Chicago Bass Ensemble
Just added: information about a June 20 guest performance at Elastic Arts Foundation. The show starts at 8pm, we will probably play at 8:45, give or take.
Thank you for visiting the website of the Chicago Bass Ensemble.
The Chicago Bass Ensemble is about bass. Call it what you want: doublebass, upright bass, string bass, contrabass, scrtchbox, bass violin, king of the instruments, that's what we play. There is a lot of interesting repertoire for the bass ensemble, whether transcriptions of older music or new pieces written expressly for bass quartet, trio or other size group. Chicago Bass Ensemble aims to explore it. You can listen to a few samples from our demo CD on our MySpace page.
But you didn't come to this site to hear us talk about ourselves. Actually, you probably did. Learn more about the Chicago Bass Ensemble. Or, listen to our interview with bass blogger and podcaster Jason Heath. Visit his blog to listen.
We received a grant from the city of Chicago to record a short demo CD.
So far, we've performed and recorded mostly as a quartet, but there are more than just four bass players in Chicago. So who's playing with us?
And if you've got other questions, want to hire us, or whatever other old thing requires more than one-way communication, our contact page is another link that you can click and wow! faster than you can say "hyper text transmission protocol", you'll be on a page with an e-mail address as yet another link!
A very brief video from our November performance at the Lincoln Park Cultural Center:
