Bass Lines by Jaime Vazquez: Latin Grooves in Pop Music

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This is it! The last article for the 2011. What a wonderful year! Thank you to all the BMM staff & the Community. I told you, Bass Musician Magazine is taking over the world. Latin music has been influencing music since a long time ago. You can hear latin grooves in jazz, rock, pop, etc. [...]

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Bass Lines with Jaime Vazquez: Salsa Grooves from Kimary Carrero’s Debut Album Desahogo

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  Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month I want to show you some excerpts of what I’m playing with Kimary Carrero “The New Voice of Salsa.” Her debut album called “Desahogo” is making a difference in the salsa music scene. The music is modern, passionate, youthful and full of energy. I’m having a [...]

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Fito Garcia | “Mi Bajo Rumbero”: Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine

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Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Fito Garcia “Mi Bajo Rumbero” www.myspace.com/fitogarciabass This is fairly astounding to me. Fito Garcia made an album of Afro-Cuban music with nothing but multiple bass tracks, percussion and four singers… and it’s REALLY good!! I won’t say that I don’t miss the piano and [...]

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Arturo O’Farrill | “Risa Negra”: Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine

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Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Arturo O’Farrill “Risa Negra” www.arturoofarrill.com Many of know that I have a real affinity for Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music in particular. New York residing and Mexican born pianist/composer Arturo O’Farrill has given me much to study and enjoy here! Introducing us to what [...]

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TIMBA BASS: Part 2 – Analysis of clave-based bass movement on “Con La Conciencia Tranquila” (audio + transcriptions)

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by Michael Lazarus In Part 1 of this series I outlined the mayor trends in the bass movement for the title track of Paulito F.G.’s classic timba album Con La Conciencia Tranquila. Now we’ll see how these trends permeate throughout the record and also discuss some variations. Mi Tentación – BASS – Audio track 7 [...]

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Tiempo Libre | “Bach in Havana”: Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine

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Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Tiempo Libre “Bach in Havana” www.tiempolibremusic.com Our good friend Raul Amador brought this amazing CD to me recently. For that, I’m so grateful because.. it is KILLING! C’mon, Tiempo Libre is a band you should check out anyway, but bringing Afro-Cuban sensibilities, rhythms and [...]

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The Latin Pulse with Michael Lazarus: Analysis of Clave-based Bass Movement on Paulito FG’s “Con La Conciencia Tranquila” Title Track (audio + transcriptions)

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by Michael Lazarus As I mentioned in the introductory article of this series, my objective is to present to you, the BMM community, several approaches used in contemporary Cuban dance music (timba) for creating clave-based bass movement. Our first targets of analysis are the mayor trends in the bass work of Joel Domínguez on Paulito [...]

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Meet Igor Saavedra, An Interview With Raul Amador

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Review by Raul Amador – I had the privilege of growing up outside of the United States in Puerto Rico for a total of eighteen years. To my great benefit, I was exposed to a wealth of music that came mostly from Latin America but rarely found it’s way to the mainland US. This is [...]

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Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine : Marvin Diz | “Habla el Tambor”

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Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Marvin Diz “Habla el Tambor” www.marvindiz.com Alright, I live in two worlds.  I am a Latin music addict.  I can’t get enough of it, it’s the best of both worlds in my humble opinion.  It’s got deep pocket and groove like funk, but with interesting harmony more akin to Jazz.  [...]

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