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Meshell Ndegeocello’s Genius in Plantation Lullabies

Meshell Ndegeocello is a talented and influential bass player and singer-songwriter who has made a significant impact on the music industry. One of Meshell Ndegeocello’s

Album Review: City Jazz by 4te!

City Jazz by 4te!, featuring Tsang Tak Hong on Bass City Jazz by 4te!… I love the universal nature of music in that it is

Album Review: Franco Ambrosetti, Nora, With Scott Colley on Bass

Franco Ambrosetti, Nora, With Scott Colley on Bass… Swiss Jazz icon and trumpeter Franco Ambrosetti brings us another stellar album! First, he assembled an amazing

Album Review: Black Lives – From Generation to Generation

Black Lives – From Generation to Generation… Black Lives – From Generation to Generation Features: Reggie Washington, Sekou Bah, David Gilmore, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, John Hebert,

Album Review: Brendan Rothwell, Destiny

Brendan Rothwell, Destiny… Brendan Rothwell has a solid reputation as a smooth Jazz powerhouse so I was very excited to see a new project arrive.

New Album: Jim Casey and Hans Soeteman, Nonstruct

Album Review: Jim Casey and Hans Soeteman, Nonstruct

Jim Casey and Hans Soeteman, Nonstruct Review… If you ever wondered what would happen if you had a transatlantic collaboration between guitarist Hans Soeteman and

New Album: The Aristocrats With Primuz Chamber Orchestra

Album Review: The Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Orchestra

The Aristocrats with Primuz Chamber Orchestra: String arrangements by Wojtek Lemanski Let me start by saying that this album is NOT to be missed… We have

Album Review: Nicolas Meier World Group, Magnificent/Live/Stories

Nicolas Meier World Group, Magnificent/Live/Stories, with Kevin Glasgow on bass. Guitarist Nicolas Meier put together an excellent 3-CD album, Magnificent/Live/Stories, that was released in late

Album Review: The Black Moods, Into the Night

Album Review: The Black Moods, Into the Night… One of the great benefits of my job is that I get to listen to a ton

Album Review: Richard Ford, Basso Profondissimo 2

Richard Ford, Basso Profondissimo 2… Richard Ford’s Basso Profondissimo 2 is an album totally conceived and played on bass. Like its predecessor released back in

Album Review: Mulberry Street Symphony

Mulberry Street Symphony, with Scott Colley on bass… Odense Symphony Orchestra, Mulberry Street Symphony – What do you get when you cross a Jazz trio

Remastered Album: Fourplay (30th Anniversary)

Album Review: Fourplay 30th Anniversary Edition

Fourplay 30th Anniversary Edition, With Nathan East on Bass… Fourplay 30th Anniversary Edition… Some things need to age to reach perfection but after thirty years,

Album Review: Norm Stockton, Grooves & Sushi

Norm Stockton, Grooves & Sushi… Grooves & Sushi is much more than an album. Bassist Norm Stockton gathered up a superb group of world-class musicians including:

CD Review: Rhythm Dogs, Rewired

For their fifth album, the Oregon-based Rhythm Dogs took advantage of the pandemic downtime to create their finest effort, aptly titled “Rewired.” The band fuses

Album Review: Ghost Stories by The Whitmore Sisters

Ghost Stories by The Whitmore Sisters, Featuring Bonnie Whitmore on Bass… In December of 2021, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Bonnie Whitmore and

CD Review: Salswing! Ruben Blades Y Roberto Delgado Orchestra

Salswing! Salswing!, with Roberto Delgado as musical director, producer, arranger, bass, and backing vocals. I could begin by stating that I have been a huge

Nathan East News: Fourplay - Best of Fourplay... 2020 Remastered, including bonus tracks!

CD Review: The Best of Fourplay, Remastered

The Best of Fourplay, Remastered, with Nathan East on bass… I could easily wrap up this review of The Best of Fourplay by pointing out

CD Review: Blackbird, Lennon-McCartney Icons

Marylyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.: Blackbird, Lennon-McCartney Icons… Blackbird, Lennon-McCartney Icons, Featuring Derrick “Dock” Murdock, Rick Taylor, Nick Ornelas, Tim Sonnefeld on Bass. I

CD Review: Brian Bromberg, A Little Driving Music

Brian Bromberg, A Little Driving Music… I always feel like my life has a background soundtrack playing in support of whatever I am doing. This

Review: Wolfgang Van Halen, Mammoth WVH

Wolfgang Van Halen, Mammoth WVH… Mammoth WVH: Every so often I will get an album from a bassist/multi-instrumentalist where they have played all the parts