When is a bass player not a bass player? When she's a ‘female bass player’, a term which makes great bassists like Tina Weymouth, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Kim Deal, Kim Gordon, Gail Ann Dorsey, and ...

Carol Kaye didn’t make history by being easy. Long-retired from session work, the 84-year-old “First Lady of Bass” — who started playing guitar at 13 and toured in big bands before gigging at bebop ...

Throughout the 1950s Kaye played bebop jazz guitar in dozens of nightclubs around Los Angeles with many noted bands including Bob Neal's jazz group, Jack Sheldon backing Lenny Bruce, Teddy Edwards and ...

Bum. Bum bum bum. Bum. Bum bum bum. Bum. Bum bum bum. Bum. What do you think of when you read this line? The State Farm jingle? Red Robin? It’s really just gibberish, but to me, this series of “bums” ...