Category: Miles
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Scott’s Bass Lesson’s Top 10 Funk Bassists Video on YouTube.com
I’ve been following Scott’s Bass Lessons for a while and his recent releases of videos featuring greatest and best bassists is genius for promoting the art of the bass and for marketing his bass lessons. The videos also create a certain controversy on the ranking of the players in question indicative of the preferences, age…
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I Blame Miles . . .
I do blame Miles; I could blame Art Blakey, he was known for having the best new players join his band and he showcased them well. Freddie Hubbard and Wayne Shorter played with him as well as Chuck Mangione and Cedar Walton. The real significance and blame was not mentoring and shepherding new jazz stars.…