Felix Pastorius Talks About Recording with Jaco’s Bass
When Felix Pastorius joined the Yellowjackets to fill in for Jimmy Haslip, the move was supposed to be temporary. When Haslip ultimately decided not to return, Pastorius stayed on and went into the studio for the group’s newest album, A Rise In The Road, which came out late last month. But the story is even bigger than that. Felix –...
Roger Alcantara: Pinball Number Count Play-Along
Roger Alcantara sent us his play-along to the funky tune, “Pinball Number Count” – the song used by Sesame Street to teach kids how to count to twelve. The original features the Pointer Sisters on vocals. After researching this tune for 30 minutes or so, the bassist on the original is a mystery (at least to me!) If you know...
?ukasz Adamczyk: Taraska Bounce
Bassist ?ukasz Adamczyk reached out to us and shared his recent studio videos with us. We were blown away. ?ukasz showcases some mad skills on the bass – and composing. He and his band incorporate harp, keyboards, drums and all sorts of percussion in this performance of “Taraska Bounce”. And I’ll say it again: we love our jobs, and we...
Reader Spotlight: Poliana Magalhães
About a month ago, we featured a play-along video by bassist Poliana Magalhães. The tune was Jamiroquai’s “Runaway”, and we were impressed with how Poliana locked in on the groove, but made it her own, and with a killer bass sound too. Since then, Poliana shared her story with us, and so she’s No Treble’s reader in the spotlight for...
The Winery Dogs – Billy Sheehan, Mike Portnoy and Richie Kotzen – Release Debut Album and Start Tour
The new supergroup known as The Winery Dogs has released their self-titled debut album. Formed by bassist Billy Sheehan, drummer Mike Portnoy and guitarist/vocalist Richie Kotzen, the group worked on the album last year. As we reported in December, the project originally included John Sykes, but due to conflicts in schedules and work styles, the group decided to replace him...
“Human Nature” Bass and Drums Tribute
Emile Nelson sent us this killer video of him performing a bass and drum tribute to Michael Jackson, with drummer Con Settineri. Emile also handles the vocal duties on this nice cover of “Human Nature”.
Weekly Top Ten: The Best in Bass for the Week of July 14
The one good thing you can always count on at the end of the week is a top 10 list of bass greatness. Here are the top 10 most read stories and most watched videos on No Treble for the week of July 14-20, 2013. Thanks as always for reading, commenting and sharing. 1. Jim Bennett: All Bass Daft Punk...
Alfred Music Releases Four More Led Zeppelin Platinum Bass Titles
Following up on their first two books, Alfred Music has released four more Led Zeppelin titles in their “Platinum Bass” series. All the books offer both standard notation and tab for the bass lines, plus the lyrics and vocal melodies. Led Zeppelin: III Platinum Bass Guitar includes transcriptions for “Immigrant Song”, “Celebration Day”, “Since I’ve Been Loving You”, “Out on...
Pablo Elorza: Recording Fretless Bass and Getting that Jaco Tone
The last time we featured Pablo Elorza, he gave us an in-depth look at the popular Jaco Pastorius tune “Continuum”. Our friend Sylvain Gros-Desormeaux shares this one of Pablo demonstrating how to record a fretless bass and achieve that Jaco sound. For more on Pablo’s Deep Into Electric Bass Classics, visit his website.
John Scofield Releases “Überjam Deux”, Featuring Andy Hess
John Scofield’s Grammy-nominated Überjam came out more than a decade ago. And while the guitarist has since released seven albums of his own, and five albums as a co-leader, the followup to Überjam has been in the works. Überjam Deux is the result of that decade-plus of work. “Certain songs have been evolving over the ten years since Überjam; [guitarist]...
Marcus Miller: Live at Java Jazz Festival 2013 (Complete Performance)
What a treat this one is. The folks who run the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival have shared Marcus Miller’s entire performance from the 2013 Jazz Festival. The festival took place in March in Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia. The band – which also includes Louis Cato on drums, Kris Bowers on keyboards, Alex Han on saxophone, Lee Hogans on trumpet and...
Jesús Rico Pérez: “Come With Me, My Love” Michael Manring Cover
Michael Manring’s “Come With Me, My Love”, which appeared on Soliloquy, is one of the great solo bass compositions and performances. So it was a thrill to hear bassist Jesús Rico Pérez perform his take – so much so, that I asked Michael to share his thoughts on the performance. Here’s what he said: “Many thanks to Jesús for his...