In 1982, Flea, born Michael Balzary, co-founded the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Los Angeles, California. His bass playing is equal parts funk, jazz, rock, and punk. He grew up playing trumpet while ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- There's a moment in the movie "I Love You Man" (which pays about as much homage to Rush as any film could) where Paul Rudd's character reveals he "used to slap the bass." He says it ...

Since Chicago footwork producer and Teklife member DJ Earl dropped his breakthrough 2016 debut, Open Your Eyes, he’s traveled far outside the city and branched out into different sounds. In 2017, Earl ...

Don’t even try to label it. (It’s jazz, right? R&B?) It’s pointless, trying to pigeonhole the groove-dominated music on “Cellar Funk,” the brilliant album by British band Down to the Bone. Jazzy ...

Part of the fun of Twitter is the questions posed asking for "favorites" in specific categories. One Twitter poster recently asked for other Twitter users' "favorite 3 bass lines," and they ended up ...

This one is all about the bass. We've already tackled the greatest bass lines in history. But it's possible that someone can catch lightning in a bottle. So, this one celebrates the actual bass ...