Bassist Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, passed away recently at the age of 84. Phil was one of the ...

Amp Settings: Gain 7, Bass 7, Middle 5, Treble 7 ... Gibbons also often uses the blues scale built on the root of the chord ...

His soloing was more in keeping with blues language, and he primarily used the minor pentatonic and blues scale, often adding ...

In jazz bands, you might also find a double bass, drum kits ... us in and we’ll take it in turns to improvise, using the blues scales. Ready? One, two, three, four.

Musicians playing jazz sometimes use pentatonic scales and blues scales to play improvisations ... instrument to play the melody, with double bass and drums providing the rhythm.

I’ll strive not to overdo this drought thing despite its dusty intrusion into my autumnal jaunt-abouts in the Pines, as I divide my time between LBI’s sugar sand and the Pinelands’ equally sugary sand ...

On Friday, Nov. 1, Western Illinois University’s Hopper Jazztet workshopped and performed for band students at the Keokuk ...

The leaves are turning beautiful shades of red, yellow, and orange. I love driving around the Island and seeing splashes of ...

Although intended as homage, the concert amounted to heresy, presenting Ornette Coleman without the swing, sensuality, and blues-based joie ... the Doors and playing bass in a surf band." ...

The popular music heritage trail has become an economic engine in Southwest Virginia, but supporters say more work remains to ...

The vintage-voiced humbuckers have been tweaked to work with low-tuned modern metal music, and promise a dynamic and ...