Listen to last week’s episode: The Bass Episode
Hello -
Thanks for all the nice notes about The Bass Episode. That one took a lot of work, and I’m so glad people are enjoying it. So far, I haven’t gotten any corrections—and nobody has contradicted my story! I’m very curious if anyone else has ever tried to trace the development of the bass’s role from the ’20s to the ’60s and come up with a totally different version. If you have, I’d love to hear about it—and I’d love to share it.
Funny thing—while looking for the digital recording of Duke Ellington’s The Mooche, I realized he actually recorded it more than once in 1928. In one version, it sounds like an upright bass to me (not a tuba), and there’s a lot more movement than in the one we discussed on the show. Anyway, I thought that was neat.
TIDAL, Spotify and Apple Music playlists are at the bottom of this post. I’ve gotten a few requests to add a YouTube version of these playlists and I’m working on it. YouTube doesn’t work in the same way as these other services, so it’s hard to import custom playlists. However, the collection for Classical Club below was not custom made, so was easy to share on Youtube!
Classical Club Nudge:
Ok, I hope you folks are doing your homework for Classical Club. Not to brag, but I’ve been doing mine—and it’s very easy and such a pleasure.
Here again is the assignment and the playlist. We won’t regroup for a few weeks, so take your time. And as always, send me your thoughts on the assignment in a note or voice memo to info@waltermartinmusic.com. But most importantly: listen a lot, listen alone and listen loud.
If you’ve already gone through the playlist and want to dig a little deeper, below is a collection to check out. And YES—I’ve got the YouTube version of this one since it’s not a custom playlist!
