Ty Campbell Bass Frontiers Staff Contributor The debut release by The Aristocrats is a mix of fusion, blues, and rock, and at times has all elements in a single tune blending very well from passage to passage. The Aristocrats do nothing less than keep you wanting more from this outstanding trio of extremely incredible musicians. [...]

Ty Campbell Bass Frontiers Staff Contributor The new release “A Sea of Voices” from Jamie Ousley, a typical piano, bass, and drums jazz trio is flowing with smooth bass lines, melodic piano lines, and really fine improvisation. The artists that Jamie has on “A Sea of Voices” speak to each other with such musical being [...]

Ty Campbell Staff Contributor The Ultimate Bass Songbook contains 70 songs from all different genres of music. Complete with tunes from Jaco, Aerosmith, The Clash, Guns and Roses and more. Bass Riffs from tunes such as Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” to “Peter Gunn” and Iron Maiden’s “Run to the Hills” as well as “Low [...]

Matt O’Donnell Managing Editor Does it surprise anyone that in Nashville, with its dubious title of Music City, that even the NBC television affiliate, WSMV, has had its evening news broadcast infiltrated by one of its secretly most talented instrumentalists? Didn’t think so. With that, I draw your attention to the fourth album release from [...]

Lee Francis Contributor Jazz, Bass On Top, is an instructional book written by Andy McKee that focuses on the modern techniques of the upright bass. The book covers the advancement of players from high-action single note lines, which were due to the lack of microphones and amplification, to the more modern approach of melodic lines [...]

Ty Campbell Bass Frontiers Staff Contributor This new debut CD from Polcat is in a word (or two in this case), simply amazing. The Polcat CD contains 10 tunes that will get your groove going. Full of everything from a couple of smooth jazz ballads to tunes that seem to contain bits of early Tribal [...]

Reviewed by Lee Francis Bass Frontiers Contributor The Blues play along book and CD, published by Hal Leonard, is an eight-song lesson in an often-overlooked bass technique. The Blues are often considered a guitar driven art form. However, the blues are a very important style of music that every bass player should be familiar with. [...]

Review by Lee Francis Bass Frontiers Contributor The Bob Marley play along book and CD, published by Hal Leonard, covers a great cross section of Marley’s legendary Reggae songs. Most bass players are aware of Bob Marley’s work, and more specifically Aston “Family Man” Barret. Anyone serious about playing the bass guitar should take a [...]

L’il Brats Bass Method Review by Bass Frontiers Staff Contributor Ty Campbell L’il Brats Bass Method by Brian Emmel covers everything your beginning bass player needs to know to get started on the right path. Brian has been teaching for over 20 years. This book is a lot of fun and will definitely keep the [...]