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 ...

Kate Davis talked to Art Beat about her attraction to the bass and writing her own songs before a recent performance at Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland. While she makes playing ...

Nick Kazuska spent his 104th birthday celebration plucking away at an upright bass as a band played around him. Friends, family and bandmates squeezed into the chapel at Preston Park Retirement ...