Bass Videos - Page 497
Space Opera: solo bass by Aram Bedrosian
Flemming recommended this video, featuring Aram Bedrosian performing his original solo bass piece, Space Opera. Space Opera is one of the tunes on Aram’s album: Amazon.com Widgets And be sure to check out more at arambedrosian.com.
Charnett Moffett bass solo
Bassist Charnett Moffett shows off his versatility as a player in this video from a 2002 Vienna performance. He solos using the bow as a percussive stick against the strings and runs his upright bass through different effects. This combined with his finger plucking give one unique solo! In this video he’s playing with the Mccoy Tyner 4tet. Moffett has...
Frans Vollink, Gary Husband & Sebastiaan Cornelissen: England Green
Bassist Frans Vollink lays down the low end for this Gary Husband tune, “England Green”. Husband is on keyboards, with Sebastiaan Cornelissen on drums. The band was recording this for Cornelissen’s solo album, Uturn.
Cai Marle-Garcia: Arabiatta
Bassist Cai Marle-Garcia has just released his new album, Mr. Ears, a couple of weeks ago (check out our previous article on this release, including a track from the album). Here’s Cai with his trio, “Miscellany”, performing Sagat Guirey’s “Arabiatta” live at the Green Note in Camden Town, London. Guirey is the guitarist, and Stuart Semple is on drums/percussion. Check...
Jeff Schmidt: Solo Piccolo Fretless Bass
Here’s bassist Jeff Schmidt, performing on his Pedulla Pentabuzz fretless piccolo bass. This solo bass performance took place at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, CA. Preview and download Jeff’s CD, Outre: Amazon.com Widgets Outre is also available at CDBaby.
Marcus Miller: “Tomaas” from Tutu Revisited
Marcus Miller is about to begin his latest tour Japan and Europe. The new tour, Tutu Revisited – The Music of Miles Davis, features Christian Scott on trumpet. Here’s the group performing “Tomaas”:
Russ Sargeant: Beauty
Our Twitter friend Russ Sargeant had a busy weekend, recording two live performances on Ustream, and showcasing his looping skills. “Beauty” was a favorite. The song, written for Russ’s wife, is performed on a 4 string fretted bass with looping. Well done, Russ.
Metropole Orchestra with Victor Bailey & Peter Erskine: Nubian Sundance
Here’s the Metropole Orchestra performing “Nubian Sundance” in a tribute concert to Joe Zawinul. Joining the orchestra is former Weather Report members Victor Bailey on bass, Peter Erskine on drums, and Alex Acuna on percussion. The camera doesn’t focus on Vic much, but I couldn’t pass it up. He does play some pretty sweet stuff during the performance, and Erskine...
Steve Lawson and Michael Manring: Improvised Duet
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about solo bassist Steve Lawson playing a gig with bassist Michael Manring. For those of you who did not get the chance to see it, Lawson has uploaded multiple videos of the October 6th gig at the Round Midnight Jazz & Blues Bar. We’re featuring one of those videos, a beautiful, improvised duet....
Josy John: Bass solo
This great video is Josy John playing from Antaragni, a fusion band from Bangalore which disbanded in 2004. Antaragni is a combination of two Sanskrit words, Antar which is “fire” and Angi meaning “within.” John appears to be playing a 5 string Warwick.
Ron Carter: Willow Weep for Me
This is a video from a 1984 performance by bassist Ron Carter playing “Willow Weep for Me.” Carter is one of the most-recorded bassists in jazz history, heard on more than 2,500 albums. Carter is probably best known for his jazz work, playing in the Miles Davis quintet with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Tony Williams in the early 1960s...
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones: Spain
Josh, a bass trombonist (we’ll call that close enough) sent us this video of the Flecktones performing Chick Corea’s “Spain”. I’m sure he sent it because of the awesome bass playing by Victor Wooten, who takes over around the 2:30 mark.



