“But James was just as nice as he could be, letting me try his bass and read the chart for the session.” When asked to pick a Jamerson bassline to transcribe and analyze, Brown chose the ...

Take his bass off all of those tracks and then see what you have.” Indeed, for countless bassists, whether they knew his name ...

James Jamerson and his P-Bass, Jack Bruce and his Gibson EB-3, McCartney and his Hofner 500/1, and of course, Jaco and his fretless Fender Jazz. In such a list, you'd have to include Stanley ...

In truth, more than 40 years after its creation, Do I Do stands as arguably the most under-heralded bass guitar anthem of all, and one of the singularly great James Jamerson-inspired performances ...

History Detective Eduardo Pagan provides background on Motown Records and James Jamerson, the bass player for the Funk Brothers, Motown’s house band. He interviews Tim Hewitt and Ufuoma Wallace ...

History Detective Eduardo Pagan provides background on Motown Records and James Jamerson, the bass player for the Funk Brothers, Motown’s house band. He interviews Tim Hewitt and Ufuoma Wallace ...