An upright or double bass provides the lowest tones in an orchestra, but also can play the rhythmic background to a jazz improvisation or the solid foundation of a bluegrass song. It can be played ...

New York-based bassist Brandon Lopez will perform at Goodyear Arts in Camp North End on Saturday, Sept. 23. If you think playing the stand-up bass solo sounds like it could be musically limiting — ...

*For more than 50 years, bass player Rustee Allen has been “all funked up,” playing and recording with some of the most legendary singers and bands in the world of rock, soul, R&B, fusion, and gospel ...

Some call him the first rockabilly guy in Phoenix, but Marco Polo (born Marco Saldana) is more than just a pompadour-wearing, stand-up bass-playing pioneer in the Latin rockabilly scene. He’s also a ...

Bassist Sean Hicke didn’t always play the upright. In fact, the San Diego native got his musical start on its electric cousin. “I was playing in punk bands and whatnot in middle school,” says the ...

Delaware musician Robert "Bobby" Bloomingdale, known for his booming voice and stand-up bass playing, died of lung cancer at 72. Bloomingdale was a member of Kid Davis and The Bullets and The Sin City ...