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Thanks to virtuoso performers like Gary Karr, Fran\\xe7ois Rabbath and  Edgar Meyer, the double bass is leaping to the front of the concert   stage and composers are taking note. This week we\\u2019ll listen to some of  the music written in the last few decades for this sonorous and  incredibly versatile instrument.

Hosted by Seth Boustead
\\nProduced by Jesse McQuarter

Adam Ben Ezra: Can\\u2019t Stop Running (excerpt)
\\nAdam Ben Ezra, bass

Frank Proto: Four Rogues, No. 1, Calm
\\nJohn Ebinger, bass; Roy Hakes, piano

Dave Anderson: Duets
\\nII- Parade of the Pigs
\\nV- Lament
\\nDave Anderson & Hal Robinson, double basses

Gunther Schuller: Quartet for Double Basses, II
\\nRobert Gladstone, Frederick Zimmerman, Orin O\\u2019Brien & Alvin Brehm, basses

Patrick Neher: Grig\\u2019s Dance
\\nPatrick Neher, bass; Mark Rush, violin

Tom Johnson: Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass
\\n Robert Black, bass & narrator

George Pearle: Monody II
\\nRobert Black, bass

Edgar Meyer: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, I
\\n St. Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff; Meyer, bass

Manuel Enriquez: Mobil II
\\n Bertram Turetzky, bass

Thelonious Monk: Blue Monk (excerpt)
\\nSuperbass (Ray Brown, John Clayton, Christian McBride, basses)
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