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Meet Mark von Bergen – Too cool for school? Certainly not this one. As reported earlier right here, the Funkiest Man Alive, William “Bootsy” Collins, is launching Funk University because, well, “the state of funk is kind of funked up.” He explains that he has reached the time in his life when he “can’t keep [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen Clearly the most important instrument in funk and R&B music – OK, together with the drums – is the electric bass. While Leo Fender first introduced the electric bass in 1951, it wasn’t until about ten years later that the instrument started making an impact in popular music, thanks to James [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen – Clearly the most important instrument in funk and R&B music – OK, together with the drums – is the electric bass. While Leo Fender first introduced the electric bass in 1951, it wasn’t until about ten years later that the instrument started making an impact in popular music, thanks to [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen – James Brown was the Godfather of Soul and Soul Brother No. 1. While everyone in his band contributed to his unique sound, it was the bass players – OK, and the drummers – who provided the foundation of the funk. William “Bootsy” Collins, who has been featured here before, is [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen – Part II of our series on great reggae bassists focuses on dub music. Dub was pioneered in the early 1970s in Jamaica by studio engineers and producers such as King Tubby, Lee “Scratch” Perry, and Errol T. Thompson. Today, elements of dub have found their way into hip hop, techno, [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen – In no musical genre does bass play a greater role than in Jamaican music. From the mid-50s through today, popular Jamaican music has gone through stylistic changes, starting with early ska, moving to rock steady, then to roots reggae and dub, and later to modern ska and dancehall. Today all [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen – In the last issue, we featured women bassists who have played a prominent role in jazz and funk music. In this issue, we spotlight women bass players who have made names for themselves in the world of rock. Women bassists play a much bigger role in rock than in other [...]
Meet Mark von Bergen – The latest issue of DownBeat lists what it considers to be the most important guitarists of all time. Among the 75 listed was but one female: jazz and blues artist Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Are woman similarly under-represented among the top bassists? We think the answer is “no.” Not only are [...]
The various styles of African music have had a worldwide influence on modern jazz, rock, and Latin music. The rhythms are often hypnotic, with bass lines repeated for extended periods. Although the names of the bass players are largely unknown to those outside the continent (click on www.sabassplayers.com, home of The South African Bass Players [...]
Alert readers have noticed that this column has paid scant attention to the bass players of rock and roll. The jazz police, of course, have no problem with this oversight. However, for those who are a bit more open-minded, Part Three of our great rhythm section series will take a look at bass and [...]
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