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Led Zeppelin’s Celebration Day: “Black Dog” Live

Led Zeppelin’s Celebration Day: “Black Dog” Live

A little over a year ago, Led Zeppelin released Celebration Day, recorded when the surviving members reunited for a 2007 concert. The lineup included singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones. Jason Bonham, the son of the late John Bonham, is on drums. Man, I dig JPJ’s tone on this performance of “Black Dog”.

Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals: Jah Work – A Lewis Marnell Tribute

Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals: Jah Work – A Lewis Marnell Tribute

Back in April, Ben Harper reunited with The Innocent Criminals to record a song to benefit the family of Lewis Marnell. Marnell, an Australian pro skateboarder, passed away at the age of 30 due to complications from diabetes. Harper, a big time skateboarding enthusiast, re-recorded his tune “Jah Work” with the band, performing together for the first time since 2007....

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Peter Erskine on Jaco Pastorius’ Stage Antics

Peter Erskine on Jaco Pastorius’ Stage Antics

In celebration of the 62nd birthday of Jaco Pastorius today, we decided to share this awesome video of drummer Peter Erskine reminiscing about his first live experience with Jaco and Weather Report.

Vavá Rodrigues with Edson Barreto: Leave Me Alone

Vavá Rodrigues with Edson Barreto: Leave Me Alone

Bassist Edson Barreto shared this video of him performing with Vavá Rodrigues, and man… this band cooks! A lot of it has to do with Edson’s playing… as I’m sure you’ll agree.

Victor & Regi Wooten: Live Clinic Jam

Victor & Regi Wooten: Live Clinic Jam

Earlier this month, the Escuela de Musica de Buenos Aires in Argentina hosted a clinic while Victor Wooten was in town with his band. Here’s a clip from that clinic, where Victor is joined by his older brother, guitarist Regi Wooten. And as is the case with the Wooten brothers, the duo showed their out-of-this-world technique.

Michael Thurber: Story of the Bass

Michael Thurber: Story of the Bass

Michael Thurber gets a huge thumbs up in our book. As a co-founder of cdza, he’s been creating musical video experiments, including this awesome all bass Ace of Bass medley. The group now has a series called “The Instrumentals” in which they chronicle the history of different instruments. Here, Thurber rips through 45 songs on nine basses to tell the...

Project RnL with Or Lubianiker: Another One

Project RnL with Or Lubianiker: Another One

Or Lubianiker joined forces with Project RnL to make the band’s very first live video. The band describes their music as a “strange, yet mysteriously appealing blend” of genres, and we completely agree. “Another One” is a bass-heavy tune and starts with a duet between Lubianiker and vocalist Ray Livnat. The rest of the group kicks in and things take...

Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: A Change Of Season / Acid Rain (Live)

Portnoy Sheehan MacAlpine Sherinian: A Change Of Season / Acid Rain (Live)

I first became aware of Billy Sheehan as a teenager in the 80’s. Around that same time, I discovered Tony MacAlpine thanks to a guitarist friend of mine. I still have MacAlpine’s records on vinyl. Both of these guys are still going strong and still knocking me out with their virtuosity. Here’s the dream team quartet – also including drummer...

Adam Neely and Justina Soto: I Didn’t Know

Adam Neely and Justina Soto: I Didn’t Know

Bassist Adam Neely has started experimenting with new sounds and genres with his bass. “I have been influenced recently Thundercat and Squarepusher and love the idea of melding virtuosic bass playing with modern electronic dance textures,” he explains. In “I Didn’t Know,” Neely teams up with Indie/soul singer Justina Soto to deliver a catchy groove and thick textures in a...

Elvis Presley with Jerry Scheff: “Suspicious Minds”, Live 1970

Elvis Presley with Jerry Scheff: “Suspicious Minds”, Live 1970

We recently featured Jerry Scheff in a new series, Profiles in Tone. In that interview, Jerry shared insights on how he got his tone. While I was researching for the interview, I found this clip from a 1970 concert with Elvis Presley in Las Vegas. The whole band is cooking, but Scheff’s bubbling yet muscular bass line really brings the...

Studio Jams with Leland Sklar: Cissy Strut

Studio Jams with Leland Sklar: Cissy Strut

Leland Sklar recently took part in an episode of Studio Jams, an online series that brings together different legendary musicians to jam on songs and see what happens. The rest of the band includes saxophonist Najee, guitarist Joe Jewell, drummer Rayford Griffin and David Garfield on keyboards. The group decided to jam out the classic Meters song, “Cissy Strut.” “These...

Flying Colors: “Odyssey”, Live

Flying Colors: “Odyssey”, Live

Dave LaRue sure deserves more appreciation, including from us. Here’s a great live performance of Flying Colors in Europe, performing the tune “Odyssey”. LaRue’s soloing is epic.