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...
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...
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...
Hello bassers. My name is Brad Houser and I have been given the privilege/honor of writing this column for Bass Musician Magazine. Over the next few...
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...
Behind the Notes (www.behindthenotes.com) is new website which hosts video documentaries with renowned musicians sharing insight into the creative process of making music. The content is...
In this issue we present Part 2 of our ongoing series of great bass-drum duos. The rhythm section is the most important part of any...
This issue we feature great bass-drum duos. We all know that the rhythm section is the most important part of a band. As Jaco used to...
This month we focus on the Upright Man – masters of the upright bass, standing bass, acoustic bass, double bass, contrabass – whatever you call it,...
Today music fans are not only listening in the comfort of their homes but they are also watching. Thirty years ago, there may have been one...
Today music fans are not only listening in the comfort of their homes but they are also watching. Thirty years ago, there may have been one...
Today music fans are not only listening in the comfort of their homes but they are also watching. Thirty years ago, there may have been one...