International Bass Player Janek Gwizdala Visits the Institute… November 13th saw the return of established jazz bassist and visiting faculty Janek Gwizdala. The London born International...
Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society Wins Soul Train Award… The Concord Music Group is proud to announce that Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society has won a Soul Train Award...
Marcus Miller’s tour bus flipped over yesterday, killing the driver and injuring Miller and members of his band. Currently on tour in Switzerland, the band was...
Bassist Avishai Cohen Receives NADAV Peoplehood Award… The 2012 NADAV Peoplehood Award was presented to Professor Elie Wiesel and Jazz musician Avishai Cohen at a ceremony in Jerusalem with hundreds of...
The Epic Proportions Tour… Are there any opportunities left for unsigned bands?… Today’s music scene is inundated by an abundance of new bands and artists desperately...
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...
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...
The Passing of Bassist Nabil Totah… Nabil Marshall Totah, 5 April 1930, Ramallah, Jordan. As a child, ‘Nobby’ Totah played violin and piano. Relocating to the...
John Myung & Dream Theater Has #1 Prog Rock Album All Time: Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory, the 1999 album by progressive hard rock...
Roger Waters “The Wall” Tour Top Grossing Tour of 2012: Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters may have once visited the dark side of the moon,...
Unreleased James Jamerson Recordings Coming: Legendary Motown bassist James Jamerson seems to be in the news quite a bit this month, first in the wake of...
Legendary Motown Bassist Bob Babbitt Dead At 74: The man who contributed the low end to such classic songs as “The Tears Of A Clown”, “Band...
John Entwistle To Hit Big Screen: Ten years after his untimely death, the man considered by many to be the greatest rock bassist of all time...