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View ArticleBass Lines with Jaime Vazquez: Salsa Grooves from Kimary Carrero’s Debut...
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View ArticleBass Lines by Jaime Vazquez: Latin Grooves in Pop Music
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View ArticleBass Musician Magazine 6th Anniversary: The Latin Bass Issue – August 2013
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View ArticleSergio George’s Salsa Giants Celebrates Four Consecutive Weeks at #1 on...
Last summer, over 12,000 music fans gathered at the “Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival” to witness a once in a lifetime concert experience as a select group of renowned salsa musicians came together for...
View ArticleMeet Igor Saavedra, An Interview With Raul Amador
Review by Raul Amador – I had the privilege of growing up outside of the United States in Puerto Rico for a total of eighteen years. To my great benefit, I was exposed to a wealth of music that came...
View ArticleThe Latin Pulse with Michael Lazarus: Analysis of Clave-based Bass Movement...
by Michael Lazarus As I mentioned in the introductory article of this series, my objective is to present to you, the BMM community, several approaches used in contemporary Cuban dance music (timba) for...
View ArticleTiempo Libre |“Bach in Havana”: Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Tiempo Libre “Bach in Havana” www.tiempolibremusic.com Our good friend Raul Amador brought this amazing CD to me recently. For that,...
View ArticleTIMBA BASS: Part 2 – Analysis of clave-based bass movement on “Con La...
by Michael Lazarus In Part 1 of this series I outlined the mayor trends in the bass movement for the title track of Paulito F.G.’s classic timba album Con La Conciencia Tranquila. Now we’ll see how...
View ArticleArturo O’Farrill |“Risa Negra”: Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Arturo O’Farrill “Risa Negra” www.arturoofarrill.com Many of know that I have a real affinity for Latin Jazz and Afro-Cuban music in...
View ArticleFito Garcia |“Mi Bajo Rumbero”: Recommended Listening With Damian Erskine
Meet Reviewer Damian Erskine – Connect with Damian in the Community Fito Garcia “Mi Bajo Rumbero” www.myspace.com/fitogarciabass This is fairly astounding to me. Fito Garcia made an album of Afro-Cuban...
View ArticleBass Lines with Jaime Vazquez: Salsa Grooves from Kimary Carrero’s Debut...
Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! This month I want to show you some excerpts of what I’m playing with Kimary Carrero “The New Voice of Salsa.” Her debut album called “Desahogo” is making...
View ArticleBass Lines by Jaime Vazquez: Latin Grooves in Pop Music
This is it! The last article for the 2011. What a wonderful year! Thank you to all the BMM staff & the Community. I told you, Bass Musician Magazine is taking over the world. Latin music has been...
View ArticleBass Musician Magazine 6th Anniversary: The Latin Bass Issue – August 2013
Bass Musician Magazine Celebrates Our 6th Anniversary with The Latin Bass Issue! Cover Interview, Igor Saavedra… Virtuoso and 8-String Bass Master. Click on the cover to begin reading. The post Bass...
View ArticleSergio George’s Salsa Giants Celebrates Four Consecutive Weeks at #1 on...
Last summer, over 12,000 music fans gathered at the “Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival” to witness a once in a lifetime concert experience as a select group of renowned salsa musicians came together for...
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