Archive for 2024 - Page 10

Cro-Mags bassist Harley Flanagan has had a remarkable career and an even crazier life. His wild story has been told in a new documentary called "Wired For Chaos."

Al Green has returned with a new single covering the R.E.M. classic “Everybody Hurts” with Leroy Hodges on bass. The soul legend poured his heart into the track with a full band and strings for a deep experience.

The University of Houston-Downtown recently shared this “Rhythm and Books” video, featuring Victor Wooten as a guest. Series producer Spencer Lightsy hosts the event to share stories and talk about life through words and music.

The Experience Hendrix Tour is returning for 2025 with an incredible list of musicians paying homage to the guitar icon. Kevin McCormick is returning to anchor the tour on bass.

In this episode, I’m focusing on the music of the late, great Quincy Jones and his iconic album "Walking In Space" (1969). Ray Brown's bass work on Benny Golson’s jazz standard “Killer Joe” just might be the best walking bass line you’ve ever heard.

The Jaco Pastorius Archive just dropped another excellent piece of Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell history. Here's "Edith and the Kingpin," recorded live with Jaco and Bobbye Hall on November 22, 1976.

In 1993, jazz piano virtuoso suffered a stroke that weakened his left side and put him out of commission. He would return to playing the next year. Part of his big return was captured in a new live album called “City Lights: The Oscar Peterson Quartet – Live in Munich, 1994.”

Marek Bero is back with a new set of exercises in his Bass Gym 101 series. The eleventh book in the line, “101 Position Exercises,” focuses on position exercises with a progressive series of lessons to get you all over the fingerboard.

Wojtek Mazolewski and his quintet dropped this video to feature a song from their new album, “Beautiful People,” which was released on October 11th. Here’s the title track, which was recorded in December 2023 at Polish Radio’s renowned S4 Studio.

This month's top 10 list of reader-favorite bass videos has it all. Enjoy this playlist with Jaco Pastorius, Tal Wilkenfeld, Kinga Glyk, Henrik Linder, Marcus Miller, Munir Hossn, Hadrien Feraud, Michael Pipoquinha, Bobby Vega, Victor Wooten, Ellen Alaverdyan, and Yohannes Tona.

For any beginner or intermediate bass player getting into music theory, understanding intervals is one of the basics that should be covered. This lesson breaks it down while keeping it groovy.

Tedeschi Trucks Band took the stage at MGM Fenway in Boston on October 1st. Here’s some footage from the show, with the band performing Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up In Blue.”