This month’s issue of Bass Musician magazine just launched, and as usual you can check out our Contrabass Conversations offering in this publication. We featured Chicago area jazz bassist Eric Hochberg in this issue of the magazine, merging the two halves of...
A recent comment from Carol on my Advice for Aspiring Music Performance Majors post sparked my interest in creating a similar list for top-tier schools for jazz bass study. Commenting on Karl Olsen’s Orchestra Audition Winners List, Carol writes: Jason,...
Here’s a brief demonstration of how to use chord substitutions on the ever-popular “I Got Rhythm” chord progression.
I’ve just uploaded my first instructional video to you tube. In it I explain how to connect one chord change to the next when you are playing a walking bass line. I use the lessons I’ve learned from the greats: Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Charles Mingus, Ron...
Eric Hochberg sent me a link to a set of videos from a master class with Ray Brown. Divided into nine parts (solely because of upload limits on YouTube), this is perhaps one of the best jazz bass treasures on YouTube to date.Bassist Matt Wengerd has posted this series...
