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 ...

The double bass — also known as the upright bass, acoustic bass ... How many bands do you see with a flutist? Unsightly calluses and blisters are a fact of life for bass players, making our ...

Worster, 78, hasn’t played his upright bass in 20 years. He’s been living at the Rowlett Health and Rehabilitation Center since 2002, hampered in movement and speech by a degenerative muscular ...

Last week, we heard Meghan Trainor’s increasingly popular hit “All About That Bass” performed on kazoos and xylophones. Now, we get to hear it played on an actual upright bass — and it’s ...