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Check out Victor Wooten and Steve Bailey performing Joe Zawinul’s “Mercy Mercy Mercy”, along with David “Fingers” Haynes, at the PreSonus booth.

Meet bassist Alun Vaughan, our player in the spotlight for August 18, 2009. Bio I play in UK rock band Panic Room and am also a busy freelance player, playing with various local bands as well as backing some of the UK’s top jazz musicians such as Alan Barnes, Steve Waterman, Mornington Lockett and Dave O’Higgins, among others. I also...

Today’s video shows off the incredible line up of pianist Hiromi with bassist Tony Grey, drummer Mauricio Zottarelli and guitarist John Shannon, performing live at Duc des Lombards in Paris.

Bassist Kilian Duarte sent us a note, sharing his version of the Jaco Pastorius tune, “Portrait of Tracy”. Kilian asked us for feedback… post in the comments below.

In case you missed it, here are some of the most popular features from last week (August 9th through 15th). Ray Riendeau introduced his new column, Ray’s raving about…, and raved about Tony Grey’s Chasing Shadows Evan Kepner posted his interview with Iris Ornig In lessons, Jon Burr wraps up the Untold Secret to Melodic Bass series with “Harmonic Dynamics“....

By far, my favorite John Mayer CD is , thanks to bassist Pino Palladino‘s incredible playing. This is concert footage the way we like it… with the camera operator sticking with the bassist for the whole segment. Be sure to hang around to the 2:40 mark of this video, where the band kicks into Jimi Hendrix’s “Power of Soul”. Pino...

Banjo legend Bela Fleck teamed up with bassist Edgar Meyer and tabla player Zakir Hussain to produce Melody of Rhythm: Triple Concerto and Music for Trio, performed live with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The album will release on August 25th, and is available for pre-order. Fleck and Meyer have been working together for over 25 years, including the Grammy award...

Bryan Beller is currently on the road for what is one monster tour. Bryan says it best: “I will be home for only 10 of the next 112 days. Which means that, if you live in America, there’s a very good chance I’ll be near you with someone or another. – Mike Keneally, Kira Small, Dethklok, or just plain ol’...

Meet bassist Evan Marien, our player in the spotlight for August 12, 2009. Bio: Voted one of the three “Most Exciting New Players” in the world by the readers of Bass Player magazine, Evan Marien is quickly becoming one of the most talked about electric bassists on the funk/fusion scene. A recent grad of Berklee College of Music in Boston,...

Bireli Lagrene, known for his guitar playing, can apparently lay down a mean Jaco Pastorius-style groove on bass too. Bireli obviously picked up a few pointers while touring with Jaco in the 80s. Or, as Jaco would say, “I know where I stole every note!”

Today’s featured video shows off the skills of bassist Matt Bissonette. In this clip, Matt takes a solo break on his fretless, during the 2002 Joe Satriani Strange Beautiful Music Tour in The Netherlands. You can definitely hear a Jaco influence toward the end of the solo, but with a nice twist.

Our own Damian Erskine has been quietly working with Pete Skjold for over a year on his own signature bass, and now the details are out. Damian was looking for a 6-string model, though the bass will be highly customizable and available in 4,5,6,7,”whatever” string configurations. Other features of the bass: Extremely deep cutaway for 100% un-hindered access to the...