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

Hosted by Seth Boustead

Adam Ben Ezra: Can’t Stop Running (excerpt)

Frank Proto: Four Rogues, No. 1, Calm

Dave Anderson: Duets

Gunther Schuller: Quartet for Double Basses, II

Patrick Neher: Grig’s Dance

Tom Johnson: Failing: A Very Difficult Piece for String Bass

George Pearle: Monody II

Edgar Meyer: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra, I

Manuel Enriquez: Mobil II

Thelonious Monk: Blue Monk (excerpt)