Jazz bassist Stanley Clarke sits at the center of the room, six young musicians focused on him as they practice at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center on a recent afternoon. “So the ...

Ursa Major, from left: Christian McBride, Savannah Harris, Nicole Glover, Mike King and Ely Perlman. Christian McBride, one of the world’s foremost bass players, has led several bands over a couple ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

How the accidental meeting of two of the ’70s and ’80s greatest bass icons – neither recognised by the other – came about in a Tokyo hotel ...

The bass player is often the unsung hero of a band's rhythm section, but this is not always the case. In fact, many bass players are the star of the band, and a few even front them! Some bassists are ...

Between trips to his stuffed Toyota Prius to unload gear, Nick Petumenos swiftly straightens a row of chairs as the sound of legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard pours out of a wireless speaker. On ...