What came to mind for me immediately when I considered writing to this auspicious occasion for the magazine was the thought, “You should all be lucky...
Bassist supreme and educator Steve Bailey has been one of the mainstays in the bass community for decades, and he doesn’t seem to be slowing down....
Yiorgos’s latest effort, Maestro, was a project years in the making. He was hired to create music for the play, “Fantasy and Fuge”, based on the...
I can’t remember where I heard the comment, (I think it was a Facebook comment) but someone was speaking to the value of what he learned...
Terri Lyne Carrington, Mosaic… For those of you not familiar with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, let me update you quickly with a few of the people...
Trading Fours by Pat Hicks is a step back in time chronicling the beginnings of the Musicians Institute. This is a great and historic read about...
Joy Luck, featuring Peter Erskine on drums, Vardan Ovsepian on piano, and Damian Erskine on bass is a beautiful CD. I’m always a bit torn...
Rufus Reid, Hues of a Different Blue… Rufus Reid has been nothing less than a household name in Jazz history for quite some time now. His...
First off, I hope you are enjoying and making the most of our upgraded Bass Community section. Raul and Val have put serious time into this...
Damian Erskine… Climbing the ladder to greater exposure in this industry is more than ever a complicated paradigm to try to construct. That being said, I fall...
Yellowjackets: Timeline… It’s the 30th anniversary for Yellowjackets…a milestone in itself. They’ve had 17 Grammy nominations, and after listening to Timeline, I’m sure another one is...
After the triumphant return of Return to Forever in 2008, Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, and Lenny White decided on their latest CD to revisit where it...
Slippin’ ‘n’ Trippin’ is classic Victor Bailey, a Tour de Force of grooves, catchy tunes, stellar sidemen, and some great bass work. Even with appearances from...
As of late, I’ve been working on a new project called Applied Imagination. I’m giving two hour seminars on the topic of Creativity. My need to...
Right on the release of his fourth Solo CD, Slippin’ ‘n’ Trippin’, Victor Bailey reminds us that he’s alive and well, and a very busy man....