

Gary Willis - Taking Fretless Beyond The Limits
In the decade after Jaco Pastorius's death, the bass guitar has spawned many virtuosic players that have followed his technical high...


John Scofield - Bumpin'
John Scofield is taller than you think and far from being a stern jazz icon he never seems to stop smiling and is disarmingly cool. A...


John Scofield - Working Guitar Magic
As jazz icons go, John Scofield defies expectations as much as he meets them. His evergreen abilities as a guitar hero are fuelled by an...


Pat Metheny - A Man And Machine In Perfect Harmony...
The mercurial Metheny is one of the truly consistent and pivotal figures in modern music. As a recording artist he has ventured in...


A Tribute To Jaco - Brecker, Scofield & Metheny Remember Jaco Well
When recounting the events of a life story so tragic, and not for the first time, one can only feel still further saddened at the...


Doug Wimbish - Free Bass
"I wanna spend some money too and run coolers in the Bahamas and all that other bulls**t. On the real side of it, I want to play some...


Christian McBride - Space-Bass Cadet
With black, thick-framed glasses, a smart designer top, and a voice that's as deep and weighty as his bass playing (Barry White...


Bona Fide Brilliance - The Superstar Bassist Talks To Mike Flynn
Richard Bona is a confident young man. An easy-going native Cameroonian who's lived in Paris, and now New York, Richard is one of...


Matthew Garrison – The Shape Of Bass To Come
As the bass guitar moves into only its second century as an instrument, it is perhaps no surprise that its sonic and technical...


Michael Brecker - The Gentle Giant of the Tenor
In the recorded history of jazz, there have been few events in recent memory that have really made the hairs on the back of your...