All Gary Karr articles
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FocusA moving tale: Travelling with a double bass
Fitting a double bass on an aeroplane or in the back of a van can present serious difficulties. Gary Karr’s agent Jane Davis shares her the tricks of the trade, in this interview from November 1999
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Video
Gary Karr’s 80th birthday video tribute
A short film depicting Gary Karr’s life in honour of the bass player’s 80th birthday, which was on Saturday 20 November
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News
Project 80/90 opens second round of grants for double bassists in need
The initiative founded by double bassists Gary Karr and François Rabbath is open to all double bassists, including those who previously received a grant
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Me and my teacher: Dan Styffe and Gary Karr
The double bass virtuoso taught Styffe how to control the pressures of the world outside the teaching studio
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Video
Gary Karr performs Andrés Martín's 'The Heart Knows No Borders'
Double bass soloist Gary Karr performs a work by composer Andrés Martín with the Baja California Orchestra and the Bass Orchestra of the XIII Encuentro Latinoamericano de Contrabajos. The composer conducts the performance which took place on 30 November at the Centro Cultural Tijuana in Mexico.
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Article
Gary Karr on Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto
The American bassist recalls how the Koussevitzky helped to establish his individual style – and how he received a career boost courtesy of the composer’s ghost
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Article
Double bassist Gary Karr performs 'Failing'
Double bassist Gary Karr gives an admirable performance of Johnson's 'Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass'. The work requires Karr to talk to his audience from a script, while performing increasingly complicated material - with the idea that at some point the musician will 'fail' ...
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Double bassist Gary Karr on ‘how to take bad music and make it creative’
The British musician explains how playing the corny pieces of the repertoire gave him an invaluable lesson in finding his own voice
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Double bassist Gary Karr performs Paganini's Three Variations
Double bassist Gary Karr, who had written about the need for orchestral conductors' attitudes to change towards his instrument, gives a comical performance of Paganini's Three Variations, originally composed for 'that puny, small, tiny little instrument, the violin' with pianist Harmon Lewis. Subscribe to ...
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