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Tomás Montoya sent today’s featured video to us saying “This guy is Ernesto Holman, a jazz folklore fusion bass player [who] is very original I think. He is from Santiago Chile.” We loved everything about this: low end, melody, musical, technical… It has it all.

Meet bassist Carson Childers, who shares his story in this week’s reader spotlight feature. It is always exciting to see the next generation of players taking inspiration from the long line of bass playing legends who came before them, and Carson is clearly well schooled in the old and new school – spanning plenty of genres too. Check out his...

I’ve been digging the new “vault” release by Lenny White (check out the story we shared earlier this week). This new album offers up music from White’s 1997 tour with his band, which included two bassists: Victor Bailey and Foley. So I started hunting for videos from this era and found this great one. This line up is close to...

Jack Stratton sent me this video, which made my day. We’re all huge Joe Dart and Vulfpeck fans around here, and so it was a nice treat to hear Joe’s bass line to the tune “Beastly” in all its glory. If you want to hear the original, we have that too. And if you dig that, you’ll also want to...

It was during the recording sessions for Hiromi’s 2011 album Voice that the pianist teamed up with bassist Anthony Jackson and drummer Simon Phillips. Hiromi and Jackson had worked together before, but this was the first time the trio performed together. “I had such a great time recording with them, and we went on the road together and that was...

Of all the stories, videos and how-to’s we posted over the last week, these ones reign supreme for No Treble readers. Here is your top 10 for the week of March 17-23, 2013. 1. Bass of the Week: Amfisound “Hellbass” Our friend Greg B. emailed me with a few shots of his bass, and I couldn’t wait to share it....

Lenny White dug deep into his archives and found some real gems from a 1997 tour of Japan with his band. This tour offered up a fusion of funk, jazz, rock and soul and had an interesting pairing of bassists – Victor Bailey laying down the low end and groove, with Foley on lead bass. The rest of White’s all-star...

Bassists love covering Jimi Hendrix, and we give that a big thumbs up here at No Treble HQ. Here’s Rodolfo Valdifiori doing his thing with a groove inspired by Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”.

Our Facebook friend Laura Palumbo sent this video to us, featuring Stefano Francazio performing a solo bass piece he wrote named “Lungo il Sentiero”. Love the tone, and the tune.

Meet bassist Taylor Lee, who has a lot of great stories to tell, including how he got his gig, who gave him his main bass and how he switched from guitar to bass as soon as he heard Jaco’s debut. Taylor is the player in the spotlight for the week of March 18, 2013. Bio: In 2008 Taylor received a...

Viaceslav Svedov shares his latest video, this time featuring double the bass as he’s joined by Davide Biale. Viaceslav says he normally doesn’t like projects with more than one bassist, but after performing with Davide, he’s a fan.

Stuart Clayton has authored three new books for Bassline Publishing’s Bass Essentials series, aimed at helping bassists master the fundamentals of reading music. The Bass Guitarist’s Guide to Reading Music includes beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, to allow bassists to choose the ones best suited to their current skill level. Each book features audio tracks, via downloads from the publisher’s...