Let’s Get Physical: Thinking Inside the Box

Soundcheck | Jan 4, 2012

Many musicians have waxed poetic about boxing – from Miles Davis to Bob Dylan to Aimee Mann. Some of them even donned gloves and stepped into the ring. Now, at the Eastman School of Music, boxing is part of one professor's lesson plan. The double bassist James VanDemark joins us to explain why he teaches his students to use a speed bag.

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