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 ...

POPLAR BLUFF, MO-- Luke Medley is a master of the Bluegrass bass fiddle. He not only plays them, he makes them too. He's an architect of sorts, still working to design and build the perfect bass ...

HEARD the one about the double bass player from the Metropolitan Opera who takes a night off to attend a performance of “Carmen”? Afterward, he rushes backstage to see his colleagues from the bass ...

From his rambunctious, early be-bop days with Dizzy Gillespie to his current, elder statesman period, Brown has been an inspiration to jazz improvisers in general and aspiring bassists in particular.

" . . . Thomas 'numin' is a specialist in the art of sound - his critical ear and skill wrought of fastidiousness and passion over time, (a lifetime), with creativity necessitating keeping abreast of ...