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Thornton all make the switch and utilize the instrument for their bands to combat the rising noise levels in the clubs and roadhouses. The switch wasn’t as smooth for al musicians. In 1957, during the recording of Jail House Rock, Elvis Presley’s bassist Bill Black is said to have launched his P-Bass across the studio in frustration after several attempts to record the intro to Baby I Don’t Care.

“If you came here to see spandex and big hair, this ain’t your band”, Metallica’s “war cry” throughout the early eighties. While the rest of the hard rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women, Metallica, as in the words of former lead guitarist Dave Mustaine, “Our hole existence pretty much was guitar, dominating the world and getting liquored up”.      During the late 1970s and early 1980s, there was a new wave a British Heavy Metal entering the cassette and 8-track

the evening of October 18th, 2015 I attended the live Jazz music performance of Nilson Matta’s “Brazilian Voyage”. The performance was held at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, located in the Jazz Lincoln Center, in New York City. Nilson Matta is a Brazilian bassist, composer, and producer. Matta is considered to be one of the greatest bass musicians in the world, and has earned great reputation for his unique sounds (Nilson). The staff members were very welcoming, and were all dressed in black attire. The venue

For an instrument someone expects to be minor in an orchestra, the double bass surprising. The double bass, which is part of the violin family, is the largest and lowest sounding timbre acting as an acoustic bass guitar. The double bass also is featured in most orchestra’s string section, concertos, and modern music. It wasn’t till the jazz era when blues, rock and roll, and bluegrass contributed to a new vision of composition. Traditional the double bass is bowed. Bows are usually made up of horse

Chris Squire, co-founder and bassist of the rock band 'Yes', died at the age of 67 after battling Leukemia, People magazine reported. Squire's death was first confirmed after the band posted on their official Facebook page that Squire has "peacefully passed away" at his home in Phoenix on Saturday, June 27. Earlier in May, Squire broke out the news to the public that he had been suffering from acute erythroid leukemia, a very rare form of myeloid leukemia. He also went through frequent treatments

The avant-jazz trio Thumbscrew, a collaborative project co-led by guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tomas Fujiwara, augmented their discography with the release of two new complementary if conceptually distinct albums, suitably entitled Ours and Theirs. Following the example of their second album, Convallaria, these sessions were born from a residency at Pittsburgh’s City of Asylum and demonstrate the strong sonic chemistry of musicians who have been regular presences

is part of it, accompanied by a European rhythm section composed of Swiss bassist Christian Weber and German drummer Michael Griener. I was always a big fan of Eskelin’s music, especially that unforgettable trio with Andrea Parkins and Jim Black that delighted countless avant-jazz fans in the 90’s and 00’s. Recently, I had the pleasure to hear his rough-hewn aesthetics in Rhombal, a highly groovy project led by the bassist Stephan Crump. Adventurous by nature, the three musicians are not estranged

stages for a decade, drummer Edi Arnold and keyboardist Benjamin Goff, friends since high school, have played together since 1992. The duo is the production team for its Berkeley studio, and on stage the group expands with other musicians, including bassist Mony Lujan (of Dubwize), who has worked with 7th Street since 2010. 7th

is composed of individuals who play the piano, trumpet, clarinet, drums, and double bass. The female vocalist for this version has an alto voice. For the third video, performed by Project Trio, the instrumentation is made up of a flutist, double bassist, and a cellist. The third video presents an instrumental version, therefore it does include a vocalist. In the original version of the song, Guns N’ Roses appoints the vocalist and the guitar to have the melody. In between verses sung by the vocalist

romantic side. Staying on the west coast, Mingus began playing gigs and on recording dates. His first high profile exposure was on a recording with the Illinois Jacquet band. In this recording a few solo spots showed Mingus to be an innovative bassist, playing double stops, jumping octaves, counter melodies and with a sound that was well ahead of his time. While developing his own style, Mingus was still composing and trying to keep his own band together by doing gigs. This turned out to