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Our friends on the BG side have a thread running here. Let's join them, shall we?

[This invalid link has been removed] Next Thursday, January 29th, I'm bringing two combos to One Longfellow Square in Portland for "Jazz Night At OLS." 100% of tickets and merch go directly to One Longfellow Square. The first band is a one-off, bringing together some colleagues from Portland...

In the fall of 1978 I bought an Underwood on the recommendation of Michael Moore. I've used them ever since. It goes great with my amps and I didn't need to find or buy anything. A month ago Gary Upton says, "Let's see what happens when we take the Underwood off your bridge." Lo and behold...

The radio was playing NPR's "Selected Shorts" program and the theme has this chewy DB sound. Pandora says, "That's The Deal" by Deardorf / Peterson Group: Nice tune! It evokes 1974, with production values of 2004 (when it was released). Wikipedia says Mr. Deardorf died in 2022 of...

The show is right here Please go straight to 1:45 for a chorus of peerless vocals, bass and sung percussion. Yet one more among countless examples of how American Rahk Bahssa is a mere perversion of the beauty which is The Real Deal.

For decades JT had relevant feature writing and tremendous record review squibs. I learned a bit. The May issue -- the last before my subscription lapsed -- showed that the magazine is under new management and is no longer running CD reviews. Where do folks like to go to keep up with the...

While scoping out the forthcoming Bob Dylan disc I ran across his bassist, Janie Cowan. (She's a former TB / DB poster for what that's worth too.) Here's a lovely bit, about 1:30 of atmospheric playing. My second reaction was, "@damonsmith, you might really enjoy this!"

William E. Lee has passed. His career spanned decades at the highest levels in jazz, pop and folk-oriented music. You may have heard this piece, which features Mr. Lee in a duet with a singer-songwriter:

My wife Kathy brought home a Japanese scroll painting with some calligraphy on the back. Does anybody know what it means? Many thanks.

John and Sachi recorded John's piece, "One More Angel," at the Upton Bass barn for NPR's Jazz Night in America to honor the jazz world's losses in the past year. It's a beautiful song and a heartfelt moment. Sachi Pattitucci has a beautiful vibrato -- nuanced and never rushed -- reflecting...

Here's the listing on the Double-Bass side. The Classic Unit with twice the power. The last owner of this amp was Steve Azola, hence the lovely hardwood sides, This particular amp was the R&D unit for Azola EUBs. Solid as a rock. Tremendous DB / BG doubler -- the first and best. Don't...

You already know. The all-time classic doubling / tripling unit with twice the power of the MI-100. Every double-bassist you grew up loving, and Jim Hall's guitar, Steve Swallow's bass guitar and Chick Corea's synths. You know that. This is the exceptionally rare 200 Watt mono amp. The...

Yep, I'm a DB player. Nope, I am not lost, wandering over here to the BG side. Yep, it has been several decades since I played BG more than once a year because DB is my thing. Enter this attractive Epi JC 20th Anni model. It looks very sweet. It plays way easy (and fresh TI Flats are part of...

1.6 hours of Duke Ellington, Joe Pass, Ray Brown & Louis Bellson in the studio.

You are stuck at home. You are short on dough. You would rather watch movies and read books than practice DB. Scope out Kanopy.com or the app for free movie streams. Many public libraries and educational institutions have an account. If you have a public library card check whether your...

I am exceptionally lucky to own and play an 1850s German bass. It came to me a few years ago in one piece, but it was going to need work in the medium-term. Enter the door at South Portland High School. More accurately, almost enter the door at South Portland High School. That would be a...

That's a lot of work there!

Neil Pearlman, piano and Dylan Sherry, saxophones Saturday, Jan 28 6-7:30 pm Caffe Vivaldi 32 Jones Street, New York, NY 10014 -- off Bleecker St. near Seventh Ave. Sez me: Neil Pearlman has achieved that which we all seek, a personal voice on the instrument. Neil is a sophisticated modern...

Here's the basic Spiro Orch Mittel S42 set (G D A) with the long C. G D A were on my main bass for about three years with the C about twice that. No gaps; no rust or corrosion, silks are intact. They're just old or aged to perfection depending on your viewpoint. MAKE ME AN OFFER, FOLKS.

Drummer, pianist, educator and internationally-recognized jazz composer Steve Grover died yesterday at 60. Steve lived and built his life in Maine's jazz community. Over a 45-year career "Young Grovah" played thousands of gigs, and he taught at University of Maine Augusta, Bates College...

SOLD THANK YOU I really like VL-110s -- small enough to move but with the deep, high-fidelity sound that characterizes the VL line. But I have three and I only need two so this one is has to go. How about $OLD!! I play these boxes with my low-C bass all the time, and they do not flab out...

If you ever lived around Hartford, Connecticut, please join me in a deep sigh at the loss of Mr. Paul Brown. His obituary -- the story of a full life and then some! -- is [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. Paul is best known as the founding force behind Monday Night Jazz. Since 1967, Monday...

The last time I got a new bass was ten years ago. That was a practical moment: I gave two, took one and got my 2005 taxes paid. For the past ten years I have used and enjoyed a solidly-built, good-sounding new European bass and that instrument has served me well. Many people are not so lucky...

Mr. Swallow's giant-sized upright tone, righteous long note and relentlessly swinging walking style are all on prominent display with Art Farmer, Jim Hall and Walter Perkins right ovah heeeyah:

Current production model mic with super-preamp and detachable cable for $OLD shipped to the lower 48 As-new condition. Ready to go . . . Thank you TB/DB ! Thank you Tyler!

"High tonight . . . low tomorrow . . . and precipitation is ex-pected."

Saw this on one of the guitar sites. "It takes a pretty good drummer to be better than no drummer at all." -- Chet Baker

Everybody here and lots of other places knows that I am an idiot. I thought that this wonderful performance here by Charnett Moffet, accompanied by Wynton Marsalis on trumpet, was by Ron Carter. What a dope! But I want to leave this thread up as a paeon to Ron Carter anyway. We are so lucky...

"And now let's go back to Sonny Rollins!"

I just got an email from John Dong responding to my question within an hour or two. On Sunday night. At 9:00 p.m. The question was about a model they haven't built in years, and I told him I got it used. Talk about standing behind your product! Talk about an expanded definition of...

Guitar Center had a well-used Euphonic Audio VL-110 for a Peavey price. How could I say no? After previously owning VL-208s and a Wizzy 10, my main box for the past couple of years has been a Wizzy 12. I was curious to scope the W12 side-by-each with the VL-110, each driven by my Underwood...

Yeah, right. "There's something unique and beautiful about seventeen people swinging hard together," yeah that's great, but that's not what I'm talking about. Every player in the band gets to have that. We bassists get to have that and something else which is entirely separate. There is...

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Tom Porter & Friends makes their triumphant return to [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] in Brunswick Saturday night. Two doubtless sizzling sets ought to leave the listener wide awake. Maybe lonely, but awake. The Frontier features a nice menu and a theater which will be the venue for...

Dave's new record is a quartet with Eric Harland drumming, Craig Taborn on keys and Kevin Eubanks playing electric guitar. It presents a pretty sharp break from the sound of the beloved DH5, not only in personnel but because Dave only wrote two of the nine songs. The album opens with Kevin...

National Public Radio has a full set of board-tapes from last weekend's Newport Jazz Festival streaming here. That would be 14 full shows . . . Let's see. Maybe you like: Esperanza Spalding Band Jim Hall 4 w/ Scott Colley Terrence Blanchard Band with, I believe, Derrick Hodge Herbie...

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On the DB side here Thanks very much!

Greetings -- Like it says, GK lunchbox cab in 9+ condition. It is only my skeptical and cynical outlook on humankind which causes me to avoid the words "like new" (which I never say). If you're tired of lugging gear this box is the answer. It sounds like GK. It weighs a mere 16 pounds...

I'm on New England Conservatory's mailing list. 09/14 10:00 a.m. Keller Room Mark Dresser masterclass "Expanding possibilities of the double bass" Hope somebody goes and tells us all about it!