Esperanza Spalding “Esperanza Spalding – Esperanza” www.esperanzaspalding.com Portland, OR native Esperanza Spalding made quite a splash when she arrived at Berklee College of Music in...
Avishai Cohen “Avishai Cohen Trio – Gently Disturbed” www.avishaimusic.com As I’ve reviewed Avishai’s music here before (and most of us are very familiiar with his...
Anne Mette Iversen Best of the West (featuring 4 Corners) www.annemetteiversen.com Denmark’s Anne Mette Iversen is a wonderful player. The real star here are her...
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...
Victor Wooten “Palmystery”www.victorwooten.comI have been a fan of Victor Wooten (like many of us) for years. Ever since a fellow bass player at Berklee turned me...
Hadrien Feraud “Hadrien Feraud” www.hadrien-feraud.comIf you haven’t heard of this guy (kid, really! mid-twenties… yikes!), get out from under the boulder and look him up. He...
Gerald Veasley “Your Move”www.geraldveasley.com“Your Move” is Gerald Veasley’s perfectly produced new album. Although hailed as one of the more in-demand “contemporary” bassists on the scene today,...
Etienne Mbappe “Misiya” www.etiennembappe.comI’ll use this reference only so those of you who haven’t heard Etienne Mbappe yet have a head start on this guy. Many...
Dave Holland “Herbie Hancock – River: The Joni Letters” www. daveholland.com There is a reason that the Album of the Year went to Herbie for this...
In my interview with Victor in our February-March issue, Victor and I spent a great deal of time talking about the “instructional process.” His views are...
Damian’s book proves to be another well thought out text on presenting the fundamentals for any player to consider. A commendable array of scales, modes, chords,...
Fretboard Alchemy and Fretboard Arcanum by Scott Hubbell… After conducting many interviews for the magazine, I admittedly have more or less a recurring question I try...
This month we focus on the Upright Man – masters of the upright bass, standing bass, acoustic bass, double bass, contrabass – whatever you call it,...
Yves Carbonne “Seven Waves” www.yvescarbonne.com I must admit, I am typically very open minded, but the very first time I saw a picture of Yves and...
Steve Bailey “So Low……..Solo” www.stevebaileybass.com Man. I’m impressed. We all know Steve can play, but this is by far, my favorite recording of Steve to date. ...