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Pipoquinha, 13 Year Old Bassist Performs “Rei Arthur”

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.

Big Advice Live, with Juan Nelson

Big Advice Live, with Juan Nelson

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

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

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.

Tommy Shannon with Johnny Winter: Be Careful With a Fool

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.

Justin Raines: Freestyle Bass

Justin Raines: Freestyle Bass

Bassist Justin Raines is bringing it in this improv performance during a past NAMM event, performing on an MTD bass. Raines has played for Bobby Perry and RAIN, JoJo, GospelChops, and others.

Stanley Clarke: Hot Fun (1977)

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!

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Doug Wimbish: Quasimodo (Live)

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).

Legends: Marcus Miller Solo

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.

Jaco Pastorius: Three Views Of A Secret

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.

Charnett Moffett with Stanley Jordan: Autumn Leaves

Charnett Moffett with Stanley Jordan: Autumn Leaves

Charnett Moffett lays down more of a running bass line behind tapping virtuoso Stanley Jordan before showing off his own finger-busting solo on the jazz standard “Autumn Leaves”.

Victor Wooten & Steve Smith: Double Espresso

Victor Wooten & Steve Smith: Double Espresso

Another great bass/drum duo performance… this time by Victor Wooten and Steve Smith. The performance took place at the Drummers Collective in November, 2002. Smith admits the two only had five minutes to prepare for the performance. Doesn’t seem fair. Part 1: Part 2:

Edgar Meyer: Froglike

Edgar Meyer: Froglike

Words aren’t enough. Here’s upright master Edgar Meyer playing “Froglike”, from his album Work in Progress (sadly, the album is out of print).