Matthew Gerrard – Bass Gerrard grew up in Don Mills, a suburb of Toronto’s north-east end. He attended George S. Henry Secondary School where he played trombone in band, later playing bass in a school-based 5-piece jazz fusion combo called Nemesis Fusion. Nemesis Fusion competed in two Canadian stage band festivals earning silver in 1982 and…

Joe Bouchard – Bass Multi-instrumentalist Joe Bouchard is a legend in the rock world as a co-founder of the legendary Blue Öyster Cult.  During his time with the band in the 1970s and 1980s, he dominated the charts with his bass playing, singing, songwriting skills and incredible live performances that earned him nine gold and four…

Francis Buchholz – Bass Born in Hannover, West Germany, Buchholz discovered rock music at the age of 11. His first public appearance as a bass player was at age 15 while in a high school. From then on he played in different rock, blues and jazz bands in his hometown of Hannover. While a mechanical…

Ruben Rodriguez – Bass I love Latin bass – everyone knows me as a Jazz Nazi but I would drop it all if I could play Latin music instead (Cuban, Puerto-Rican, Brazilian – the whole shebang) but Suffolk is not know for it’s percussionists and there is not really anyone within easy reach who is…

Ruben Rodriguez – Bass Ruben Rodriguez was born in New York City and grew up in East Harlem and Puerto Rico. He has been recognized as one of the best and hardest working Latin music bass players in the United States. Mr. Rodriguez, who’s father played classical guitar, taught himself the bass in Junior High…

John Patitucci – Bass I don’t do nearly enough John Patitucci transcriptions. I first heard him when he appeared on the first Chick Corea Elektric Band – would you believe it was ‘Got A Match’ which I heard on the radio (BBC Radio 2 – Jazz Today with Charles Fox – a great programme which…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabasse Guitar I tried… I failed. I got about 50 bars in but it got to intense to write any more down – too much bubbling below the E string and it would have taken the rest of my rapidly shortening life to get the whole thing down so I thought I…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabasse Guitar AJ – he’s the man! Totally original, totally inspired and totally awesome. I have only come the Hiromi Trio Project recently. As an out and out jazzer, I find some of Hiromi’s stuff a but twee, more Prog-Rock than Jazz, but some of it is undoubtedly brilliant and I have…

Anthony Jackson – Bass I have been spending a little time with my seven-string bass lately and trying to get my head around reading on an extended range bass. Where else would you go but to Anthony Jackson. I have not got into the Hiromi trio much because, whilst I find some of her stuff…

Anthony Jackson – Bass It is surprising when you do a transcription of something like this that, despite the relative simplicity of the arrangement, you can still hear Jackson’s personality all over the place. His sixteenth note licks, his volume swells, his choices in terms of where he plays a note on the bass, the…