Bass Videos - Page 386

My friend Dos was the first person to introduce me to the music of Esperanza Spalding, and this was the first tune that made me realize her genius. Taken from her 2008 release, Esperanza, “Precious” is a gorgeous groove that is a perfect blend of jazz and R&B. The bass line is infectious – and fun to play – and...

The Aristocrats – the power trio featuring bassist Bryan Beller, guitarist Guthrie Govan and drummer Marco Minnemann – are releasing their second full-length studio album, Culture Clash on July 16th. The trio began with a performance at the 2011 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, garnering rave reviews. As a result of the response – and their chemistry – they...

Alessio Tori has offered up many great playalongs over the years. One such gem is this video, which features his cover of Pino Palladino’s lovely bass line on “Storm Warning” by Bob James and Hilary James. Another great example of Pino’s melodic but supportive bass lines.

There’s so much to like about this video, it’s hard to figure out where to begin. Bart Soeters made this video to showcase the diverse sounds of the bass. Accompanied by Joris Holtackers on drums and keys, Soeters uses 19 (!) basses throughout the jam to show the wide variety of tones and feels that each bass achieves. If you...

We’ve featured the fantastic duo of bassist Andres Rotmistrovsky and vocalist Angela Watson before, and for good reason. Here’s their latest – a cover of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”.

As far as rearranging pop hits goes, I know that for some people, the arrangements by Dirty Loops can get a bit too quirky (not saying that’s us though!) If you are one of those people, this may be for you. Here’s POP on TOP playing bassist Federico Malaman’s rearrangement of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”.

Bass Orchestra, aka Ran Mussman, is back again with an all bass tribute to the Queens of the Stone Age. Mussman rocks through “Turnin’ on the Screw,” “No One Knows,” and “Little Sister,” using only his bass guitar.

In the early days of No Treble, Corey and I went to watch Oz Noy Trio at 55 Bar in New York. In the break between sets, we met Kenneth Dahl Knudsen, who was touring with his group Crash’n’burn at the time. Four years later, he’s just completed his Master’s degree from the Royal Academy of Music in Denmark, giving...

It is hard to imagine how these two musicians could produce so much sound, but then again, there will only be one Michael Hedges, and there’s only one Michael Manring. Here’s the duo performing the tune “Ignition” – from Hedges’ Oracle album – with some background on the tune by the late, great guitarist.

In honor of Independence Day, we celebrate the only way we know how, musically speaking. Norm Stockton’s solo bass performance of “The Star Spangled Banner” is just perfect for the occasion. Happy Fourth!

In 1986, Jaco Pastorius toured Europe in a trio with guitarist Bireli Lagrene and different drummers. While there are recordings out there documenting some of these performances (including this one), videos from that period always seemed highly unlikely – thanks to it being the mid-80’s, when technology was pretty lousy compared with today’s standards. Thankfully someone dragged their video gear...

Guitarist/vocalist Jenna Jackley and bassist Ryan Haines have teamed up again to present some creative music. Haines offers up a cool and complimentary bass line to Jackley’s beautiful vocals on this performance of “Lean Into Faith”.