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 ...

Notes about playing jazz; a fun guide to this inventive music. Yup, notes are the problem. How many to play, which ones, and at what time. Guitarists are known by their desire to play one or two extra ...

Bassist-composer Chuck Metcalf's music-teacher parents started him on violin and piano in elementary school. To his mother's dismay, by age 12 he was playing boogie-woogie instead of Mozart, so by age ...