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Vulfpeck with Bernard Purdie: Kid Charlemagne

Vulfpeck with Bernard Purdie: Kid Charlemagne

This must be what living the dream looks like. Vulfpeck performed with drum legend Bernard Purdie at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York last year, which included this cover of Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne,” a tune that originally featured Purdie. And it is obvious bassist Joe Dart was loving life.

John Ferrara: Song For Ramida

John Ferrara: Song For Ramida

John Ferrara has been wowing us with his killer bass playing in his trio Consider the Source, but now he’s stepping out with a new solo project. The first piece available is “Song for Ramida,” named for his god daughter. “It’s my first solo venture outside of Consider the Source,” he explains. “My main interest has always been treating the...

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Jason Everett: Awakening

Jason Everett: Awakening

Jason Everett plays through his epic solo bass composition “Awakening” in this new video. Utilizing a six-string acoustic bass and his seven-string fretless, the bassist creates a mood drawing from Eastern sounds. If you like what you hear, Everett is currently crowdfunding a new live recording featuring master musicians from India and the U.S. Check it out here.

Harbouring Oceans: Wonderwall

Harbouring Oceans: Wonderwall

We’re big fans of the band known as Harbouring Oceans. Bassist Ken Farrell sent us this video and note: “You featured a video of ours last year called ‘Enso.’ We’re back with a reharmonized 90 second cover of ‘Wonderwall’ and would love for you to feature it…” We dig it! How about you?

Les Paul with Carol Kaye: Live at The Iridium

Les Paul with Carol Kaye: Live at The Iridium

Chris Lentz shared this gem of a video, which features a live performance of Les Paul, Lou Pallo, Paul Nowinski, Dave Haywood, and Carol Kaye performing at the Iridium on January 31st, 2000. Dig Carol’s sweet solo!

Leonid & Friends: Saturday In The Park

Leonid & Friends: Saturday In The Park

Here’s another fantastic cover by bassist Leonid Vorobyev and his Leonid & Friends Chicago tribute band. This time around, the band performs “Saturday In The Park.” As always, they nailed it.

Scott and Evan Varney: Subterranean Homesick Alien

Scott and Evan Varney: Subterranean Homesick Alien

Everyone loves a good Radiohead tune. Here’s a cool version of “Subterranean Homesick Alien” performed by bassist Scott Varney with his son Evan on tenor saxophone. Scott sings and fills out the song with the bass line and harmony while Evan adds melodies from the song. “This version is inspired by David Ryan Harris and Bob Reynolds version,” Scott writes....

Snarky Puppy: Shofukan (Live)

Snarky Puppy: Shofukan (Live)

Back in 2014, Snarky Puppy released We Like It Here. Here’s a live performance of one of the songs on that album, entitled “Shofukan,” which as always features band leader Michael League on bass. As we shared when the album was released, the album was recorded live in Kytopia Studios in Utrecht, Holland from Oct. 7-10, 2013, and the record...

Olivier Babaz: On The Sunny Side of the Street

Olivier Babaz: On The Sunny Side of the Street

Get ready to chill out. Olivier Babaz offers up a nice relaxing arco version of the jazz standard “On The Sunny Sunny Side Of The Street” in this new video. Besides some nice phrasing, Babaz gets a big, warm tone that matches the song’s chill vibe.

YYNOT: Invisible Heart

YYNOT: Invisible Heart

Fresh off their big debut concert in LA, here’s our favorite Rush-inspired band and their latest original, “Invisible Heart.” Tim Starace as always lays down some seriously gritty bass.

Jason Matthews: Liberty City

Jason Matthews: Liberty City

It has been a while since we featured a video by Jason Matthews. In this clip, Jason takes on a beast of a tune: Jaco Pastorius’ “Liberty City,” from Invitation. Jason says, “…in my opinion the best version of this tune. This has been stuck in my head almost constantly for the past 15 years or so.”

Absurdcus: Hey Now

Absurdcus: Hey Now

Absurdcus has a new video, and it is spectacular. Here’s his arrangement of London Grammar’s “Hey Now.” He said “all sounds made with basses,” which is the way we like it.