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It's time to celebrate some great bass with the monthly top 10 reader-favorite bass videos. Two videos with Tony Levin (spanning many years between) are kicking things off this month.

You can always count on Tedeschi Trucks Band to do something special in their live performances. From their concert at MGM Fenway in Boston earlier this month, they do their thing on Prince’s “1999.”

SFJAZZ shared this video of Snarky Puppy performing “Pineapple” for the SFJAZZ 2024-25 season. Cowritten by trumpeter Mike “Maz” Maher and bassist/bandleader Michael League, the tune appeared on their 2022 album, “Empire Central.”

This week’s reader-favorite list is once again chock full of bass gear. But there's more, including a live clip of the Jaco Pastorius Trio in 1986, our reader spotlight on Lynda Kraar, part 4 of our interview with Tony Levin, our podcast episode with Alan Robert, and other bass goodness.

Filmed during the 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, here’s Beck and his band, which included Tal Wilkenfeld performing The Beatles song, “A Day in the Life.”

Charles Berthoud has been breaking down his favorite bass solos and arrangements. In this episode, he focuses on Kinga Glyk and her 2016 video where she performs Jeff Berlin’s arrangement of Eric Clapton’s “Tears in Heaven.”

Nic Koven, Connor Trietsch, and Derrick Elliott reimagined Joni Mitchell’s “Coyote,” and it’s stunning. The track will be on their EP, “A Tribute to Joni.”

Kinga Glyk’s new album, “Real Life” is such an enjoyable record. Here’s a live performance of “That Right There,” written by Michael League.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a band that has more fun on stage than Cory Wong’s. From their performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, here’s the band performing “Flamingo,” which starts with “Black Cow” by Steely Dan.

This week's top 10 includes plenty of gear once again, plus Marcus Miller's workshop at Montreux, a look into Joe Dart's bass lines, part 3 of our interview with Tony Levin, a bonus top 10 bass gear list, and more.

Ellen Alaverdyan and Kids Rock For Kids (Vinya Chhabra, Yoyoka Soma, Bay Melnick Virgolino, and Charlotte Milstein) nail this cover of Heart’s “Barracuda!”

Lynda Kraar started playing guitar at age 8 and picked up the bass at 14. The bass was definitely her calling. Lynda is this week's reader in the spotlight.