The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used ...

RNZ Concert's Bryan Crump catches up with NZ double bass player Louis van der Mespel on a trip home from the Netherlands.

There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put together, and they are very often at the heart of the music. The double bass is the biggest string instrument in the ...

Double bassist Jacob Warren's new single "Leanne Marie" showcases minute possibilities of a very large instrument.

It came as no surprise to his fifth-grade music teacher at Savannah Country Day School, who realized his exceptional skillset on the piano would make him a fine double bass player. From then on ...