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 ...

A row of fiddlers lined the front of the Central Junior High School orchestra room, all trying desparately to hold on to the notes in their heads. Two boys, one of them barefoot, coolly held the necks ...

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, ...

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.