A piece of Central Missouri musical history is now on display at the Missouri State Museum in the State Capitol. Lee Mace's famous bass fiddle now resides at the Missouri State Museum. For more than ...

Bass" is often misspelled as base" but the meaning is very similar in music, that of foundation." In early jazz bands, bassists played the bass fiddle, the tuba, or the bass saxophone. The typical ...

Charlie Mingus is a short, hulking, brooding man who for years has been recognized as the greatest jazz virtuoso ever to thump a bass fiddle. At the Monterey Jazz Festival last week, his Meditations ...

These days, the upright bass is not just used in jazz, classical, rockabilly, and country music. It's everywhere from roots rock to hipster lounge to salsa. It's also known by many names: double bass, ...

WEST CALN — About 5,000 bluegrass, folk, Americana, and other types of music lovers met Saturday at Hibernia Park for the 96th annual Old Fiddler’s Picnic. The twang of standup bass, fiddle, guitars, ...

Banjo player Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Myer are two important current figures in American music. They got together in the NPR studios to play some of the banjo and bass music they take out on tour.