Archive for 2015 - Page 16

Jazz bassist Ameen Saleem has released a genre-mixing album, The Groove Lab. Saleem (Roy Hargrove Quintet and the Roy Hargrove Big Band — Hargrove plays trumpet and flugelhorn on The Groove Lab) says only plays jazz, but also funk. Really, if a bass is available, he’ll play it. However, the sound of the album, and the thought process behind it,...

Warwick has introduced the Rockboard RBO LT XL, a rechargeable power station for effects pedals. The unit features long-lasting, rechargeable lithium ion batteries to power pedals for up to 50 hours without having to be plugged into a wall outlet. It features two separate 9V-DC-outputs, an additional USB-output to charge mobile phones and smartphones, an input for charger, and a...

This week we’re checking out the Sirius by Aquilina Basses. Available in passive and active versions, the bass has several options to dial it towards a modern tone or take you back in time with old school thump. The active version of the bass features an ash body, an American maple neck, and a maple fingerboard with 20 frets. More...

Bassist Mike Frost said that “with all the noise and anticipation around the new Jaco documentary to be released this year, I began to reflect on that moment when many years ago I placed the Jaco Pastorius LP on the turntable and heard the opening track – Donna Lee. The ‘impossible’ made possible by Jaco. With the suggestion of a...

Def Leppard’s 11th studio album is a self-titled one that opens with a sound reminiscent of the band’s massive 80’s hit, “Pour Some Sugar on Me” off the equally huge 1987 album, Hysteria. The album is, according to guitarist Phil Collen, in an interview with Billboard, “the freest, most liberating thing we’ve ever done.” He also notes in the piece...

We love No Treble’s readers, and we love paying attention to what they enjoy reading and watching. So each week, we compile this top 10 list to share the best from you’re point of view. This week’s list starts with some sad news about Victor Bailey. Be sure to read that article and send your positive energy his way. Thanks...

Providence has expanded their line of bass effects with the Bass Boot Comp BTC-1, a compressor pedal that includes Threshold and Mix effects to dial in a variety of sounds. The company describes the pedal as achieving “clear, bright and smooth compression” with the dry signal’s sound while the Mix control enables “spirited and unique compression.” “Adding dry sound to...

Back in May, we featured the duo of bassist Lucio Enrico Fasino and vocalist Deborah Falanga performing their take on “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”. Here’s Lucio backing SirJo on another unique cover. Check out their version of Bill Wither’s “Ain’t No Sunshine”.

Retro-soul group Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings has put its own twist on the holidays with its new album, It’s a Holiday Soul Party. The group, led by bass player, primary songwriter, and producer Bosco Mann (real name Gabriel Roth) melds original and traditional holiday tunes. One of the originals has been floating around in the band’s repertoire for years...

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo’s documentary about the late Jaco Pastorius, who revolutionized electric bass playing, before dying tragically at age 35, is almost here — the film and its soundtrack are set for a Nov. 27 release. The first single from the Jaco soundtrack is Trujillo side project Mass Mental’s version of “Come On Come Over” from Pastorius’ 1976 debut...

Back in October, we shared a video of Harmless Funk, featuring bassist Dave Marks. The group performed the Meters’ classic, “Cissy Strut”. Dave just sent me the next video of the band from that same session. “This time it’s a cover of David Sanborn’s arrangement of [Ornette Coleman’s] ‘Ramblin’” he shared. “…bit more of a ‘bass-ey’ one.” We dig.

Loaded, The Velvet Underground’s last studio album with Lou Reed, is now available in a deluxe six-disc box set called Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition. The set features the original 1970 album, remastered in stereo and mono, demos and alternate mixes, a remastered/re-edited version of Live at Max’s Kansas City (recorded during the band’s stand at the venue, which occurred...