All John Goldsby articles

Feature

Masterclass: Bow techniques for jazz bass

2022-09-02T09:02:00Z

By John Goldsby, bassist with the WDR Big Band in Cologne, Germany, and author of Jazz Bowing Techniques For The Improving Bassist and The Jazz Bass Book

Focus

‘I Got Rhythm’: using ‘rhythm changes’ to explore improvisation on the double bass

2021-07-06T12:03:00Z

In this excerpt from the April 2011 issue, bassist John Goldsby writes about using the harmonic structure of Gershwin’s classic song as a basis for new jazz melodies and improvisations