Bass

Stax bassist Duck Dunn remembered In Memphis

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:53:13 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg

Christian McBride: The bass boss

Abe Beeson and Justin Steyer — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:00:59 +0000

In the first generation of be-bop musicians, Ray Brown was King of the Jazz Bass. Today, the ‘go-to’ jazz bassist is Christian McBride, so we felt quite lucky when he said he had the time to stop into to KPLU studios for a performance with pianist, Peter Martin.

Who is Esperanza Spalding?

Abe Beeson — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:44:58 +0000

Esperanza Spalding walked into the KPLU Seattle studios like some teenaged gunslinger. However, she’d been working full time in music for most of her 25 years, and her chosen weapon was a double-bass that reached just above her impressive afro.

Now a Grammy Award winner for Best New Artist (take that, Justin Bieber!), I’ve recently enjoyed listening back to our meeting a year ago, and specifically our interview.