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The Lowdown with Dr. D.: Buying Your First Bow

Using the bow on an Upright Bass can open up a world of creative possibilities. Most people who get into it never get out! Before you can wow and amaze your friends, however, you will need to own a bow. When you start investigating bass bows you will find that there are two main styles of bass bows. Their physical...

Pipoquinha, 13 Year Old Bassist Performs “Rei Arthur”

Here’s a crazy video of 13 year old Brazilian bass prodigy Pipoquinha ripping it up on his tune “Rei Artur”, which translates to King Arthur.

Here are the most read, most popular stories and features on No Treble for the week of September 12 – 18, 2010. Video: Jaco Pastorius: Three Views Of A Secret Lessons: Slap Bass 101 (the entire series) News: A Perfect Circle Reunites; Tool Writing New Material Sheet Music: Slam Stewart: 134 Arco Solos for the Doublebass Tour: Victor Wooten and...

Paul McCartney Reissues “Band on the Run”

Paul McCartney and Wing’s 1973 album, Band on the Run, is being reissued in four different configurations in November. The sets were supervised by McCartney and remastered at Abbey Road using the same team who recently remastered the entire Beatles’ catalog. The Standard Edition is a single disc release, featuring the 9 remastered tracks. The Special Edition includes 2 CDs...

Big Advice Live, with Juan Nelson

Bassist Juan Nelson brings the funk in this live performance with Big Advice, live on the Sunset Strip.

Avishai Cohen North American Tour Announced

For the first time in two years, bassist/composer Avishai Cohen is returning to the U.S. as part of his North American tour. The nine date tour covers eight cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Cohen is a unique jazz musician who blends Middle Eastern, eastern European and African-American styles. Born in Israel to a musical family, Cohen first studied...

Mick Karn Tribute Album Announced

An all-star salute to bassist Mick Karn, who is battling cancer, will be released on September 28. Karn was diagnosed with latter-stage cancer this summer, and fundraising efforts began, to help Karn cover his medical expenses and care for the family. Response from the music community has included tribute concerts, auctions and now a new tribute album, …a show of...

Gear Watch: EBS Fafner II

EBS Sweden is now shipping the sequel to their Fafner bass amp, appropriately named the Fafner II. Featuring a two-channel preamp, the amp allows you to switch between them or blend both channels together to widen your tonal possibilities. A footswitch (EBM RM-4) allows you to quickly switch between them, as well as control bypass filters, character filters, and muting....

Peter Erskine, Jan Garbarek, Miroslav Vitous: Live (1993)

During the 1993 Jazz Gipfel Stuttgart festival, bassist Miroslav Vitous, drummer Peter Erskine and saxophonist Jan Garbarek joined forces to perform the event. Here’s a short clip of their performance, starting with a tasty bass solo by Vitous, followed by a drum solo by Erskine. The group recorded one album together, , back in 1991.

Colin Greenwood Says Radiohead Has New Songs Finished

In an online essay on Index on Censorship, Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood revealed that the band has finished work on a new batch of songs and that they are contemplating how to release them. “…We have just finished another group of songs, and have begun to wonder about how to release them in a digital landscape that has changed again,” Greenwood...

Victor Wooten and JD Blair Bring Back “2 Minds: 1 Groove” Tour

Following last year’s successful tour, Victor Wooten and drummer JD Blair are bringing back “2 Minds: 1 Groove” this fall. The 11-date outing, which runs from October 7th through the 18th, features the duo laying down nasty grooves like only they can. Last time, Wooten and Blair took the south by storm. This year’s tour will focus on the East...

Tommy Shannon with Johnny Winter: Be Careful With a Fool

Live on Danish TV in 1970, Johnny Winter performs with bassist Tommy Shannon and Uncle John Turner on drums. It isn’t flashy, but Shannon is just a blues groovin’ machine.