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Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Bruno Tauzin “Bruno Tauzin” www.bassebruno.com Fellow Bass Musician Magazine staffer Bruno Tauzin has just released a new solo bass CD and it’s quite a beautiful musical statement! As his website is in French, I couldn’t get a whole lot of information about the project [...]
Hey Willis, I know that you’re a proponent of the rest stroke to get that added “thump” to all the notes, but what happens when things speed up? At what point do you stop using the rest stroke? Is it some kind of tempo line that you cross? Thanks, Jerry Hey Jerry, I’m not conscious [...]
Review by Jake Wolf – A while back I reviewed Wilkins Guitars Classic P bass, and I was so impressed that I was able to get Pat to send another of his basses for review. The VRB5 is Pat’s answer the explosion of active 5 string jazz basses. In my life as a freelance bassist [...]
Review by Jake Wolf – I’ve been on a personal quest for the perfect case solution. I really don’t like the bulk and overkill of hauling 2 hard cases, especially for local gigs, but the standard double gig bag offerings just seem to fall short of what I would consider safe and sound. The relationship [...]
Review by Raul Amador – Thanks to all of you that have been submitting your CD’s to us for review! From so many to choose from, here are a few of our favorites that we thought warranted bringing to your attention: Joe McBride–Lookin’ For A Chance Manny Silvera—Origen Rhythm Dogs–Unleashed (Mark Vonbergen–writes for the mag) [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Todd Johnson and Jim Stinnett “One Good-looking Guy?” www.toddjohnsonmusic.com, www.jimstinnett.com Those who know, know…. Todd Johnson is the man! Aside from being one of the nicest and most generous of spirit guys I’ve come across, he is also the jazz vocabulary and bass chordal [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Tim Kuhl “King” www.myspace.com/timkuhlgroup Drummer Tim Kuhl is surely an active and integral member of a new generation of young and very talented players calling New York home and helping to further shape an already exciting jazz scene there. Consisting of drummer Tim Kuhl, [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Stanley Clarke Trio “Jazz in the Garden” www.stanleyclarke.com What an interesting pairing! Stanley Clarke, Lenny White with Hiromi. I was very interested to hear what this would sound like and I can tell you that it sounds great! Stanley’s bass tone is just beautiful [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Spyro Gyra “Down the Wire” www.spyrogyra.com For more than 3 decades Spyro Gyra have been dominating the fusion/contemporary jazz scene. Frequent readers of my reviews are aware that I get a little picky when it comes to anything “smooth” or “contemporary” but I can [...]
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community One Spirit “Go For It” www.fransvollink.com This second release of Dutch bassman Frans Vollink’s trio “One Spirit” is a fusion lovers delight! The compositions are challenging both harmonically and rhythmically (I’d love to see these charts!) and the playing is wonderful. I really enjoyed [...]
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