Kermit Driscoll – Bass Every time I listen to the Bill Frisell bands from this era, I am enthralled by Driscoll’s bass playing. I find his sound so distinctive and the way it fits into the ensemble sound is just perfect. His note choices are exquisite and the musicality of his playing offers a lesson…

Anthony Jackson – Bass I am sorry. I just can’t help myself. More Jackson magic – this one is a lot less frantic and less intense than other Camilo performances which is why I chose it – so ordinary mortals can have a crack at the slow Latin grooves on display here. There is a…

Richard Bona – Bass Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a young age. His grandfather was a griot – a West African singer of praise and storyteller – and percussionist, as his mother was a singer. When he was four…

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…