Latest articles by Chris Jisi
A graduate of “Motown Funk University,” Babbitt said that he took from James Jamerson, but rightly so: “he was the original”
Why Dusty Springfield’s mega hit was indebted to bassist Tommy Cogbill
From the archive: in our last in-depth interview with Rocco Prestia he looked back over his five decades with Tower Of Power
The singer songwriter tells us about how bass has become central to her creative process and performances
How Alex Al and his predecessors pumped up The King Of Pop
The highlights of the Jefferson Airplane bassist's hugely influential career
"Pushing the bass out front and center was carte blanche for me to take as many risks as I wanted"
"While I mostly played my Jazz Bass when I broke in, now it’s predominantly a P-Bass world"
The full story behind the bass amp of choice for James Jamerson, Duck Dunn and Chuck Rainey
The superstar talks "57th & 9th", the "R" word and getting back to bass-ics
