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Paul Kowert
Paul Kowert (born July 18, 1986) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, and progressive bluegrass. He is a member of the progressive acoustic quintet Punch Brothers and a founding member of Hawktail, an acoustic supergroup composed of Kowert, fiddler Brittany Haas, guitarist Jordan Tice, and mandolinist Dominick Leslie. Biography Kowert grew up in Middleton, Wisconsin. He transitioned to playing bass from violin at age 9. He studied under Edgar Meyer at the Curtis Institute of Music, graduating in 2009.Allen, Dave. "Meet the Alumni - Endless Curiosity." ''Overtones'', Fall 2019, 26-27. While still pursuing his degree at Curtis, Kowert was recruited to join Punch Brothers. Bandmate Chris Thile said of Kowert's arrival, "that’s when the band really became a band." He remained the only non-founding member of the ensemble until Brittany Haas joined in 2023. Equipment Kowert plays the double bass made by luthier Daniel Hachez in 2006 ("D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the List of municipalities in Wisconsin by population, second-most populous city in the state, with a population of 269,840 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Madison metropolitan area had 680,796 residents. Centrally located on an isthmus between Lakes Lake Mendota, Mendota and Lake Monona, Monona, the vicinity also encompass Lakes Lake Wingra, Wingra, Lake Kegonsa, Kegonsa and Lake Waubesa, Waubesa. Madison was founded in 1836 and is named after American Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father and President James Madison. It is the county seat of Dane County. As the state capital, Madison is home to government chambers including the Wisconsin State Capitol building. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. Major companies in the area include American Family Insurance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Meyer
Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won seven Grammy Awards and been nominated ten times. Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival's "house band" super group, along with Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Stuart Duncan, and Bryan Sutton. His collaborators have spanned a wide range of musical styles and talents; among them are Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Yo-Yo Ma, Tessa Lark, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Sam Bush, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Christian McBride, and Emanuel Ax. Early life Meyer grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he attended Oak Ridge High School. He learned to play the double bass from his father, Edgar Meyer Sr., who directed the string orchestra program for the local public school system. Meyer later went on to Indiana University School of Music to study with Stuart Sankey. He gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Classical Double-bassists
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Mike Marshall's Big Trio (album)
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Mike Marshall (musician)
Mike Marshall (born Michael James Marshall, July 17, 1957, in New Castle, Pennsylvania) is a mandolinist who has collaborated with David Grisman and Darol Anger. He grew up in Lakeland, Florida. When he was 18, he won Florida statewide contests on fiddle and mandolin. He considers his discovery of David Grisman's music a significant event in his life, admiring how Grisman fused jazz and Latin styles into his own form of bluegrass. After moving to California, Marshall collaborated with Grisman on film music and joined his quintet. He was a member of the David Grisman Quintet from 1985 to 1990, touring with Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Tony Rice, Mark O'Connor, Stéphane Grappelli, and Darol Anger. Marshall and Anger collaborated often during their careers. They founded Montreux, with Barbara Higbie and Michael Manring, and the supergroup Psychograss, with Tony Trischka and Todd Phillips. Like Grisman, both groups played an eclectic style of music that combined classical, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell On Church Street
''Hell on Church Street'' is the sixth studio album by the American group Punch Brothers, released on January 14, 2022. The band announced the release of the album's first single "Church Street Blues" on September 28, 2021. The album was self-produced by the band and was released on the Nonesuch Records label. The album is a re-imagining of Tony Rice's 1983 album ''Church Street Blues'' and is described by the band as "its own work of art and a gift to Rice." that the Wall Street Journal describes as a "cheeky show of respect" and "nicely unpredictable." The eleven songs were recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee in November 2020. Production history Prior to joining Punch Brothers, guitarist Chris Eldridge studied with guitarist Tony Rice at Oberlin Conservatory in Winter 2003 before graduating in 2004. Rice, inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2013, was a stated inspiration to Chris Thile and Punch Brothers. After the release of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Ashore (album)
''All Ashore'' is the fifth studio album by the American group Punch Brothers, released on July 20, 2018. The band announced the release of the album's first singles "It's All Part of the Plan" and the instrumental "Three Dots and a Dash" on June 14, 2018. The album was self-produced by the band and was released on the Nonesuch Records label. The nine songs were written and recorded in the sequence of the tracklist at the United Sound studio in Los Angeles, California. The album received generally favorable reviews from critics. Support from Grammy voting members led to a Grammy Award nomination, and ''All Ashore'' won the Grammy Award for Best Folk Album at the 61st Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019. Production history After the release of their 2015 album '' The Phosphorescent Blues'' the band toured 23 U.S. cities before taking a scheduled hiatus. In October 2016 Punch Brothers frontman Chris Thile became the host of the weekly radio program ''Live from Here'' (formerly '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Phosphorescent Blues
''The Phosphorescent Blues'' is the fourth studio album by the American group Punch Brothers, released on January 27, 2015. The band announced the release of the album's first single, "I Blew It Off", on November 17, 2014. On December 4, 2014, the group announced the album's name and release date, along with the second single, "Julep". Julep was nominated for Best American Roots Song and Best American Roots Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The album's cover is from the René Magritte painting ''The Lovers'' (1928). Track listing Personnel * Chris Thile – lead vocals, bouzouki, mandola, mandolin * Noam Pikelny – banjo * Chris Eldridge – acoustic guitar * Paul Kowert – bass * Gabe Witcher – fiddle * Jay Bellerose – drums * T Bone Burnett Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antifogmatic
''Antifogmatic'' is the second album by Punch Brothers. The album was released June 15, 2010. Background ''The Paducah Sun'' reported, on February 25, 2010, that the album contains ten songs: “'The new music is a real honest collaboration,' Thile said. It is the first album to feature bass player Paul Kowert, who joined the band in late 2008 after the departure of Greg Garrison. Thile said the 10 songs are shorter and more melodic with no leading man. The album was produced by Jon Brion. Punch Brothers also released a deluxe version of ''Antifogmatic'' which contains a four-song EP ''All Of This Is True'' and a seven-song live DVD from the band's 2009 residency at New York's The Living Room called ''Live from the Lower East Side: It's p-Bingo Night!'' The DVD was directed by Mark Meatto and produced by Michael Bohlmann, the filmmakers behind ''How to Grow a Band'' a feature documentary about Punch Brothers released in April of 2012. From the Nonesuch site: "Antifogmatic i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who's Feeling Young Now?
''Who's Feeling Young Now?'' is the third album by Punch Brothers, released February 14, 2012. Background The band Punch Brothers recorded the album at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee with producer/engineer Jacquire King. The album has been described as "remarkably close to the indie-rock sounds of today" for a bluegrass album. The album is considered more accessible than the band's previous work, based on a decision not to over-complicate the music: "instead of adding parts, you’re reinforcing existing parts." "Movement and Location", a song written by Chris Thile, a long time baseball fan of the Chicago Cubs, was inspired by former Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux's obsession over the movement and location of his pitches. Track listing Bonus Tracks (vinyl only) Personnel * Chris Thile – mandolin, vocals * Gabe Witcher – fiddle, vocals * Noam Pikelny – banjo, vocals * Chris Eldridge Chris Eldridge (born June 27, 1982) is a Grammy Award winning American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Bass
The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). It has four or five strings, and its construction is in between that of the gamba and the violin family. The bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, along with violins, violas, and cellos,''The Orchestra: A User's Manual'' , Andrew Hugill with the Philharmonia Orchestra as well as the concert band, and is featured in Double bass concerto, concertos, solo, and chamber music in European classical music, Western classical music.Alfred Planyavsky [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
