HOLLYWOOD (WKRC) - Former KISS frontman and bass player Gene Simmons said in a recent interview with Guitar World that he isn't impressed with "show-offs in music." Simmons spoke with Guitar ...

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 ...

Charlie Burrell’s big left hand cradles the neck of the upright bass like a baby, his right hand coaxing a cascade of notes from the instrument’s wooden belly: alternately popping and loping across ...

Petros Klampanis has a long resume that includes time spent with front-line jazz acts like Snarky Puppy and Greg Osby and Antonio Hart, which is all good, but who pays close attention to the bass ...

Fender’s Player Series has been around for a few years and it is seeing some updates here in 2020. Along with the updates to the Player Series, it also sees four new guitar and bass models being ...

Quite a while ago, I wrote a post entitled 5 Latin Jazz Bass Players That You Must Hear!. This article was meant as a quick introduction to some of the bassists that have defined the style since its ...

Isaac Mingus originally wanted to follow his father and study the clarinet when he was a kid. But his Pine View Orchestra director told him that with a name like Mingus – as in the jazz great Charlie ...

Fender has ticked a lot of the necessary boxes with the Player II Modified Active Precision Bass. Fit and finish are both spot-on, but its crowning glory is the versatility of sounds on offer, coupled ...