PR – Marshall Blonstein’s Audio Fidelity will be releasing Weather Report, “Tale Spinnin’” and Return to Forever, “Musicmagic” on Hybrid SACD. Both recordings are considered essentials from...
Great improvisers reveal a lifetime of experience and artistry in every note. For both pianist Satoko Fujii and bassist Joe Fonda, that brings to bear an estimable history of...
PR – Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release–as a 2LP, CD or digital album–Mike Watt’s “ring spiel” tour ’95,...
It is rare to come across a musician whose vision for his instrument is so vastly expansive as that of Swiss-born Nicolas Meier. Even rarer still...
For the first time in its 30-year history, the Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) will go “All Jazz’’ with the additions this month of Christian McBride, Jaco Pastorius, Joey DeFrancesco, Benny Golson, and...
PR – Prolific and earnest bassist/composer, Matt Ulery, helps to spearhead a musical movement of art and beauty emerging out of the vibrant, blossoming scene in...
Get to know Brad Russell in this in-depth interview. If I had to sum up this Detroit native in one word, it would be ‘versatile’… if it was going to...
In partnership with Concord Music Group and ole, Fathom Events is set to bring an epic one-night cinema event with legendary Rock & Roll Hall of...
This month we cover techniques for returning to your bass practice after an injury.
If you are a bass player who likes to play Bossa Nova music, you will know that there are some basic Bossa grooves that are a...
How did you get your start in music? As far back as I can remember I wanted to be a musician. I have recollections of trying...
How did you get your start in music? My mom’s parents and three brothers were all musicians and they would have jam sessions at the many...
Fender, considered by many the first name in all things bass, has just recently updated their catalog with the release of the Fender Bassman 800 Bass...
I’m Cody Hampton and I play bass for the band Shallow Side, out of Cullman, AL. I never thought that I’d become bass player by profession....
Among the upper echelon of working bassists in the United States is an amazing bassist who approaches the bass from a singularly unique playing perspective. His...
