Oh took the fast track to jazz prominence, emerging on the scene in the 2000s and becoming the bass player in bands led by Pat Metheny and Vijay Iyer. Her new album is a look back at her early work.

Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass 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 ...

Marcus Miller was a teenager when he decided to break free of what’s expected from a bass guitar player, a role not always associated with being the driving force or center of attention. The two-time ...

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 ...

CAPA grad Christian McBride has been busy. The jazz bassist recently released a new album, which features a song with Sting ...

Bass legend Anthony Jackson, who contributed to work from Madonna, Steely Dan, Paul Simon and Chaka Khan, has died aged 73 - ...

Legendary Bass Played By Newark Native Scott Lafaro Loaned To New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Posted in “Performance / Tour” column. Published: October 28, 2025 @ All About Jazz ...

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 ...

Musician Robert "Bob" Petteruti was a link to a different time in Rhode Island: an age when jazz musicians like Duke Ellington played smoky city clubs and cruise ships serenaded their well-dressed ...

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 ...

Before she decided to become a professional musician, the acclaimed Marin bassist Angeline Saris was a pre-law student at the University of California, Berkeley, with a focus on women’s rights in the ...