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 ...

Kate Davis talked to Art Beat about her attraction to the bass and writing her own songs before a recent performance at Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland. While she makes playing ...

“My concept changes every few months," said New York jazzer Brandi Disterheft in the May 2017 issue of Bass Player.

The upright bass is in some ways the most essential instrument in a jazz ensemble. The trouble is that there just aren’t enough bass players to go around, and the really good ones end up working all ...

Worster, 78, hasn’t played his upright bass in 20 years. He’s been living at the Rowlett Health and Rehabilitation Center since 2002, hampered in movement and speech by a degenerative muscular ...