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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

Review: Douglas Lee, Themes for Falling Down Stairs

Douglas Lee, Themes for Falling Down Stairs, featuring Robert Petersen on Double bass… I am excited to start this review for Themes for Falling Down

Review: Greta Van Fleet, The Battle at Gardens Gate

Greta Van Fleet, The Battle at Gardens Gate, featuring Sam Kiszka on bass… The Battle at Gardens Gate is living proof that not only is

Review: Liquid Tension Experiment, LTE3

LTE3, with Tony Levin on bass… Yes, LTE3 will be out soon! After more than two decades, the members of Liquid Tension Experiment, Mike Portnoy,

Review: Jackets XL, Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band

Jackets XL, Yellowjackets + WDR Big Band, featuring Dane Alderson on Bass. Jazz fans and in particular Yellowjackets fans will really get a kick out

Review: The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music

The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music, featuring Matt Geraghty on bass. The Warrior Women of Afro-Peruvian Music… Historically, women have been treated as second class

Review: Vasko Atanasovski Adrabesa Quartet, Phoenix

Vasko Atanasovski Adrabesa Quartet, Phoenix featuring Michael Godard on Tuba and Serpent… This review is going to be unique as you may have noticed that

Review: KoMaGa Trio, Foxing Hour

KoMaGa Trio, Foxing Hour… KoMaGa Trio, Foxing Hour, featuring Michael Manring on bass. I have always been blown away by Michael Manring’s solo bass playing

New Album: Robert Harper, The Fonk Record

Review: Robert Harper, The Fonk Record

Bassist Robert Harper, The Fonk Record… Funk originated in the mid-’60s as a danceable blend of Soul, Jazz, and R&B. This musical genre snowballed in

Review: Andreas Oxholm, Good vs Bad

Andreas Oxholm, Good vs Bad… Andreas Oxholm, Good vs Bad is an album for all the bass lovers in the house. Andreas delivers eight original

Review: Marbin, Russian Dolls

Marbin, Russian Dolls with Dani Rabin on bass… There are many branches on the “Jazz Tree” that most people don’t consider when they think of

Review: Flor de Toloache, Indestructible

Flor de Toloache, Indestructible… Featuring Mireya Ramos & Yesi Reyes on Guitarrón Growing up in El Paso and frequenting Ciudad Juarez, I am very familiar

Review: Adam Nitti, The World is Loud

Adam Nitti, The World is Loud… Whenever I think of Adam Nitti, I think of his huge body of work as a solo bassist, fusion

Review: Combinator, Eargoggle Fodder

Combinator, Eargoggle Fodder with Sean Fairchild on Bass… Hitting hard and fast, Combinator, Eargoggle Fodder explodes out of the gate with the first track “Juggernaut”