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Bass Players United Exclusive Interview-...
BPU:When did you get your first bass: CE:About 1986, it was a secondhand Japanese Fender Jazz copy called a “Maya”, I think it cost £40. BPU:How did you start playing, and where did you study bass, or self-taught? CE:Despite coming from a musical family background, I was disinterested in music at school, and was never really pushed by my... Read More »
Manuel Alvarez Trio-Lined with a Groove: a...
Lined with a Groove: a tribute to Ray Brown Ray Brown’s standing in the jazz world is that of one of the most inspirational double bass players of all time. He found fame in the 1950s as one third of the Oscar Peterson trio, in which he defined the role of the bassist in that musical configuration for... Read More »
Bass Boost- Veno Gaube
Damian: Hey Man, nice job! There are certainly things that you could say “need improvement” but, for 4 months, you’re doing great man! Everything related to your proficiency will come with time. Every hour spent with the bass in your hands is an hour closer to being the player you want to be. I would encourage you to... Read More »
Album Review: Andy Saxton, ‘Evolution of...
Album Review: Andy Saxton, ‘Evolution of the Thumb’ Andy Saxton’s ‘Evolution of the Thumb’ is the first solo album by the former member of little known London rockers New Device, and what an album it is! His playing displays such a high level of skill and panache that it seems to proudly proclaim Saxton’s desire to join the... Read More »
Bassics- Chord Tones
Chord Tones – Part One Hi there, Welcome to my column and to the first edition in the series of bass lessons I shall be sharing with you at Bass Players United. For this first lesson I have chosen to talk about chord tones and their use in building bass lines. For the time being we shall concentrate on... Read More »
The Woodshed- Tino Tedesco Basses
“I have always been fascinated by the principle usually associated with architecture and design stating that form follows function,” Swiss bass builder Tino Tedesco declares on the first page of his website. “My main goal in the last ten years has been to offer outstanding instruments that stay true to this statement.” Tino Tedesco first came to bass guitar... Read More »
Bass Players United Exclusive Interview-...
BPU:When did you get your first bass? CT:On my 14th birthday! I had started in the beginning of that year and had instantly decided that I needed to buy a bass of my own. By the time my birthday came along in March I’d managed to persuade my family to create a bass fund and went a couple of... Read More »
