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Them Crooked Vultures, featuring John Paul Jones, performing “Elephants” live. ‘Nuff said.

In case you missed them, here are the most popular features from last week on No Treble. Happy Holidays from No Treble! Columns & Features Jon Burr continues his video lesson series with Right hand technique, metronome, lead-ins Brian Derek is our bass player in the spotlight. Damian Erskine shares tips on staying healthy Popular Videos Kimberly Lynn: Coppin’ a...

Bassist Jack Bruce and guitarist Robin Trower performed material from their “Seven Moons” album during concert at the Concertgebouw De Vereeniging in Nijmegen, Netherlands. This is the title track from the album, available in both CD and DVD releases.

Former Queens of the Stone Age bassist Nick Oliveri’s Death Acoustic tour starts next month, throughout the U.S. east coast. West coast shows will follow later in the year. East coast tour dates: Jan 22: Middle East in Cambridge MA Jan 23: Pianos in New York NY Jan 24: Khyber in Philadelphia PA Jan 25: Velvet Lounge in Washington DC...

Here’s Christian McBride performing his version of the Weather Report tune “Boogie Woogie Waltz”. McBride said Weather Report used to close their shows with this tune, before “Birdland”. You can hear this tune and others on McBride’s album.

Holy moly, this is the good stuff… Stanley Clarke and Steve Gadd laying down one mean groove, mostly to the Clarke tune “Silly Putty”, and a few other hits.

When we kicked off this site about eight months ago, we set out to connect with bassists around the globe, and cover the news, lessons, and features we thought they’d enjoy. It has been an amazing ride so far. We’ve made many new friends, thanks to Twitter and Facebook. We’ve been lucky to be associated with the best contributors around....

Check out bassist Neftali Lopez‘s adaptation of Tony Levin’s stick part from the Liquid Tension Experiment tune “Universal Mind”. Neftali is playing this on his six string bass with a Phaser (BOSS ME-50B multieffects) and the bridge pickup at 75%, to make sound similar to a Stick. Check out more on Neftali on his MySpace page.

Meet Brian Derek, our player in the spotlight for December 22nd, 2009. Bio: I studied at Berklee for a few semesters in the ’70’s playing/composing jazz. I have done every type gig imaginable and recorded many independent record/cd projects (a favorite of mine is “The Warning” w/Rory Pastorius in 1986); performed with Pat Metheny, Peter Erskine, Randy Bernsen, Jack Pastorius...

It is hard to put into words the greatness of L’Orchestre de Contrebasses. Just watch: Check them out on their Facebook page

Everyone here at No Treble really loves the bass looper stuff. So when I caught this video by bassist Kimberly Lynn, I couldn’t wait to share it. I especially love when she switches to the baritone sax setting and plays a solo. Wow! Kimberly explains the tune’s evolution: “Inspired as I was walking through the living room and heard a...

Here are the most popular stories from No Treble last week. Features Don’t miss our exclusive interview with Stanley Clarke. Meet Cricket Cohen, our player in the spotlight. Columnists: Jon Burr kicked off a new video lesson series: Fundamental technical approaches to bass Donovan Stokes kicked off a new Lowdown with Dr. D. series: Three Requirements of Attainment (Part 1...