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We love these isolated bass tracks. While not so isolated, you can really hear Ray Brown‘s bass on this reworked version of the James Brown hit, “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag”, with Louis Bellson’s orchestra. Lots of leakage on this recording, because the bass was mic’d, while the band performed live. The first part of this video is the...

Meet Ryan Ladd, a bassist from Placerville, California and our player in the spotlight for May 17, 2011. Bio: I’ve been playing bass guitar my whole life. I’m in a progressive rock band called “Crimson Sky.” I also play solo bass, and I’m working on an album. I’m what you would call a sonic omnivore, meaning I listen to and...

As we reported back in March, the original members of Bela Fleck & the Flecktones have reunited to record Rocket Science, released today. Pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy returned to the group for the first time since 1991, with bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist/drummer Roy “Futureman” Wooten and banjoist and leader Bela Fleck. The group wanted to avoid doing the “reunion thing”,...

Recorded during the 2010 Crossroads Festival, here’s the John Mayer Trio performing the Bill Withers classic, “Ain’t No Sunshine”. Pino Palladino really lays down a nice groove, along with drummer Steve Jordan. This performance was included on the .

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of May 8 – 14, 2011. 1. Victor Wooten & JD Blair: Live at Blue Note Milan Filmed from the audience two days ago, here’s Victor Wooten and JD Blair playing the tune, “U Can’t Hold No Groove…” as their finale. The tune is...

We discovered this video thanks to MarloweDK, featuring bassist Ron Hall taking an extended bass solo, live at a club in Chicago. Funky!

In today’s featured video, bassist Stefano Francazio shows off his version of The Reddings’ tune, “The Awakening”, perhaps even better known to bassists thanks to Les Claypool. [Editor’s note: ignore the “Tommy the Cat” title on the video]. Thanks to our Facebook friend Laura Palumbo for sharing with us.

Organizers for The Rocky Mountain Bass Slam have announced their next event will be held on Saturday, May 21st in Boulder, Colorado. The event is “a celebration of Colorado Bass Talent of all styles”, and will feature headliners/clinicians Chuck Rainey, Doug Johns, Bryan Beller and Kai Eckhart. The clinicians will demonstrate various groove and rhythm techniques, offer advice on practicing...

Bassist Marco Rodi performed what he calls a show of “ideas, compositions, improv”” in front of 4,000 people last year. He mentions that he covers a little bit of Stu Hamm at the end. We also heard some all-bass versions of Michael Jackson too.

Stanley Clarke turns 60 years old on June 30, 2011, and he’s starting the celebration early. Starting tonight, Clarke is holding a number of birthday celebration performances, with shows in Los Angeles and New York “featuring good friends and surprise special guests”. The L.A. shows will be held at Catalina’s tonight through May 14th at 8pm and 10pm each night....

Bassist and Twitter friend Joshua Pickenpaugh shares this unique video with us, with him playing a 4-part version of “The Chicken”, the Pee Wee Ellis tune made popular by Jaco Pastorius. What makes this especially cool is that Joshua recorded each part in a different country: France, Spain, Italy and Greece, during his gig on the Navigator of the Seas...

Bassist Scott Mulvahill first wrote this tune, “Leaving Home”, five years ago when he left for college. He recently added a bit to the composition and shared the update. Thanks, Josh, for sharing this one with us!