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Brittany Frompovich asked Aaron Gibson if he’d do a song for a virtual open mic for her students. His performance was magical.

Here’s a great clip from the Crossroads Festival in 2010, which kicks off with Jeff Beck performing with Rhonda Smith on bass. The video closes out Buddy Guy performing “Five Long Years” with Jonny Lang, Ronnie Wood, and Orlando Wright.

NPR shared this Tiny Desk (Home) Concert video back in June, and I am digging the sound. Bassist Cedric Martel grooves on this one.

KEXP is always a great source for musical discovery. This one hit my list this morning, with the band Flyying Colours performing “White Knuckles” live for KEXP at Home. Bassist Melanie Barbaro lays down the foundation.

Another week comes to a close, so it is time to look back. Here are the top 10 reader favorite stories for the week of August 28th through September 2nd.

Sax legend Gerald Albright sat in with The Cannonball Band to perform Pee Wee Ellis’s tune, “The Chicken”, as popularized by Jaco Pastorius. Bassist Denson Angulo lays down the groove on his fretless on this one.

Here’s a great clip of Christian McBride and Carl Allen discussing the keys to dominating the quicker, fast pace of jazz playing on the bass and drums. Christian includes some wisdom from the great Ray Brown. Then the duo shows how it is done.

Cory Wong and Dirty Loops have followed up their video for “Follow the Light” with the next one from their collaborative record, “Turbo”, which drops tomorrow. In this one, they perform their arrangement of Michael Jackson’s hit tune, “Thriller”.

I remember when Federico Malaman shared this video on Facebook back in 2015, but we never got the chance to share it here. Federico just revived this awesome (and funny) “Electric Bass Battle” with Anton Davidyants.

In honor of Pat Metheny’s birthday earlier this month, Gilad Ephrat recorded “Question & Answer” and shared this video with us. Gilad always impresses us with his videos, and this one is no exception.

The week closes once again with our celebration of the top 10 reader favorites of the week. Check out this list featuring Marc Johnson, Rich Brown, James Jamerson, Jeff Schmidt, and more.

I really dig this new episode of Lace Cadence’s “Overnight Afrobeats” for KEXP at Home. It was also my introduction to Cosmic Collective. In this clip, Lace interviews the band, who performs a funky 5-song set.