Archive for February 2012 - Page 6

Meet Thomas Scott a bassist from the Lone Star State who defies being categorized in a single genre. Thomas is our player in the spotlight for the week of February 14, 2012. Bio: I’m a young aspiring bassist in the DFW Metroplex. I’ve been around in a few bands ranging from a Paul McCartney-inspired pop group to a hair metal...

Out of 31 featured videos in January, every single one of the top 10 most viewed videos featured a solo bassist. We were blown away by all of them. Guess that feeling is mutual. 1. Ojay: Street Performance Awesomeness Check this awesome video of Ojay, a bassist from Newcastle in the UK. Armed with a pair of looping pedals and...

Recorded live on July 8, 1976 at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland, and shortly after bassist Jaco Pastorius joined the group, here’s Weather Report performing “Elegant People.” The tune, written by Wayne Shorter, appeared on Black Market and was recorded with bassist Alphonso Johnson. The line up also includes Weather Report co-founder Joe Zawinul on keys, Alex Acuna on drums,...

BK3 will be reuniting with their original lineup of drummer Bill Kreutzmann, guitarist Scott Murawski and bassist Oteil Burbridge at the upcoming Jungle Jam Music Festival. The annual event will be held at the Doce lunas Resort in Jaco Beach Costa Rica on February 17th through the 19th, 2012. The trio hasn’t performed together in several years. “[Phish’s Mike Gordon]...

Markbass unveiled four new pedals for 2012 at NAMM this year, including the MB7 Booster, MB7 Distorsore, the MB Mini Boost and the MB Mini Dist. All of the new products are made in Italy and feature true bypass. Markbass MB7 Booster The MB7 Booster offers up to +20 dB in addition to a 7-band graphic EQ with controls ranging...

There are several reasons why a passage may sound sloppy. One of the more prevalent ones, however, is incorrect coordination between the two hands during passages of separate (i.e. not slurred) notes. For such passages, the fingers must completely stop the string before the right hand, or bow, articulates. While studying violin pedagogy with Mimi Zweig at Indiana University she...

Pianist Bobo Stenson had the idea for a concert “in the middle of the spruce, Chainsaws and cranes cleared”, in the woods of Risveden. Bassist Anders Jormin and drummer Jon Fält joined Stenson for this unique performance. I love the interplay between the musicians on this one. Thanks to Russ Sargeant, who shared this video.

Last week had so much bass goodness, we could hardly pick our favorites. Good thing No Treble readers do that for us. Here is your top 10 for the week of February 5 – 11, 2012. 1. Vulfpeck: It Gets Funkier We first featured Vulfpeck last June and became instant fans of the band and bassist Joe Dart. Check out...

In addition to the new Frank Bello basses announced earlier, ESP has unveiled three more signature models for Whitechapel’s Gabe Crisp, Suicide Silence’s Danny Kenny, and Pancho Tomaseli of War and PHILM. Each of the new models are under the company’s LTD banner. Gabe Crisp’s GC-4 signature bass is a customized Viper with neck-through construction, a mahogany body, maple neck,...

The Experience Hendrix tour is gearing up for a new year, and they’ve added bassist Bootsy Collins to the mix. Bootsy joins the tour for eight dates. Bassist Billy Cox, the only surviving member of both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys, once again is part of the tour, handling the other dates. Bootsy is no stranger to...

Why do Sunday afternoons always seem so perfect for these types of videos? This is Kiyoshi Kitagawa with his trio, including Kenny Barron on piano and Brian Blade on drums, and all three take incredible solos. The recording took place at Tsutenkaku in 2006. Does it get any better?

Flea and Gorillaz/Blur vocalist Damon Albarn first teamed up in 2008, along with Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, to form the group Rocket Juice and the Moon. The busy musicians had a tough time making recording sessions happen over the years, but have just announced their debut album will be released on March 12th, 2012 and will include 18 tracks....