists - AmBASSador
Number 3
(February 2008)
A Walk Through Time: An Exhibition of the Great Brescian Masters | The Viola da Gamba & the Double Bass - Transcribing Unaccompanied Lyra-Viol Works for the Double Bass | My Turn 5 | The Last of the Ninth | Body & Bass - Breathing | Hot Shots - My ISB Orchestra Competition Experience by Tony Perry | Young Bassists - Gut Strings