Bassist Anthony Cox joined Jazz88’s Sean McPherson to discuss Charles Mingus and Paul Chambers on their birthday (April 22). As a fellow bass player Cox shared the influence these icons of the instrument had on his development as a bass player, including how catching a live performance from Charles Mingus shaped Cox’s decision to pursue...Read More

Jazz88 celebrates the birthday of legendary bassist Buster Williams, born on this day in Camden, New Jersey. Williams made his first recordings at the age of seventeen, while working with the tenor saxophone duo of Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt. He became a favorite accompanist for several great jazz singers, including Dakota Staton, Nancy Wilson, Shirley Horn, and Carmen McRae. Williams became...Read More

Bassist Victor Wooten is a founding member of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He’s won 5 Grammy awards, and been voted Bassist of the Year three times in Bass Player Magazine. His new book is The Spirit Of Music, an allegorical tale about the relationship between music and humans. https://kbem-od.streamguys1.com/kbem/20210218071307-VictorWootennewbookTheSpiritofMusic.mp3 Originally aired Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 on...Read More