RICK’S PICKS: Van Morrison: Born To Sing: No Plan B (Exile) / Bassist: Paul Moore The Album: The Belfast songmaster’s first new album in four...
Aerosmith Bassist Tom Hamilton: Time Traveler by Rick Suchow – Bass Musician Magazine November 2012… First things first. For those who might want to refer to...
RICK’S PICKS: Donald Fagen: Sunken Condos (Reprise) / Bassists: Lincoln Schleifer, Freddie Washington, Joe Martin The Album: Three things need to be intact for any Donald...
RICK’S PICKS: Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll (Verve) / Bassist: Dennis Crouch The Album: If you can allow yourself room to get out of any...
RICK’S PICKS: Lee Ritenour: Rhythm Sessions (Concorde) / Bassists: Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Nathan East, Melvin Lee Davis, Tal Wilkenfeld, Christian McBride, Chuck Berghoffer, Michael Feinberg...
RICK’S PICKS: Michael Jackson: Bad 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (MJJ/Epic Records) / Bassists: Nathan East, Don Boyette The Album: The essence of Michael Jackson’s solo...
RICK’S PICKS: Paul Simon: Live In New York City (Concord Music) / Bassist: Bathiki Kumalo The Album: Paul Simon’s long discography, now in its sixth...
Jaco Pastorius: 25 Years Ago Today… “In Wilton Manor, Fla., a tiny town near Fort Lauderdale, detectives describe the death of the former bass player for...
From Associate Editor Rick Suchow… I’d like to introduce a new regular feature in Bass Musician Magazine beginning this month. Ed Lucie is the Associate Professor of the...
You’ve seen him play bass on the big screen as Derek Smalls in This Is Spinal Tap and Harry Shubb in A Mighty Wind; you’ve heard his...
Grammy Winning Bassist Charles Flores Dead At 41: Jazz bassist Charles Flores, perhaps best known for his work with pianist Michel Camilo, has died at age...
Paul McCartney’s Rickenbacker Remixed On Restored Magical Mystery Tour Movie: October will see the release of the Beatles’ newly restored Magical Mystery Tour film on both DVD...
Elton John Bassist Bob Birch Found Dead: In what is being reported as an apparent suicide, longtime Elton John bassist Bob Birch was found dead in Los...
Zac Brown Band’s John Driskell Hopkins: The Bassist Uncaged by Rick Suchow… There is success and there is success. As I write this, the number one album...
“The thing that’s important to me now is to consolidate the different components of my musical life,” says Marcus Miller in a thoughtful, somewhat philosophical tone....