This great Video of the Day features a ridiculously melodic solo from James Genus, longtime bassist for the Saturday Night Live band as well as stints with Greg Osby, Michael Brecker, Branford Marsalis, and Herbie Hancock, among others. Wow, this is so great! Transcription worthy solo! Share

Mmmm…..feeling nice and laid back today. That being said, we’re going to take a look/listen at jazz upright masters Ray Brown and John Clayton playing “Five O’Clock Whistle”. If you’re ever looking for something swingin’ to transcribe….. Share

Today’s VOTD features one of the most recorded and well-respected bass players in all of Nashville, Michael Rhodes. This video is a guitar showcase for Brent Mason (whom all the same things just said of Michael are true, but on guitar), and Vince Gill (who is showing up on nearly every gig on earth down [...]

Jumping into the jazz/hip-hop hybrid world this time, we check out our current featured player, Derrick Hodge, playing this past weekend at the Montreux Jazz Festival with musical soulmates Robert Glasper, Chris Dave, and Casey Benjamin in The Experiment. They were joined by rapper MF Doom, who pretty consistently proves that he can sit in [...]

Today’s super-slick video comes to us from the rising young virtuoso Grant Stinnett absolutely killing it through the changes of “All The Things You Are”. Check out how he masterfully links his lines through the harmony. All that, and done at a CRAZY bpm. Nice. Share

Big shoutout to our good buddy David LaBruyere for hooking us up with today’s VotD. This is a great video of Jack Bruce holding down the groove between Buddy Guy, Buddy Miles, and Dick Heckstall-Smith. This video is from a supershow in 1969. Don’t we all wish we could have caught this one in person…….. [...]

Today, our video is a duet featuring bassist Paul Kowert of the acoustic ensemble, Punch Brothers, performing the Carter Family song You Are My Flower with bandmate Gabe Witcher. Paul absolutely dominates this tune. If you listen to it, you’ll realize that nothing’s missing! Bowing at its best! Share

If you’re a 311 fan, P-Nut is an obvious choice as a bass player to emulate. Somehow, he still manages to fly under the radar of so many players. Check him out here playing a 10-string Warwick bass in 2009. Share

Hey all. Get your eyes and ears on this absolutely KILLIN’ video of Willie Weeks (Donny Hathaway, Eric Clapton, Wynona Judd) getting his groove on alongside Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood as part of The New Barbarians. This is bass playing at it’s finest, folks. Nothin’ like it. Share

Feeling nostalgic today, we’re going back to the early 1980′s to check out one of the greatest rock bass players in history, Metallica’s Cliff Burton, whose career was cut short at far too young of an age after a bus accident in 1986. Here he is playing his signature bass solo Anasthesia (Pulling Teeth). Rest [...]