Bass Videos - Page 481

There seems to be something in the water in Cameroon that makes the country produce great bass players. This video features a live solo from Cameroonian bass player Guy Nsaunge, who plays with French virtuosic violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.

Buddy Hankerson (of Steve Arrington’s Hall Of Fame) was a man ahead of his time. Check out this performance, filmed 26 years ago.

Today’s featured video comes by recommendation from Ingrid Pastorius. The Bad Plus is a jazz trio including bassist Reid Anderson, drummer David King and pianist Ethan Iverson. Enjoy!

Here’s Israeli bassist Ran Levi doing a cool bass solo on his 6-string Ken Smith bass. I like his phrasing a lot.

Here’s a live performance by Christian McBride and his band, Inside Straight, performing at the Cotton Club in Tokyo in August 2009. This thing swings! Joining McBride are Tim Green on alto sax, Peter Martin on piano, Warren Wolf on vibes and Carl Allen on drums. The tune comes from the group’s Kind of Brown album (check out our past...

This McCoy Tyner band performance, shot during the mid 80’s at the Harvest Jazz Festival, features a great solo intro by bassist Avery Sharpe. Tyner follows up with an amazing solo of his own. The rest of the band includes Bobby Hutcherson, John Blake and Ronnie Burrage

Here’s bassist Baba Elefante performing the Mingus classic “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” at the 2009 faculty concert at the National Guitar Workshop in LA. Elefante is joined by Blake Colie on drums.

This is a fun video from Fabio Meridiani, showcasing his rig and his funky bass playing.

Here’s a documentary video that’s been out a couple of years, and worth checking out. Bassist Victor Wooten talks about his musical life and origins and shows off some great skills (musical and physical – that hand stand is ridiculous!)

Here’s James Jamerson‘s isolated bass track from the Temptations’ “I Can’t Get Next to You”. This comes from the original Motown master tape. Be sure to check out our previous coverage of the isolated bass and drums for “Ain’t That Peculiar“. Thanks to Rick Suchow for this one!

Brazilian bass player Davi Motta released his first solo CD, Simples Assim, in 2009 which he is promoting with a series of youtube videos performing tunes from the CD. This one is called “Do Meu Jeito”. For more, check out Davi’s Myspace.

Kevin Johnson sent me this video of bassists Larry Graham and Stanley Clarke sharing the stage at Live Under the Sky in 1985. They’re jamming to Sly & The Family Stone’s “Higher”, playing bass, singing and get the crowd really into it.