Articles by Corey Brown - Page 517

Today’s featured video comes by recommendation from Ingrid Pastorius. The Bad Plus is a jazz trio including bassist Reid Anderson, drummer David King and pianist Ethan Iverson. Enjoy!

Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament is joining up with the Montana Meth Project’s 2010 Paint the State art contest. The project was started to create community action programs designed to reduce the use of methamphetamine in Montana. Ament grew up in Big Sandy, Montana, where his father was mayor for 15 years and attended the University of Montana, where he...

For the last 15 years, bassist Aaron Germain has backed up a wide range of performers, including Yusef Lateef, Stanley Jordon, Andy Narell, Bonnie Raitt and many others. Now Germain has released his debut album, Before You Go, his first as a leader. The album consists of 10 tracks, featuring Germain’s compositions ranging from jazz, funk, blues and reggae. Joining...

Here’s a live performance by Christian McBride and his band, Inside Straight, performing at the Cotton Club in Tokyo in August 2009. This thing swings! Joining McBride are Tim Green on alto sax, Peter Martin on piano, Warren Wolf on vibes and Carl Allen on drums. The tune comes from the group’s Kind of Brown album (check out our past...

Dominic Miller, the guitarist known best for his acoustic guitar work, has released his first electric album of his solo career, November. The move wasn’t easy, either. “I cleaned house and went back to zero again by putting [my first] four albums behind me,” shares Miller. Miller decided November would be an instrumental album, and knew his choice of compositions...

This McCoy Tyner band performance, shot during the mid 80’s at the Harvest Jazz Festival, features a great solo intro by bassist Avery Sharpe. Tyner follows up with an amazing solo of his own. The rest of the band includes Bobby Hutcherson, John Blake and Ronnie Burrage

Here’s bassist Baba Elefante performing the Mingus classic “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” at the 2009 faculty concert at the National Guitar Workshop in LA. Elefante is joined by Blake Colie on drums.

Meet Brittany Frompovich, our player in the spotlight for May 11, 2010. Bio: I picked up guitar at age 14, and then started playing double bass at age 18. I have a B.A. in Bass from Bloomsburg University. I currently teach 50 – 70 students per week, teach group classes and workshops, and perform in Northern Virginia. I am the...

This is a fun video from Fabio Meridiani, showcasing his rig and his funky bass playing.

Joseph Patrick Moore‘s latest album, To Africa With Love, releases today. The album is the Moore’s eighth solo effort, fusing funk, pop, jazz and tribal rhythms together to form his tribute to the people of Africa. Moore set out to create an album for a “continent that has experienced so much injustice and tragedy.” “Music has the power to uplift,...

Here’s a documentary video that’s been out a couple of years, and worth checking out. Bassist Victor Wooten talks about his musical life and origins and shows off some great skills (musical and physical – that hand stand is ridiculous!)

1. Video: The Bass Gang: A Night in Tunisia What’s better than one bass? How about four basses! 2. Ask Damian Erskine: Scales vs. Chords Damian asks a reader’s question: “What scales are best to know for improvising and how can I go about trying to memorize them?” 3. Gear Watch: IK Amplitube iRig IK Multimedia has announced the release...