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Bass Player US Magazine - April 2015

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In this issue

Janek Gwizdala
Perhaps no one better defines the modern bassist than British-born Janek Gwizdala. With a plucking pedigree as a Berklee-trained, boundary-pushing soloist who has made his mark in the jazz and pop worlds, Gwizdala is also a bass hero for the social media age thanks to his popular website, blog, podcast, and upcoming app. We get the lowdown on how he manages his electric bass empire, and dig into his playing style and new album. We also recap a busy NAMM show that was brimming with bass gear and all-star performances. We catch up with Julie Slick of Adrian Belew’s power trio, British experimental force Bonobo (a.k.a. Simon Green), and rising Gotham acoustic bassist/vocalist Kate Davis. On the gear side, we check out Bottom Wave's MB Series Basses, Musicvox’s MI-5 12-string, and the Darkglass Microtubes B3K Bass Overdrive. In addition to our monthly Jazz Concepts and Blues You Can Use lessons, we boogie through the velvet ropes for a 1996 Masters At Work house music classic, Black Magic’s “Freedom (Make It Funky)” featuring Gene Perez’s relentless bass line.

Bass Player US Magazine Description:

Publisher: Future

Category: Music

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

Bobby Vega

Ever since his first recording session with Sly Stone at the age of 17, Bay Area bass badass Bobby Vega has set the bar for funktastic pick playing. In this month's cover story, he goes deep on his plectrum technique and artistic approach. Plus: interviews with Cheap Trick's Tom Petersson, Dream Theater's John Myung, and Jerry "J Blakk" Henderson of Big Sam's Funky Nation; reviews of the Blackstar Fly Bass mini-amp, Mesa-Boogie D-800 head and Ultra Lite cabinets, and new pickups from Lindy Fralin; Jazz and R&B lessons you can use; a full-song bass transcription of Deep Purple's "Gettin' Tighter;" and more!