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Two masters at work, Jaco Pastorius and Toots Thielemans, perform Duke Ellington’s “Sophisticated Lady” in this 1982 performance in New York City. Youtuber jazzz65 added the nice visuals to this audio recording. Thanks to Ingrid Pastorius, for sharing this video with us.

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of March 13-19, 2011. 1. Top 10: The Best Bass Videos (February 2011) This week, we’re taking a look back at the top 10 most popular bass videos from February, 2011, based on the number of views by No Treble readers. 1. Cause We’ve...

Rotosound has two new tuners on the market, designed for stringed instruments. Each of the tuners works by clipping the unit to the instrument. The Clip-On Tuner (AT350) offers chromatic, bass, guitar, violin and viola tunings, with a detection range of A0 (27.5Hz) to C8(4186.0Hz), a pitch range of 430Hz to 450Hz (1Hz stops), and a detection accuracy of ±...

After reuniting with Return to Forever in 2008, Al Di Meola turned his attention back to his World Sinfonia band, who support the guitarist on his latest effort, Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody. Bassist Victor Miranda backs most of the album, which features Di Meola switching from acoustic to electric and back, with some MIDI guitar thrown in. Charlie Haden makes...

Recorded in 2002 and later released in 2007 on Stanley Clarke‘s Night School DVD, here’s Clarke with Bela Fleck on banjo, Karen Briggs on violin and Stewart Copeland on drums, performing “Lochs of Dread”.

Bassist Adam Nitti has opened MusicDojo Nashville, a new bass guitar academy which expands on the virtual music school Nitti co-founded in 2003, MusicDojo.com. The Nashville-based school is designed to offer more a personalized experience. In addition to his work as a bassist, composer and frontman for his own projects, Nitti is an active educator. The school offers private, group...

This should get you moving: Candy Dulfer & Funky Stuff take on Tower of Power’s “In the Slot”, recorded live in 2000. Bassist Manuel Hugas lays down a nice groove on this one, and even takes a solo break toward the end.

Pablo Motyczak, a bassist from Argentina who goes by the screen name “Motyx” blew us away with his take on Henry Mancini’s “Pink Panther” theme.

For the first time since 1991, the original members of Béla Fleck & the Flecktones are releasing an album. Rocket Science, scheduled for a May 17, 2011 release date, features pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy returning to the group, alongside bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist/drummer Roy “Futureman” Wooten and banjoist and leader Fleck. In true Flecktones form, the album touches on many...

Here’s a new take on Marvin Gaye’s hit “What’s Going On” the way we like it: with James Jamerson‘s bass line loud and clear in this bass and vocals only isolated track.

Meet Aaron Gibson, a bassist form Oregon and our player in the spotlight for March 15, 2011. Aaron has one of the best stories we’ve heard for getting his start as a full-time musician. Bio: A few years back I spent some time working in Sighisoara, a Romanian town best know as Vlad the Impaler’s (Dracula) birthplace. For weeks I...

This week, we’re taking a look back at the top 10 most popular bass videos from February, 2011, based on the number of views by No Treble readers. 1. Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers: Tal Wilkenfeld Bass Cover by 13 Year Old Bassist A bassist who goes by the screen name BassGirl5809 started playing bass after hearing Tal Wilkenfeld. The...