An upright or double bass provides the lowest tones in an orchestra, but also can play the rhythmic background to a jazz improvisation or the solid foundation of a bluegrass song. It can be played ...
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With a gushing gearhead's passion for the upright bass, Elvis Wesley not only plays the four-stringed standup thudstaff in Elvis Wesley and the Pistol Whippers, but with his startup Million Dollar ...
END. WHEN THE BOSTON POPS ENTERTAINED THE CROWD OUT ON THE ESPLANADE ON JULY 4TH, 2022, ONE MUSICIANS VIOLIN CAME FROM JUST ACROSS TOWN INSIDE THE NORTH BENNET STREET SCHOOL IN BOSTON’S NORTH END. THE ...
1996 album launched Over the Rhine’s annual December tour and holiday sound Duo recorded piano and bowed upright bass to craft stark, otherworldly carols Band’s seasonal catalog shaped new listeners ...
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When the bass steps into the spotlight

At the Palm Springs International Jazz Festival, an instrument long consigned to the background becomes the through line of a century of jazz history — from New Orleans parades to fusion, funk and the ...