Joshua Sailor

Louis Johnson was something special. In this special clip, we hear him thumping and plucking on the the Tranzit tune “Dance” from 1983. His trusty Musicman Sabre also makes an appearance.

Marcus Miller and Omar Hakim took the stage at Berklee’s Spring Bass Bash. Here’s the duo jamming on the tune, “Jean Pierre.”

In this video, Ed Friedland (on double bass) covers the Oscar Pettiford tune “Tricrotism.” The tune also features Kevin Ravellette on sax and my friend Kenji Lancaster on drums.

Marcus Miller and his band are back with another video from his shows at SF Jazz. This performance shows the crew taking on the Miles Davis fusion classic “Bitches Brew.”

Bass titans shared the stage at the Monte Carlo Jazz Festival. Here’s Ron Carter and Marcus Miller performing “Cominando.”

Nathan East is back with another jam with more world-class musicians. This jam features Erick Walls on guitar, John Paris on drums, and East on bass. This trio is on point!

David Dyson gives us an inside look at the madness that happens behind the scenes at the Smooth Jazz Cruise. Here’s an impromptu soundcheck jam with Dyson, Marcus Miller, Munyungo Jackson, and Peter White.

Marcus Miller is back again with another killer performance. We catch him in Paris playing the tune ‘Detroit’ from the “Renaissance” album. This is definitely one of my all time favorites from Marcus.

The No Treble team was blessed to be able to come together at the NAMM Show. Of course, that meant plenty of conversations about BASS. One of those focused on Tom Barney. Here he is in 1990, at Live Under The Sky with David Sanborn.

Armed with his Sire bass, we catch Marcus Miller in an intimate setting sitting in with Xavier Gordon’s band on the Sly Stone classic, “If You Want Me To Stay.” The band includes Ethan Farmer on bass as well.

When I was 14, my dad gave me a long list of bass players to listen and learn from. Mark King was one of the first names on the list. Still as funky as ever, King gives us an incredibly melodic slap solo on the classic tune “Love Games.”

A couple of weeks ago, we shared an interview with legends Sonny Emory and Nathan East. They got together for a few jams, and this one is a favorite of mine.