Album Review – The Buddy Jordan...
One of my favorite things about doing album reviews is discovering new music. Buddy Jordan was not a bassist I was familiar with prior to hearing “Did Somebody Say Bass?”, now I can’t stop listening to him. To showcase his exceptional skills, Jordan brings out all of his toys, showing that he is equally adept on piccolo bass,... Read More »
Artist Spotlight- Mark Egan- Top Five
We asked Mark Egan about five albums that were most influential: Miles Davis – Kind of Blue I heard this when I was a trumpet player first getting into jazz and it opened my up the mainstream jazz and new possibilities. I still listen to this timeless recording.I transcribed all of Paul Chambers bass lines as well as... Read More »
Artist Spotlight- Buddy Jordan
Buddy Jordan has been around music since early childhood. His father who played guitar and piano had a pasion for Jazz music. So naturally his father’s playing had a key role on Buddy to take up music. After that Buddy knew he wanted to play Jazz music! Buddy from Baltimore, Maryland picked up his first bass at the age... Read More »Album Review – Polyneon –...
Introspection is a 12 minute experimental journey inside the mind of Dwayne Thomas Jr. Once inside we are presented with a variety of sounds including slamming doors, radio static and keys interjected occasionally with bass. Thomas says “The ‘Polyneon’ concept was created through the idea of introspection and when I stopped thinking about the mundane idea of becoming or... Read More »
Gear Review- Boomerang III Phrase Sampler
Perhaps one of the most beneficial things you can do to strengthen your musicianship is to listen to recordings of yourself playing. All the little glitches in groove, tone, and technique readily jump out when you are left to the luxury of just listening to your playing rather than using most of your focus on the physical act of... Read More »
Artist Spotlight-Damian Erskine- Top Five
Damian Erskine is a world renown specialist at bass as well as groove player and is extremely skilled in jazz, funk, Latin and other styles of music. These five albums opened Damian’s ears and mind in one way or another. Victor Wooten “A Show of Hands”: It’s almost a cliche now but Victor really did flip me out... Read More »
Album Review – Viz Maurogiovanni...
European bassist extraordinaire, Vincenzo Maurogiovanni’s has released his latest album, Tempus Fugit. The soulful, expressive songs have an ethereal quality to them that make you want to sit back, relax and absorb the music. Meaning “Time Flees”, or more commonly “Time Flies” in Latin, it’s 9 tracks certainly seem to fly right by, leaving you wanting more. Viz says... Read More »
BPU Exclusive Lesson- Stewart...
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Stagg EDB ¾ Electric Upright Bass Years ago I owned a proper upright bass. It was huge, both in sound and size. I ended up parting with it as I just didn’t have the space for it anymore. I’ve always regretting selling it and lately have had the bug to get back into upright, so I started looking... Read More »
Bass Players United Exclusive Lesson- Ivan...
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Artist Spotlight- Alex Eckhardt
Ever since Alex can remember, music has always played an enormous role in her life. Coming from a multi-generational musical family, it seemed that she was meant to fulfill this path as well. Alex first studied piano, then cello, and eventually picked up electric bass at age 11. Alex’s parent’s both being musicians, she was exposed to many different... Read More »
Artist Interview- Joseph Patrick Moore
BPU:. What inspired you to pick up the fretless later in your bass career? JPM: The simple answer was that I couldn’t afford to purchase a fretless bass early on, even though I was always attracted to the sound of the fretless. I use to go to sleep with the DVD of Jaco Pastorius Modern Electric Bass for years. ... Read More »
