In my previous post I briefly talked about the great bassist, Carol Kaye. In a career of over 50 years and over 10,000 recording, spanning artists from Frank Sinatra to Elvis Presley to The Monkees to practically every TV show…
Yearly Archives: 2018
“I Love The Colorful Clothes She Wears” . . . : The Beach Boy’s Good Vibrations
Tagged with: Carol Kaye, Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys, The Wrecking Crew
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Bass Is The Place” . . . . : Reverb Bass Tricks Videos
Reverb?? On a bass?!! No, I’m not talking about using reverb on a bass (reverb, the audio effect that makes the instrument sound like it was played in a bigger space, is generally considered not be good for bass as…
Tagged with: Bass, Carol Kaye, James Jamerson, Motown, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Bass, Classic Rock, Music Appreciation and Analysis
“Walk This Way” . . . : Cool Walking Bass Videos From Reverb
When you ask someone to imagine a jazz tune in their head, I bet that the imaginary tune has a walking bass line. It’s that steady, pulse keeping, melodic thump that will make you tap your feet, nod your head…
Tagged with: Bass, Chrisian McBride, Jazz, Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Reverb.com, Scott's Bass Lessons, Walking Bass
Posted in Bass, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Music Theory
Posted in Bass, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis, Music Theory
New York Movie . . : The new album from The New Jazz Spasms
I am pleased to announce the release of the New York Movie, the fourth album from my virtual band, The New Jazz Spasms on SoundCloud. The album continues the explore the nexus of where The Allman Brothers meets Grant Green…
Tagged with: Allman Brotheres Band, Booker T & The MG's, Grant Green, The Meters, The New Jazz Spasms, Thelonious Monk
Posted in Blues, Improvisation, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
Posted in Blues, Improvisation, Jam Band, Jazz, Music Appreciation and Analysis
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