Michael Montgomery: New Orleans Nights for unaccompanied double bass

  About the Collection New Orleans Nights is an engaging and exotic suite of nine pieces for the intermediate bassist. Each is a musical snapshot of a particular street in New Orleans, painted with vivid and vibrant colors, producing music that appeals to players and audiences alike. A Note from Michael Having grown up in a small town only ninety minutes east of New Orleans, considered to be the birthplace of jazz, I had the opportunity to spend many an evening wandering the streets of the famously exotic French Quarter and hearing live music wafting through open doors of clubs on just about every corner. The nine vignettes of this collection recall the ambiance of long ago strolls through those somewhat seedy lanes and the sensation of the otherworldliness as that music filled the air. The pieces were composed with the classical bassist in mind, meant to embellish our repertoire of jazz-flavored solos and studies while offering the student experience in reading melodic and rhythmic p