RICK’S PICKS: Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll (Verve) / Bassist: Dennis Crouch The Album: If you can allow yourself room to get out of any...
RICK’S PICKS: Michael Jackson: Bad 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (MJJ/Epic Records) / Bassists: Nathan East, Don Boyette The Album: The essence of Michael Jackson’s solo...
Jaco Pastorius: 25 Years Ago Today… “In Wilton Manor, Fla., a tiny town near Fort Lauderdale, detectives describe the death of the former bass player for...
As the summer flies by, we here at Bass Musician Magazine are still plugging away to bring you the most relevant, useful and important information. As...
Grammy Winning Bassist Charles Flores Dead At 41: Jazz bassist Charles Flores, perhaps best known for his work with pianist Michel Camilo, has died at age...
Paul McCartney’s Rickenbacker Remixed On Restored Magical Mystery Tour Movie: October will see the release of the Beatles’ newly restored Magical Mystery Tour film on both DVD...
Elton John Bassist Bob Birch Found Dead: In what is being reported as an apparent suicide, longtime Elton John bassist Bob Birch was found dead in Los...
Zac Brown Band’s John Driskell Hopkins: The Bassist Uncaged by Rick Suchow… There is success and there is success. As I write this, the number one album...
“The thing that’s important to me now is to consolidate the different components of my musical life,” says Marcus Miller in a thoughtful, somewhat philosophical tone....
The Many Colors of Bass… First of all, we are incredibly privileged to have veteran bassist Hutch Hutchinson gracing this month’s cover… if anyone understands the ‘many...
Hutch Hutchinson: The Groove King by Rick Suchow – Bass Musician Magazine May 2012 Issue / Cover Photo: Manny Alvarez With all the easiness of a tropical...
Six words quickly come to mind in describing up-and-coming bassist Nik West: the girl’s got it goin’ on. The Phoenix funkstress has been quietly, or maybe...
View the video for the Tom Kennedy Interview w/ Rick Suchow for Bass Musician Magazine March 2012…
Spend a couple of days at a NAMM Show and you might come to the conclusion that life is simply a whirlwind of constant activity; consider...
Tom Kennedy By Rick Suchow – Bass Musician Magazine March 2012 issue… It would be hard to overstate Tom Kennedy’s mastery of jazz bass, and surely...