Bass Player US Magazine - Holiday 2016

In this issue

Derrick Hodge has manned the upright for Wynton Marsalis and Terrance Blanchard, anchored Common and Musiq Soulchild on electric, and released his own music as a Blue Note solo artist. We check in with the musical multi-tasker, who is currently serving as MD for Maxwell, holding down the low end in the Robert Glasper Experiment, and promoting his sophomore solo effort, The Second. Plus: Tool’s Justin Chancellor; Greg Lake’s tales from beneath Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Federico Malaman on his new solo album; Mu-FX mastermind Mike Beigel; Jazz Concepts; R & B Gold; reviews of new gear from Cort, Darkglass, and Dunlop; a full-song transcription of The Temptations’ “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” featuring bass immortal James Jamerson’s signature-syncopated bass line; and more!

Federico Malaman Molto Funky

I’M RIDING IN THE BACK OF A VAN AFTER being picked up from the Dublin airport. Federico Malaman sits in the seat in front of me—driver on the right, bassist on the left. We’re on our way to teach at a workshop in Sligo, Ireland. Cars whiz past on what seems to me to be the wrong side of the road.

4 mins

Sound Room Cort B5 Plus AS

CORT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MUSICAL INSTRUment manufacturers in the world, yet its instruments don’t enjoy the same wide distribution and popularity as many better-known brands.

4 mins

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Bass Player US Magazine Description:

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!