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On his acoustic bass albums, Bromberg performs jazzy interpretations of various pop and rock staples from the 60s and 70s completely solo. Regarding his work with electric bass, Bromberg, among other bassists, helped popularize the piccolo bass, or bass with each string tuned an octave up, by releasing several albums in which he plays both the bassline and melody. For instance, upon first listen many will be surprised to learn that, although soaring guitar can be heard throughout the album, Bromberg's 2005 release “Metal” contains only Bromberg on two overdubbed basses, one of which is heavily effects-laden to make it sound like an electric guitar.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Brian+Bromberg","playStationPath":"/stations/263734982/play","stationId":263734982,"bioPath":"/music/Brian+Bromberg/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Patricia+Barber","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c3f/c3f2f6dd6fdba6b965469372a510c3ed_md.jpg","artistName":"Patricia Barber","artistId":2565,"station_id":113350948},{"musicPath":"/music/Mike+Stern","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a19/a19a347f4f791e7685e6657429641b98_md.jpg","artistName":"Mike Stern","artistId":100846,"station_id":280763334},{"musicPath":"/music/Karrin+Allyson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/694/694bacf68e092007db12a485d2d73c45_md.jpg","artistName":"Karrin Allyson","artistId":11038,"station_id":113784117},{"musicPath":"/music/Kurt+Elling","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/201/2013d474191beca2b2c6b81c2287e98d_md.jpg","artistName":"Kurt Elling","artistId":78121,"station_id":266997385},{"musicPath":"/music/Oz+Noy","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5a6/5a6907970a0be67fad3c5b7a555a3372_md.jpg","artistName":"Oz Noy","artistId":130938,"station_id":285318735},{"musicPath":"/music/Tribal+Tech","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0c3/0c3e0e7d9b6924c32b7368db4eb35290_md.jpg","artistName":"Tribal Tech","artistId":107881,"station_id":282140134},{"musicPath":"/music/Lars+Danielsson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/815/8159c5b59864d663422c8accfb4fe338_md.jpg","artistName":"Lars Danielsson","artistId":363458,"station_id":394188811},{"musicPath":"/music/Jaco+Pastorius","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/321/32138d627a3d6cc4934f0ad308279ffe_md.jpg","artistName":"Jaco Pastorius","artistId":14169,"station_id":114530182},{"musicPath":"/music/Cindy+Bradley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/5d9/5d9d16a797d2e2d6f415d4d2c9c71d6c_md.jpg","artistName":"Cindy Bradley","artistId":94824,"station_id":287828171},{"musicPath":"/music/Fattburger","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0bc/0bcc9b1522c96d1a6071d6be5fa87a6f_md.jpg","artistName":"Fattburger","artistId":64577,"station_id":263635930},{"musicPath":"/music/Walter+Beasley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c6b/c6b119481ad8e9377064dad70708082f_md.jpg","artistName":"Walter Beasley","artistId":463886,"station_id":401376784},{"musicPath":"/music/Steps+Ahead","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/71a/71a8baf9f9ddfdbc496db79074b1ef66_md.jpg","artistName":"Steps Ahead","artistId":3613,"station_id":113487110},{"musicPath":"/music/Shakatak","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bbb/bbbcb76623696e68f06502432c90f98e_md.jpg","artistName":"Shakatak","artistId":12625,"station_id":113359319},{"musicPath":"/music/Marion+Meadows","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/724/724272cc54ec68788be5819512a5c3b5_md.jpg","artistName":"Marion Meadows","artistId":64610,"station_id":263637504},{"musicPath":"/music/John+Scofield","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c8f/c8f9dbb1115a1bea52c9f8371eeef58d_md.jpg","artistName":"John Scofield","artistId":7838,"station_id":113302808},{"musicPath":"/music/Marc+Antoine","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/9a0/9a06decfc60e7d299ead2b5cbc30f098_md.jpg","artistName":"Marc Antoine","artistId":64607,"station_id":263639500},{"musicPath":"/music/Wolfgang+Haffner","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/581/581467459ec8454559f3b13829523ead_md.jpg","artistName":"Wolfgang Haffner","artistId":434122,"station_id":400742740},{"musicPath":"/music/Dave+Grusin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d32/d32f3f598dc42182db427bdad8207928_md.jpg","artistName":"Dave Grusin","artistId":1478,"station_id":113548184}]}