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Berklee shared their latest “Two Track” video in their series, and this one gets down. The Tower of Power Ensemble (with Anderson Mirafzali on bass) performs the songs “(I Still Be) Diggin’ on James Brown,” “Celebration,” and “Souled Out.”

Meet Ryan Szanyi, a bassist who has undergone different transitions. He started on trumpet before switching to bass and lived in the US before moving to the UK. Here’s his story...

No Treble reader William Battline sent us this video with his beautiful piccolo bass arrangement of Greg Lake’s “I Believe in Father Christmas.”

No Treble readers never disappoint. Frowin Ickler sent us this video in celebration of the holidays, which he describes as “Funky Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” He’s digging his Fender MonoNeon on this one, and we’re digging his solo!

This week, readers enjoyed new music by The Winery Dogs, our Mesa/Boogie D-350 review, Paul Thompson’s look at “Stay With Me Tonight,” Luke Putney’s sharing the story of Michael Tobias, a new “Tapping Technique” lesson by John Ferrara, and more.

No Treble contributor Brittany Frompovich is helping us get into the holiday spirit with a new video. Check out her take on Alun Vaughan’s versions of “Silent Night” and “The First Noel.”

Stuart Clayton is back with another bass cover/transcription video, and this one is “devilishly challenging to play accurately,” he says. From Jaco Pastorius’s debut album, Stuart plays through “Come On, Come Over” on his Mayones Viking bass.

Here’s a great playlist to end your week – in the form of the top 10 reader-favorite bass videos we shared last month. This is the top 10 list for November 2022.

Preoccupations visited the KEXP studio in late October and performed four tunes. This was another new musical discovery for me, and I’m digging their sound. Here’s the band, with bassist/vocalist Matt Flegel, performing “Ricochet.”

Snarky Puppy’s “Empire Central” has been on my turntable a lot lately, and it is one of my favorite records of 2022. They’ve just dropped another video from the recording session. “Pineapple” was co-written by Mike “Maz” Maher and Michael League.

Here’s a great clip of Cory Wong and the Wongnotes performing “Kenni and The Jets,” which features Jake Botts on bari sax and the rock-solid backing of bassist Sonny T. Tenor saxophonist Kenni Holmen even gets in on the action. The combination is excellent.

Vulfpeck dropped another video from their upcoming album, Schvitz. “New Guru” was written by vocalist Jacob Jeffries Jack Stratton (on keys) and features vocalist Antwaun Stanley. Joe Dart lays down a funky line behind it all.