Archive for July 2020 - Page 6

I’ve played sax almost as long as I’ve played bass, so this video by The Fearless Flyers hits me on many levels. In this clip, the Flyers cover the Vulfpeck tune, “Adrienne & Adrianne.” Both versions feature the mighty Joe Dart!

In 1994, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, and Christian McBride recorded “MoodSwing.” Now the quartet is back with a new album called “RoundAgain.” While their first recording was phenomenal, they’ve only gotten better over the ensuing 26 years.

Electro-Harmonix has announced the Cntl Knob, a static expression pedal that lets you set two preset values and toggle between them. The unit can be used with any other pedal that has an expression pedal input.

Put on your headphones, or better yet – plug this into your surround sound system. Nathan Navarro just sent us this video, which features him playing a Wilcox bass with a breakout box that essentially routes each string to its own output.

Helen Svoboda has released a new album called “Vegetable Bass”. The double bassist and vocalist used her debut solo effort as a chance to explore the “intricate combination of the overtone series and the human voice.”

In this lesson, Ariane Cap focuses on an angular riff that presents quite the string crossing challenge. It will not only shed your technique, but it will also give you creative ideas.

No Treble reader, bassist, and author Chuck Bianchi sent us this stunning video of him performing J.S. Bach’s “Gigue in D minor” on bass guitar.

Haim has returned with their third studio album, entitled “Women In Music, Pt. III”. The trio of sisters – featuring Alana on drums, Danielle on guitar and vocals, and Este Haim on bass – expand on their sound with genre-blurring textures and catchy hooks.

Lightning Boy Audio has announced the 2020 Instrument Transformer, which is described as a utility pedal to bridge the gap between pedals and studio gear.

Like most of us, Huw Foster has missed playing live these past few months. So he started a series of live looping videos to try to recreate that feeling. Check out this funky clip, “LiveLoop 4”.

Leland Sklar and The Immediate Family will be featured in a live online conversation hosted by the GRAMMY Museum tomorrow. “Catching Up With The Immediate Family” will be hosted by Scott Goldman.

Steve Bailey, Victor Wooten, and John Patitucci are continuing their weekly bass hang on July 9th with a session called “L.A. Studio-Shed.” The free Zoom webinar will feature the trio talking with a who’s who of the session scene in Los Angeles.