Bass Videos - Page 43

Stuart Clayton is back with another bass cover/transcription video, and this one is “devilishly challenging to play accurately,” he says. From Jaco Pastorius’s debut album, Stuart plays through “Come On, Come Over” on his Mayones Viking bass.

Preoccupations visited the KEXP studio in late October and performed four tunes. This was another new musical discovery for me, and I’m digging their sound. Here’s the band, with bassist/vocalist Matt Flegel, performing “Ricochet.”

Snarky Puppy’s “Empire Central” has been on my turntable a lot lately, and it is one of my favorite records of 2022. They’ve just dropped another video from the recording session. “Pineapple” was co-written by Mike “Maz” Maher and Michael League.

Here’s a great clip of Cory Wong and the Wongnotes performing “Kenni and The Jets,” which features Jake Botts on bari sax and the rock-solid backing of bassist Sonny T. Tenor saxophonist Kenni Holmen even gets in on the action. The combination is excellent.

Vulfpeck dropped another video from their upcoming album, Schvitz. “New Guru” was written by vocalist Jacob Jeffries Jack Stratton (on keys) and features vocalist Antwaun Stanley. Joe Dart lays down a funky line behind it all.

Christian Houmann has released a new album, and he shared a video of his band performing one of the songs. “Moment So Close” features some beautiful fretless work by Christian.

Karina Rykman has been covering the East Coast on her latest winter tour. On December 3rd, she performed in Burlington, Vermont, and welcomed Phish bassist Mike Gordon onto the stage for an extended version of “City Kids.”

The Winery Dogs recently announced a new album is coming. Yesterday, they dropped the video for their first single. Here’s Billy Sheehan, Richie Kotzen, and Mike Portnoy performing “Xanadu” from “III.”

Christine McVie’s “Songbird” is one of my all-time favorite songs. Karl Clews pays tribute to McVie, who passed away on November 30th, with this beautiful all-bass arrangement.

Wayne Shorter shared this video recently, and it brought back a lot of great memories. Weather Report (with Victor Bailey) took the stage on September 27, 1984, in Tokyo. Here’s the band performing Zawinul’s “Where The Moon Goes.”

Scary Pockets was joined by guest vocalist Hunter Elizabeth and guitarist Joe Bonamassa for this excellent cover of Prince’s “How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore.” Calvin Turner’s smooth bass lines back the tune perfectly.

On October 20, 1995, Steely Dan appeared on The Late Show. Here’s a great video by Don Giller with all the music from that episode. In the second part, you can see the band performing “Josie,” with Tom Barney on bass and Peter Erskine on drums.