Coming soon - Basscast 32: Chapman Stick special |
This show is a review of the Chapman stick - a two handed tapping instrument which many bass players have picked up, notably Tony Levin.
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:16:00 PST |
Basscast 31: Catch up |
Basscast 31 is a catch up show - in which we clear the decks of my favourites of the bass oriented CD's that I was listening to before the break in production.CD's covered are from Dave Holland, Jaco ...
Posted by Basscast on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 04:47:00 PST |
Basscast is (almost) back! |
At the end of last year (2006) I took a break from Basscast because I'd landed a bass residency with a constantly changing song book - so all my "spare" time was going into getting my chops back up to...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 04:06:00 PST |
Basscast 21: Flea; Andy Fraser |
Feature CD: "Stadium Arcadium" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Flea, bass).In vinyl days this would have been a triple album. Not many (any?) artists pulled that off successfully. Will the Chillis?Step Bac...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:37:00 PST |
Basscast 20: Twenty greatest rock bass lines |
What are the twenty greatest rock bass lines of all time?Some of them are complex - but many are simple yet have had enduring appeal. There are a number of virtuoso performances - but many more that j...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:39:00 PST |
Basscast 19: Bromberg, LaFaro |
Feature CD: "Wood II" by Brian Bromberg. Step Back In Time: "Sunday at the Village Vanguard" by Bill Evans Trio (Scott LaFaro, bass). Co-host: Steve Morrison. Picture of Scott LaFaro at the Newport J...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:36:00 PST |
Basscast 18: Wooten; Armstrong, NHOP, Patterson, Stief, Windfel |
Feature CD: "The Hidden Land" by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Victor Wooten, bass).Step back in time: Jean-Luc Ponty (Ralph Armstrong, bass), Miles Davis (Richard Patterson, Niels-Henning Orsted Ped...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:32:00 PST |
Basscast 17: 2005 Wrap Up - Dyson, Eckhardt, Fraser, Manring, Moore, Moreno, Mulholland, Rainey |
We skim the surface of some great bass albums released in 2005 that we didn't get around to featuring on other shows.David Dyson: "The Dawning".Kai Eckhardt: "Visions of an inner mounting apocalyse" -...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:34:00 PST |
Basscast 16: Michael Manring; Jackson / Laboriel / Lee / Miller / Rainey |
Feature CD: "Soliloquy" by Michael Manring.Step back in time: "The Nightfly" by Donald Fagen. This is a Super Sidemen show in one CD with very tasty bass contributions from Anthony Jackson, Abe Labori...
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:29:00 PST |
Basscast 15: Marc Johnson; Herbie Flowers |
Feature CD: "Shades of Jade" by Marc Johnson.Step back in time: "Transformer" by Lou Reed (Herbie Flowers: bass, double bass, tuba; Klaus Voormann: bass).Co-host: Jonathan Zwartz.
Posted by Basscast on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:30:00 PST |
