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 ...

The fourth annual Rocco Scott LaFaro Geneva Jazz Fest returns next week with nine performances over four days at multiple ...

Pianist, composer and lyricist, Dave Bass, is a great American success story that reads like a riveting bio-pic script. This Cincinnati kid began piano lessons at age seven, and shortly after ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

Known for playing bass guitar in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Flea is releasing his first solo album -- and it features his first love: jazz trumpet. It's called "Honora." ...

When John Edwards plays his double bass, he is extraordinarily engaging. He plucks, tweaks, bows, hits and hums aloud. So engrossed is he that it is difficult to look away. One memorable gig, I ...

On most weekends, Penn & Teller work their magic at the Rio in Las Vegas, with jazz musician Mike Jones offering wizardry of his own as their pianist and music director. But on Saturday night, all ...

Bob Cranshaw, a versatile jazz bassist best known for his association with saxophonist Sonny Rollins, whom he accompanied on virtually every concert and album since 1962, died Nov. 2 at his home in ...

Those who have only casually followed Flea's career might be surprised that the famed rocker and sometimes actor chose jazz ...

Our bass students study in depth the art of solo, orchestral and chamber music double bass performance. During their time at the College of Music, students focus on rich, resonant and lyrical tone ...