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Berklee Bass Department 2021: A Retrospective
Bass Videos

Berklee Bass Department 2021: A Retrospective

This has been a holiday tradition for many years, thanks to our friend Steve Bailey. Check out this year’s video by Steve and the Berklee Bass Department (with Victor Wooten and Bakithi Kumalo) with an impressive performance with some holiday cheer.

Anthony Vitti & Oscar Stagnaro: Forgotten Groove Yard #35
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Anthony Vitti & Oscar Stagnaro: Forgotten Groove Yard #35

Time for a new episode of Anthony Vitti’s exciting “Forgotten Groove Yard” series. In this video, Anthony is joined by Oscar Stagnaro. “Oscar is from Peru. He has won four Grammy awards to date and is one of the top Latin bass players in the world. He plays with Paquito D’Rivera and has recorded with Dave Valentin, Dave Samules, Diane...

Anthony Vitti & Jonathan Elyashiv: Forgotten Groove Yard #34
Bass Videos

Anthony Vitti & Jonathan Elyashiv: Forgotten Groove Yard #34

Man, we sure love Anthony Vitti’s “Forgotten Groove Yard”. In episode #34, Anthony sat down with Jonathan Elyashiv for what they simply describe as a “hip hop jam”. “John is one of our super talented Berklee students who you will be hearing from for years to come,” Anthony shared. “Check out his super cool groove on his Hofner bass!” Groove!

Anthony Vitti and John Patitucci: Forgotten Groove Yard #9
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Anthony Vitti and John Patitucci: Forgotten Groove Yard #9

In episode #9 of Anthony Vitti’s Forgotten Groove Yard, he teamed up with John Patitucci for this terrific bass duo. We love it how John gets right into the groove, as soon as the drum track starts. “This time we switch parts and John takes the solo while I play the groove,” Anthony shared. “The Master is on fire!” Indeed.

Anthony Vitti & Tom Appleton: Forgotten Groove Yard #15
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Anthony Vitti & Tom Appleton: Forgotten Groove Yard #15

Here’s episode #15 of Anthony Vitti‘s Groove Yard, with Tom Appleman joining Vitti for what they call a “little Acid Jazz duo”. Dig it!

Ed Lucie and Anthony Vitti: Forgotten Grooveyard #12
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Ed Lucie and Anthony Vitti: Forgotten Grooveyard #12

Berklee bass professor Anthony Vitti has a cool YouTube series called “Forgotten Grooveyard,” where he sits down with faculty, students and visiting artists at the school to kick out the jams. “The idea behind the ‘Forgotten Groove Yard’ was to record some lesser known classic grooves,” Vitti writes. “As a bass player, I approach everything from a rhythm section perspective....

Funk Bass Fills
Sheet Music & Instruction

Funk Bass Fills

Berklee bass professor Anthony Vitti has released his latest method book, this time focusing on funk bass. Funk Bass Fills offers up bass fills spanning funk, soul, R&B and hip-hop styles, playing fills in different positions and keys, funk rhythms and rhythmic patterns and more. The 72-page book comes with a companion play-along CD, including the recorded bass lines –...