Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jack Bruce, Flea, Charles Mingus and Doug Wimbish of Living Colour. Bass players don’t come much bigger than the late Jack Bruce.

We often give glory to the soaring guitar solos or the powerhouse vocals, but the true heartbeat of any great track lives in the low end. The bass line bridges rhythm and melody, grounding the song ...

Writers, scholars, radio hosts and musicians, including the bassist Ron Carter, share songs that shine a light on an instrument that lays the foundation of jazz. By Marcus J. Moore There’s a clip ...