#2680: Big Bottoms

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
On this New Sounds, there's new music for bass, both electric and upright, bowed, plucked, or slapped, some bottom-heavy and grounding, some emotive and noodley - like the moody suite for electric bass by Jeffrey Roden, called "Seeds of Happiness." There's also music about salt. Yes, salt and salt marshes. Listen for texture-rich music for by Marie-Soleil Belanger and Normand Guilbeault which pairs violins or erhu (Chinese two-stringed fiddle) with double bass. Plus, Tom Johnson's "Failing – a very difficult piece for bass," music by Basso Bongo, Robert Black, and more.

PROGRAM #2680, New Music for Bass (First aired on Monday, 5/21/07)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Edgar Meyers & Joshua Bell

Short Trip Home

Concert Duo, Mvt 2 [5:30]

Sony Classical #60864** www.sonyclassical.com *

Jeffrey Roden

Seeds of Happiness

On Awakening [3:00]

New Albion #133 www.newalbion.com

Marie-Soleil Belanger & Normand Guilbeault

Les Salines

Les Salines 1 [4:30]

Actuelle #160
www.actuellecd.com

Gavin Bryars

Farewell To Philosophy

By The Vaar, epilogue [3:00]

Point #454126 Out of print. Try auction sites or Amazon.com* More info at www.gavinbryars.com

Jeffrey Roden

Seeds of Happiness

Rift [2:30]

See above.

Bang on a Can

Live, Vol. 1

Tom Johnson: Failing [8:00]

CRI #628, out of print, but available at www.bangonacan.org

Robert Black

State of the Bass

Big And Cheap [7:00]

O.O. Discs #14 www.oodiscs.com
Or www.bangonacan.org

Michael Manring

Soliloquy

Greetings Earthlings! [5:00]

Manthing #09470 www.manthing.com

David Friesen

Departure

Sitka In The Woods [6:00]

Global Pacific #79338 Try Amazon.com* or auction sites

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