By Topic

Episodes organized around a specific topic.

Auditioning

Composers


Early Music


Entrepreneurs


Expats

  • Marc Ramirez on Portugal, life as an expat, and differences between American and European orchestras
  • Andrew Raciti on living in Australia, studying with Paul Ellison, and helpful student mindsets
  • Thomas Martin


Inspiring/Motivational


Jazz

  • Chuck Israels on rhythm, amplification and jazz education
  • Carlos Henriquez on playing with Wynton Marsalis, developing a creative voice, and creating effective Afro-Cuban bass lines
  • Ron Carter on technical development, an orchestral foundation, and developing the next generation of music lovers
  • Larry Gray on multi-instrumentalism, thinking in jazz, and the history behind Chicago’s Jazz Showcase
  • John Burr (Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Horace Silver, Hank Jones)
  • Todd Coolman (Ahmad Jamal, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman)
  • Art Davis (John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Louis Armstrong)
  • Eric Hochberg (Chicago-based jazz bassist)
  • Kristin Korb (bassist and jazz vocalist)
  • Rufus Reid (Dexter Gordon, J.J. Johnson, Art Farmer, Stan Getz)
  • Lynn Seaton (Woody Herman and Count Basie Orchestra)
  • Katie Ernst
  • Danny Ziemann
  • Reuben Rogers


Luthiers

Music Episodes

Musical Theatre


Orchestra Section Bassists


Overseas Guests






Presentations


Principal Bassists


Reflective/Autobiographical


Soloists


Special Projects

Students


Teaching