Album Notes

A collection of solo instrumentals performed on piccolo bass by HB3. Includes an intriguing solo version of "Haunted Houses" from 2009's "The Veldt."

"I'm continually surprised by the unexpected expressive qualities of the piccolo bass," notes HB3. "It frequently takes on the qualities of other instruments, like mandolin and sitar, and occasionally even sounds symphonic."

The piccolo bass was first used by bassist Stanley Clarke in the 1970s. It's an octave higher than a traditional bass, an octave lower than a traditional guitar. With "HB3 Plays the Piccolo Bass," HB3 takes the instrument to new dimensions of solo performance.

"Where were you when you first heard HB3? In every generation or so, an artist emerges to wipe the slate clean - from Charlie Parker to Jimi Hendrix to Jaco Pastorius to Nirvana. The mysterious HB3 has the potential to wake rock as we now know it from its corporate induced doldrums." -- Amplifier Music