An upright or double bass provides the lowest tones in an orchestra, but also can play the rhythmic background to a jazz improvisation or the solid foundation of a bluegrass song. It can be played ...

MEET THE BAND: Dennis A. Bell (guitar, vocals, stompin’), Matt Sauer (drums, vocals), Action Al (upright bass, vocals) IT ALL STARTED WITH AN AD: The local rockabilly band Lords of the Highway got its ...

At age 19, Isaac Rohrbach might be deemed a throwback to the days of old, and not just because he plays an oblong, octagonal upright bass that he made himself to perform in a bluegrass-gospel-country ...

Usually, the guy playing the upright bass in a jazz band stands in the back, smoothly plucking out the beat. But Esperanza Spalding, who is performing at Long's Park Sunday night in the Summer Concert ...

All the electronics for the suitcase bass came from parts Ross Newell recycled from old smoke alarms. Turns out if you wire it backwards, the alarm component that makes the loud "beep" noise becomes a ...