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Tim Boomer With Mick Berry And Chaz Bufe: The Bassists Bible : This cool new book seeks to describe all that the average player will need to know to have a workable familiarity with nearly every common musical style. Each style is listed alphabetically, and each entry includes a ,11/1/2009 11:30:00 PM

Mew: No More Stories Are Told Today The World Is Grey I’m Sorry I’m Tired They washed Away Let’s Wash Away [Columbia] : This morphean music might slow you down, but only a fool would sleep through Mew. The Danish rock band hit a bump when founding bassist Johan Wolhert bowed out in 2006, but it’s done well here to call up Damon Tutunjian and ,11/1/2009 11:30:00 PM

Meshell Ndegeocello: Devil’s Halo [Mercer Street-Downtown] : Meshell’s prolific pen continues to astound on her latest. Few bass players so effectively balance extraordinary skill on the instrument with a genuinely artful and ambitious approach to composition, production, and ,11/1/2009 11:25:00 PM

Terri Lyne Carrington: More to Say...Real Life Story [E1 Entertainment] : Talented Terri Lyne Carrington is equally at home as a straight-ahead or groove drummer, and while her latest leans to the smoother side, she exhibits plenty of musical depth, as do the cadre of top bassists on hand. ,11/1/2009 11:20:00 PM

Brian Bromberg: It Is What It Is [Mack Avenue-Artistry Music] : Never one to shun the smooth jazz specter, it seems only fitting that Brian Bromberg jumpstarts the sagging idiom with his vibrant latest effort. Punctuated by a 5- piece horn section and all-star guest list throughout, the ,11/1/2009 11:15:00 PM

Features

Oneida James : SINCE 2001, ONEIDA JAMES HAS FILLED THE BASS CHAIR WITH LIVING legend Joe Cocker. Her stellar groove and sound can be heard on Joe Cocker—AVO Sessions, 2007 [AVO], as well as on her solo tracks at www.myspace.com oneidajames ,11/1/2009 11:05:00 PM

Victor Bailey’s Bass Manifesto : FROM HIS ’80S HEYDAY WITH WEATHER Report and Steps Ahead through his mid ’90s stint with Madonna, two tours of duty with the Joe Zawinul Syndicate, and up to his recent stint in the Bill Evans Randy Brecker Soulbop Band, ,11/1/2009 6:45:00 AM

Too Much Is Never Enough: Muse’s Chris Wolstenholme Reinvents Art-Rock Bass For The 21st Century : A WELL-WORN CLICHÉ ABOUT THE BRITS IS THAT THEY’RE serious, understated, subtle, and—heavens, no—certainly not silly or anything like that. Well, Muse’s Chris Wolstenholme is having none of it, musically or otherwise. “There’s ,11/1/2009 4:25:00 AM

Roy Vogt on Teaching and Teachers : “I WAS TRYING TO FIND A GOOD bass teacher in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, and one of the top studio players said he was too busy to teach me!” says Roy Vogt. “I’ve since made it my business to never be too busy to teach anyone ,11/1/2009 4:15:00 AM

New York State of Mind : ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES NEW YORK SO INCREDIBLE is its sheer density of interesting, creative people. It’s as evident in the music as it is among the people making the tools for those musicians. I recently headed east to ,11/1/2009 4:10:00 AM