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Nathaniel Ayers, the musician who inspired the movie “The Soloist”, has recorded his first album. Ayers plays cello, piano, bass and trumpet on the release and is also joined by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist, Flea, and two Los Angeles Philharmonic musicians, keyboardist Joanne Pearce Martin and violinist Robert Gupta. The CD, Putting on Ayers, will be available in several...

Today’s video features well-known session bassist Guy Pratt demonstrating some of the great disco bass lines, and talking about the origin of his 1964 Fender Jazz bass, known as “Betsy”. The Bee Gees bit is hilarious. This one is worth watching twice.

Dream Theater’s global tour continues with a March 5-24 tour of South America and Mexico. The band – featuring John Myung on bass, John Petrucci on guitar and vocals, Mike Portnoy on drums, percussion and vocals, and Jordan Rudess on keys – will play 11 shows in six countries. The tour is in support of Dream Theater’s 10th studio release,...

Meet Eric Vogel, our player in the spotlight for February 9, 2010. Bio: I play with a fantastic Funk/Rock Band from New Orleans called Big Sam’s Funky Nation, led by Big Sam Williams on trombone. We tour domestically and internationally playing major music events/festivals during the entire year. We recently recorded a song for the Saints football team which is...

Here’s a nice tune by Maximo Pera Renauld, who performs all the bass parts on this recording, with Hernan Marchesi on drums. Now that’s what we’re talking about!

Here’s Gary Willis at a clinic in Rotterdam, in 2006. He’s performing the tune “Bowlegged”, from his 2005 album, Bent.

Here are the top 10 most viewed articles from last week on No Treble: Player Spotlight: Lizz Chisholm (aka Double-Z) Concerts: Larry Graham and Graham Central Station to tour once again Gear Watch: Tech 21 SansAmp VT Bass Deluxe Player News: Rhonda Smith to join Jeff Beck’s tour in 2010 The Lowdown with Dr. D.: Upright Slap Bass (Rockabilly/Psychobilly etc.)...

Bela Fleck & the Flecktones always put on such a great live performance. I’ve always loved how Bela and Victor Wooten (and the rest of the band) play off each other. Here’s the band performing “Kaleidoscope” at the Heineken Jazzaldia in San Sebastian, Spain in 2006.

Here’s a classic Victor Bailey solo, from Joe Zawinul’s “Weather Update” band in 1986. P.S. Also loving Peter Erskine’s classic Apple Mac t-shirt.

Mark Egan has a new band and a new CD project, Truth Be Told. The band includes long-time Egan colleagues Bill Evans (sax), Mitch Forman (keys) and Roger Squitero (percussion), with Vinnie Colaiuta joining the group on drums. Egan, known for his fretless bass work, dating back to his time with the Pat Metheny Group (1977-1980), says the groove-oriented new...

Bassist/composer Michael Janisch, a newcomer to the jazz scene, has just released his first album as a leader, Purpose Built. The 12-track release includes performances by Aaron Goldberg (piano), Jim Hart (vibraphone), Jason Palmer (trumpet), Paul Booth (Tenor Saxophone), Mike Moreno (guitar), Patrick Cornelius (alto saxophone), Phil Robson (guitar), Walter Smith III (tenor saxophone) and Johnathan Blake (drums). Since moving...

I’ve been listening to the Donny Hathaway Live album a lot lately, focusing a lot on the last track (“Voices Inside”) and the awesome solo by Willie Weeks. So, I was thrilled to see marlowedk breaking it down in a recent video playalong video: Off to practice!