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John Goldsby's Jazz Concepts: The Groove Factory, Part One
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PIANIST ETHAN IVERSON WROTE, “THE PHRASE
‘The Sound of Jazz’ is bandied about sometimes. Well, for me, ‘The
Sound of Jazz’ is Ron Carter playing four beats in a row.” When I
read Iverson’s blog
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Blues You Can Use: Jack Bruce's British Blues
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WHILE EXAMINING THE WORK OF GREAT BLUES BASSISTS
of the past, let’s not forget our brethren from across the pond, in particular, the
contributions of British blues players. The influence of
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Basser Instincts: Right-Hand Positioning & Fingerboard Mastery
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AS THE DAYS GROW LONGER, SO DO THE
amount of questions I get from readers. Therefore, let’s
jump right in!
Joe wrote, “I have a question regarding right-hand technique,
which has been a point of
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Blues You Can Use: Chuck Rainey's Rock Steady Blues
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IN THE PANTHEON OF GREAT BASS PLAYERS, CHUCK RAINEY
stands as a monument to groove and inventiveness. Arriving in New York City
in 1962, the Ohio native soon joined up with legendary R&B
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Basser Instincts: Time & Visualization
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SPRING IS UPON US! AND SO WERE THESE
two musical queries sent to me:
Omar wrote, “When I play with my drummer, sometimes
we don’t groove the same, and our time is not together.
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John Goldsby's Jazz Concepts: Hoe Down! No, The Jazzy Kind
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MODERN, BLUESY, MAJOR-, AND MINOR-ISH
all at once: I heard the sound when I was listening to Bob
Mintzer’s “Aha” [For the Moment, MCG Jazz, 2012], with the fabulous
rhythm section of Lincoln
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Lessons from Bass Player Live! - Hadrien Feraud
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CALL IT CONTINUING PROOF THAT MUSIC IS THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. PARISborn
Hadrien Feraud, a fixture at all five Los Angeles editions of Bass Player LIVE!, may struggle
somewhat with his English, but
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John Goldsby's Jazz Concepts: Eddie Safranski
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Jazz Famous! No. 1 In The Polls!
WHO’S THE MOST FAMOUS BASS PLAYER OF ALL TIME?
Got your answer? Here’s your challenge: Ask every non-musician you run into if they’ve
heard of your famous bass
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Blues You Can Use: Jerry Jemmott, the Groovemaster
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LAST MONTH I HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE
of reconnecting with one of my musical heroes: Jerry Jemmott,
the Groovemaster. Born in 1946 in New York City,
Jemmott was gigging on upright bass by age
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Billy Sheehan's Full-Contact Bass, part 2
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Billy Sheehan's Full-Contact Bass, from the Spring 1990 Premier issue of Bass Player.
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Billy Sheehan's Full-Contact Bass, Spring 1990
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Marketing In The Social Media Age With Janek Gwizdala, Juan Alderete & Damian Erskine
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From left: Gwizdala, Alderete, and Erskine
“IT’S AWESOME TO BE SITTING HERE AND TO NOT HAVE a bass in my hand,” says Janek Gwizdala to kick off a roundtable discussion with bass
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John Taylor's Pleasure Groove
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“THE LAST TIME I WAS ON THIS STAGE IN THIS ROOM, I was helping out my stepson, Travis,” says John Taylor, settling in for his Bass Player LIVE! clinic at S.I.R. Los Angeles. “He had formed a band
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Jerry Watts with the John Daversa Progressive Big Band
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CALL IT A FIRST IN FIVE YEARS OF BASS PLAYER LIVE! clinics in Los Angeles: cramming the 18-piece John Daversa Progressive Big Band on the stage of Room B for an hour-plus of cutting-edge chamber jazz
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John Goldsby's Jazz Concepts: State of the Bass - Jimmie Blanton, Part 2
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CHRISTIAN McBRIDE, VICTOR WOOTEN, MARCUS Miller, Victor Bailey, Jeff Berlin, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, James Jamerson, Scott LaFaro, Red Mitchell, Israel Crosby,
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