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Stanley Clarke: Hot Fun (1977)

Oh yeah! Some vintage Stanley Clarke for you today, from a 1977 performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival. Hot Fun!

Doug Johns Announces California Tour

Funk master Doug Johns will be touring California as he finishes up the mastering of his new album, set to be released next month. The ten stop outing will include a combination of clinics and performances of the Doug Johns Duo, including the free Genz-Benz clinic at West LA Music in Los Angeles. Recognized for his duo with drummer Chris...

Reader Spotlight: Will Cardinal

Meet Will Cardinal, a bassist from Nanaimo, Canada, and our player in the spotlight for September 14, 2010. Bio: I’ve been playing bass since 1965. I’ve played in a few early Canadian recording bands, Ronnie Hawkins-’68/9, The Bells ’73/4, Lisa Hart Band ’75, and Ocean ’76. For those old enough to remember The Bells, I played and sang harmony on...

The Collectable King Crimson Vol 5: Live In Japan 1995

A new two-disc set featuring performances from King Crimson’s 1995 world tour has been released. The Collectable King Crimson Vol 5: Live In Japan 1995 offers the expanded audio taken from the original concert recordings used for Crimson’s Deja VROOOM DVD. The band’s 1995 tour came after the “double trio” reformed after the release of THRAK. Personnel includes Tony Levin...

Doug Wimbish: Quasimodo (Live)

Here’s bassist / one man band / human sound system Doug Wimbish taking a live solo, “Quasimodo”. The performance took place at Paradiso in Amsterdam in 1999, and filmed for the TV program “Moondive”, which also included Peter van Bergen (saxophone), Huib Emmer (electronics/guitar), Stefan Robbers (electronics), Gerard Bouwhuis (piano) and Alison Goldfrapp (vocals).

Slam Stewart: 134 Arco Solos for the Doublebass

Slam Stewart was the master of the bowed bass solo, and his recorded solos with artists such as Lester Young, Art Tatum, Don Byas, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Slim Gaillard are now collected into a single book, 134 Arco Solos for the Doublebass. The 114-page book Stewart’s arco bass solos, recorded between 1938 and 1952, in complete...

Pantera’s “Cowboys From Hell” Reissued and Expanded

Twenty years after its original release, Pantera’s classic album Cowboys From Hell has gotten a facelift with a new 3 CD release that contains the remastered music as well as previously unreleased songs and demos. Though it was technically the band’s fifth release, it is typically seen as the band’s first “official” album, and was one of the albums that...

Legends: Marcus Miller Solo

Last week, we featured a video with Steve Gadd and Will Lee. This time around, Gadd is playing with Marcus Miller, who takes an extended solo in this clip. The performance is from Legends: Live at Montreux 1997, and also features Eric Clapton, Joe Sample and David Sanborn.

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of September 5 – 11, 2010. Video: John Entwistle: “Summertime Blues” Live Isolated Bass Player Spotlight: Eibhlin Palfrey Gear Watch: Boss PS-6 Harmonist Sheet Music: Soloing For Bass Player News: Bass Supergroup Freebass Calls It Quits The Lowdown With Dr. D: Dr. D. Mailbag:...

Mike Gordon Announces New Album, Tour Dates and Bass Lesson Contest

Phish bassist Mike Gordon will be releasing his third solo album, Moss, on October 19. Moss follows Mike’s 2008 release, The Green Sparrow, and about half of its songs stem from the same “50-song burst of creativity that seeded that album”. Anyone who pre-orders the album will receive one of four limited edition sketch replicas of the original album cover,...

Jaco Pastorius: Three Views Of A Secret

This video isn’t likely new for many of us, but always nice to watch… Jaco Pastorius and his Word of Mouth band performing “Three Views of a Secret” live in Japan in 1982. As time goes on, this is still one of my favorite compositions, if not the favorite. Happy Sunday.

Robert Hurst Releases “Bob Ya Head”

Jazz bass extraordinaire Robert Hurst has just released his latest album, Bob Ya Head on Bebob Records. The 13-track effort is Hurst’s fifth album as a leader, and the title says it all. The music is an original and groovy mix of jazz, hip-hop, blues, soul, and World music. Joining Hurst the album are Scott Kinsey on keys, Marcus Belgrave...