In the second year, he uploaded the recital videos to YouTube and started receiving messages from all over the world. That opened the doors to double bass players from other places, so he began to ...

All was not lost that time ... Lauren White performs the still-rare trick of singing while playing double bass.Credit: Perce Woodbury Lauren White performs the still-rare trick of singing while ...

Garcia-Fons—who favors a five-string double bass on all but one tune—was born in Catalonia and now lives on the outskirts of Paris. His musical influences are many: as suggested by the instrumental ...

Was is the allure of the instrument for you after all this time? I was in a class at a girls school demonstrating the double bass, and I was asked the same question. My response was, ...

And while the album itself drives all of those points home, the accompanying DVD—a beautifully produced documentary film from Nicolas Dattilesi—reinforces them. Garcia-Fons' awe-inspiring work isn't ...