Bass

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who accompanied such artists as Bob Dylan, Simon and Garfunkel and Harry Belafonte and scored four of his son Spike’s early films, has died. He was 94.

Though this was not guitarist John Scofield's first stop into the KNKX Studios this time he was joined John Medeski, Billy Martin, and Chris Wood.

“’Nuff said,” is right. When jazz fans hear the names Monty Alexander, John Clayton and Jeff Hamilton in conjunction, they know they’ll be treated great…

As one fourth of Booker T. and the MGs, Dunn helped lay the foundation of Memphis soul.

Christian talked about his formative years, the difference between playing with vocalists as opposed to instrumentalists and reminisced about his mentor, the afore-mentioned Ray Brown, and another great bassist of be-bob’s first generation, Charles Mingus.

Esperanza Spalding walked into the KPLU Seattle studios like some teenaged gunslinger. However, she’d been working full time in music for most of her 25…