The thick, saturated rhythm of a double bass bounces around the brick-laden walls of Bacchus. Two men clink their glasses at the bar, splashing beer on the wooden counter. A low hum resonates from ...

Welcome to the jazz bass studio at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music! Bijoux Barbosa is the jazz bass instructor at our college working with students on sound production and ...

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 ...