Many—including Victor Wooten, Rob Kassinger, John Clayton, Rob Fahie, Marc Johnson, John Goldsby, Mark Dresser, Reggie Workman and Stafford James—have come to the College of Music to work with our ...

The double bass is a standard member of the orchestra's string section, as well as the concert band, and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used ...

Rodney Whitaker is associate professor of double bass and director of jazz studies at the Michigan State University College of Music. Whitaker is one of the leading performers and teachers of jazz ...

Jazz music can be played by lots of different types ... A jazz trio often contains a piano or other instrument to play the melody, with double bass and drums providing the rhythm.

Those who have found the Bill Evans Jazz Resource on the Internet ... He only took up the double bass the summer before he entered college, since learning a string instrument was required for music ...

MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.

With the bass as the band’s heartbeat, Owens tuned into both her craft and that of her fellow musicians. Balanced by energy ...