Solo Bass Archives - Page 25

Whenever there’s a new video featuring bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons, I’ll drop everything to watch it. NPR recently hosted Garcia-Fons in their Tiny Desk Concert series where the bassist showed the world his approach to bass, music and his love for various genres. Garcia-Fons kicks things off with “Aqa Jan”, a tune we featured back in early 2011.

This one seemed perfect to share on a Sunday afternoon. Bassist Simone Masina sent us this video of him performing J.S. Bach’s Prelude – the first movement of Cello Suite No.1 in G Major. Simone plays a beautiful Ritter for the recording, but what also caught our attention is where Simone recorded this video: at Quattro Castella – Reggio Emilia...

Here’s an aptly named solo bass groove called “Wow” from bassist Bruno Tauzin. The piece offers a catchy melody supported by rich chordal responses to make for an interesting listen.

Andy Saxton really brings it in his tune, “A Fire Inside.” The hard-hitting, bass-up-front song features the bassist going nuts with slapping and tapping to drive unrelenting metal rhythms. The track comes from his new EP, Drum and Bass.

Bassist Franck Hermanny‘s demo videos are legendary. Here’s Franck tapping, finger picking, chording, soloing, playing fretless – all in one video. Wow.

EMG has shared an excellent video by the one and only Victor Wooten, performing his tune, “The Lesson” live in studio. The tune was written as a companion for his book, The Music Lesson, and appeared on the soundtrack released last year. Is there anything Victor can’t do?

Bassist Alfredo Guerrieri shared his videos with us. I watched several, and had a hard time picking one out. But his performance of the Jaco Pastorius version of the classic bebop tune “Donna Lee” was just a hair above the rest. This is from Alfredo’s master’s recital at Cleveland State University in 2010, and also features Joey Jablonski on congas....

Bassist David Devereux sent us this video featuring a nice original tune he performed using a looper. David said he “played outside on Stirling University Campus on what was a fantastic summer’s day.” We agree, and perfect for a Sunday afternoon. David has this tune and others on his Soundcloud page, available for download.

Bassist Adam Stevens sent us this great solo bass version of the popular Red Hot Chili Peppers tune “Under the Bridge.” Utilizing some fingerpicking style and strumming, the Toronto-based low-ender captures the song’s mood to a tee. It probably also helps that he’s literally under a bridge.

This great version of the Bob Marley classic “No Woman, No Cry” was arranged by popular YouTube bassist Viaceslav Svedov, a talented young musician known for his hard-hitting covers of popular bass-driven songs.

Former Cirque du Soleil bassist Darrell Craig Harris took the Beatles’ “Come Together” and cranked up the funk knob on this solo bass version of the classic tune. Grooooooooooooooooovy.

It has been a while since we featured a video by Vincenzo Maurogiovanni, so lets fix that right now. Here’s Vincenzo’s stunning solo bass performance of the Bill Evans / Miles Davis tune “Blue in Green”, from Miles’ Kind of Blue. Perfect for a relaxing Sunday afternoon. Or any time.