Woodwind player Charles Pillow is a professor at the Eastman School of Music, but that doesn’t mean he’s traded the stage for academia. A top session musician, Pillow has recorded with Donald Fagan, Paul Simon, Jay-Z, and many others. On the jazz side, he’s worked with Ron Carter, Michael Brecker and John Scofield. The first […]
Jeff Campbell
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MUSIC PREVIEW: International Society of Bassists Convention
Don’t be alarmed if you hear a deep vibration emanating from downtown Rochester next week. It’s not an aftershock from the recent Ottawa earthquake; it’s hundreds of bassists meeting at the Eastman School of Music. “When I play certain low notes on my bass in the orchestra, you can feel it in your skeleton,” says […]
