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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Double Bass

Saturday Morning Car Tunes

Do you slappa da bass? Across all genres, the double bass sets the ryhthm of the music. Bottesini, Dragonetti, Esperanza Spalding, and A Tribe Called Quest tag along to tell us more.


Photo by Gary Knight

Tune in Saturday at 8:15 or 3:15 to hear the feature on the radio – and you can come back here to listen again!

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Saturday Morning Car Tunes: The Double Bass
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Saturday Morning Car Tunes
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Solomon Reynolds
Published on 11.11.2023

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