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 ...

Welcome to the jazz bass studio at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music! Bijoux Barbosa is the jazz bass instructor at our college working with students on sound production and ...

You may have seen the 2014 documentary Jaco, produced by Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo. It's an astonishing tale, which follows Jaco Pastorius from his early life through to stardom with Weather ...

Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz. By Marcus J. Moore There’s a clip ...

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 ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Neil Bridge hasn’t skipped a beat, even in death. The Denver jazz musician, who died at age 94 on Dec. 7, 2023, taught hundreds of students and played ...