RICK’S PICKS: Steve Lukather: Transition (Mascot Records) / Bassists: Lee Sklar, Tal Wilkenfeld, Nathan East, Renee Jones, John Pierce The Album: Toto co-founder and...
Puerto Rican Bassist Sammy Morales Recreates Stories, Tales and Songs… Puerto Rican bassist Sammy Morales recreates his “Stories, Tales and Songs” in his recent CD. Mixing...
String Harmonies {trinity} with Bassist Vik Momjian… This musical adventure started when Vik Momjian contacted me and told me that our good friend and prior staff writer...
Blomp by Doug Johns… Over the years, we have seen a lot of Doug Johns in Bass Musician Magazine! As one of our earliest supporting staff writers, Doug...
RICK’S PICKS: Joe Lovano w/ Us Five: Cross Culture (Blue Note Records) / Bassists: Esperanza Spalding, Peter Slavov The Album: This is Lovano’s third...
RICK’S PICKS: Alicia Keys: Girl On Fire ( RCA Records ) / Bassists: Bruno Mars, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Steve Mostyn, James “Malay” Ho The Album: Girl...
RICK’S PICKS: Marvin Gaye: Trouble Man 40th Anniversary Expanded Edition (Hip-O-Select / Motown) / Bassists: Wilton Felder, Ron Brown, others The Album: Forty years...
Revolution by House of Waters… It is always a good sign when you listen to about the first minute of a CD and find yourself immediately drawn...
Jimmy Haslip: Modern Improvisation For Bass (Instructional Book: Alfred Music) In his introduction to this excellent book, Jimmy reveals some of his deepest thoughts on improvisation:...
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...
Casey Abram’s Self Titled Debut Album Casey Abrams… Before I get into my review of Casey Abram’s self titled debut album “Casey Abrams”, I feel compelled 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...
Maceo Parker/Soul Classics Featuring Bassist Christian McBride… I first started listening to Maceo Parker when my son (the sax player) was in fifth grade and brought home...
Upside Out by Coincidence Machine Featuring Bassist Jimi Durso… It is always fun to have the opportunity to hear what our staff writers are up to...
Raise Up by Larry Graham and Graham Central Station… Great news! Funk is alive and well and seriously kicking hard! Just listen to even a little...