New from Jake Kot, former Editor of Bass Musician Magazine… Jake Kot, the man who brought you killer interviews with some of today’s top bassists, has...
Yellowjackets: Timeline… It’s the 30th anniversary for Yellowjackets…a milestone in itself. They’ve had 17 Grammy nominations, and after listening to Timeline, I’m sure another one is...
Slippin’ ‘n’ Trippin’ is classic Victor Bailey, a Tour de Force of grooves, catchy tunes, stellar sidemen, and some great bass work. Even with appearances from...
Review by Jake Kot – Pianist Hiromi’s latest recording Voice, is a trio effort featuring Anthony Jackson on bass and Simon Phillips on drums backing some...
by Jake Kot – In chapter 6 of my book, An Artistic Guide to Economic Survival, I look into the domain of Apprenticeship. Like all of...
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine ~ Jake Kot “An Artistic Guide to Economic Survival” When Jake told me that he was writing a book about economic survival...
Review by Editor Jake Kot The Mike Mainieri / Marnix Busstra Quartet CD Trinary Motion represents a sterling musical landscape combining the elements of composition, improvisation,...
by Jake Kot – Welcome to the first in a series of articles where I’ll be taking excerpts from my new book, An Artistic Guide to...
Review by Editor, Jake Kot Our fearless CD reviewer for BMM, Damian Erskine, just released his newest effort “So To Speak”, which I had the great pleasure...
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...
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, taking on the responsibility of the business side of your artistic quest is paramount. Each artist I’ve interviewed so far...
Chris Brandt has been my bass tech for well over a decade. His knowledge and skills as a tech are second to none, but he also...
With the interviews I’ve conducted so far, I found a common thread that I’d like to address. The rules for getting exposure as an artist have...