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Interviews & Articles

 

2024

Grosh Starts Again—Buffalo band teams up with producer Tim Lefebvre, by Jeff Miers, Buffalo Spree, 2/25/24

Tim Lefebvre: 10 Albums That Changed My Life, by Andrew Daly, Classic Rock History, 2/11/24

Tim Lefebvre: The ClassicRockHistory.com Interview by Andrew Daly, Classic Rock History, 1/1/24

2023

Jad Freer Announces CAPO Tim Lefebvre Edition Preamp by Kevin Johnson, No Treble, 12/19/23

Tim Lefebvre, Mark Guiliana & Jeff Babko Release New Album ‘Clam City’, Bass Magazine, 12/12/23

Tim Lefebvre explains the belt-level placement of his low-slung P-Bass by Chris Jisi, Guitar World, 11/27/23

10 Albums You Need to Know: November 2023 by Matt Micucci, 11/1/23

KillerStar, New Band of David Bowie Collaborators, Announces Debut Album Featuring Gail Ann Dorsey and Tim Lefebvre, Bass Magazine, 9/15/23

Scott Fisher Releases New Single “Once in a While” with Tim Lefebvre on Bass, Bass Magazine, 5/26/23

Night Plow Release Debut LP On We Are Busy Bodies by Blair Ingenthron, Broadway World, 2/25/23

Tim Lefebvre and Gregory Macdonald Announce Debut Album as Night Plow, Bass Magazine, 2/4/23

2022

10 Questions With Tim Lefebvre by Jon D’Auria, 7/19/22

The ULTIMATE Desert Island Pedalboard! (w/Tim Lefebvre), Scott’s Bass Lessons, 6/11/22

The Tim Seisser Trio Announces New Album Produced by Tim Lefebvre, Bass Magazine, 5/2/22

Artist’s Choice: Tim Lefebvre’s Favorite Barbecue Recipe by Michael Gelfand, Jazz Times, 4/28/22

Six bass players you don’t know, but might actually know by Nick Brown, 4/19/22

Episode 39: Tim Lefebvre, The Musician’s Musician Podcast, 4/1/22

Bass Legend Tim Lefebvre on 4-track Cassette and Talking Upright bass, Made on Tape, 3/1/22

Tim Lefebvre on his 5 best (and worst) bass albums by Bass Player Staff, Guitar World, 1/26/22

The Making of David Bowie's Blackstar with Tim Lefebvre and Max Antonucci, I Love Rock & Roll Podcast, 1/16/22

2021

'Further out than jazz': The Phoenix seeds of Rachel Eckroth's Grammy-nominated 'Garden' by Ed Masley, 11/29/21

How the 2022 Grammys went for 2 Arizona artists up for the same award by Ed Masley, 11/23/21

Tim Lefebvre and Jason Lindner Team Up For New Album as Sedatø, Bass Magazine, 11/18/21

sedatø: "David Bowie and Tony Visconti conducted the sessions. Their vibe — experience, expertise, genius, support, edge — raised the collective level for everyone there", by Matt Mullen, Music Radar, 11/18/21

Video of the Day: Rachel Eckroth Shares ‘Oil’ From Her Striking New Album the Garden, Jazzwise, 9/3/21

Rachel Eckroth: The Garden by Mike Jurkovic, All About Jazz, 9/1/21

The David Bowie “Blackstar” Bass (Bass Tales EP.10), Scott Bass Lessons, 8/28/21

Rachel Eckroth Announces New Album 'The Garden' With Tim Lefebvre on Bass, Bass Magazine, 8/3/21

CD-Tipp: Wollny - Parisien - Lefebvre - Lillinger "XXXX", Info Radio, 4/28/21

Review: Wollny/ Parisien / Lefebvre / Lillinger –  ‘XXXX’, by Jon Turney, London Jazz News, 4/25/21

Video: Artist Update with Tim Lefebvre by Steve Rosati, Bass Musician Magazine, 3/15/21

Rachel Eckroth, Alassane, and Tim Lefebvre Release “Moot Points” by Kevin Johnson, No Treble, 3/13/21

Alassane, Rachel Eckroth, and Tim Lefebvre Release Video for New Single "Moot Points", Bass Magazine, 2/15/21

Tim Lefebvre Offers Bass Subs Video Tutorial, Bass Magazine, 1/22/21

Herding Cats with Carey Nordstrand: Tim Lefebvre, Nordstrand Audio, 1/22/21

Rachel Eckroth and Tim Lefebvre Release 'The Blackbird Sessions Vol. 1' by Jon D’Auria, Bass Magazine, 1/15/21

On-Air Guest Tim Lefebvre, The Watt from Pedro Show, 1/8/21

2020

Tim Lefebvre Talks New York, David Bowie, and Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Unofficial Tedeschi Trucks Podcast, 12/5/20

Lyle Workman to Release New Album With Tim Lefebvre on Bass, Bass Magazine, 12/4/20

Tim Lefebvre Paint Sesh by Todd Harrington, Paint Sesh, 11/16/20

Episode Nine: Tim Lefebvre Still Listens to WEEI by Hannah Wolfe, The Mezz, 11/12/20

The Big Bottom Musician Podcast, The Bass Hang, 8/27/20

Interview: Tim Lefebvre by Hidde Roorda, Basgasten, April 2020

Bass Magazine Lockdown Check-In With Tim Lefebvre by Chris Jisi, Bass Magazine, 4/4/20

Instagram Live with Tim Lefebvre (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Javier Sinobas, Sinobas Amplification, 2/13/20

2019

Tim Lefebvre: Playing Bass for David Bowie by Scott Devine, Scott’s Bass Lessons, 6/1/19

Howard Stern Jams With Jon Batiste & Stay Human On ‘Colbert’ by Andy Kahn, JamBase, 5/22/19

Session bass ace Tim Lefebvre: "Even if it’s obtuse harmonically, if it’s funky, people will respond to it" by Alison Richter, MusicRadar, 3/22/19

Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band “Signs” & Whose Hat Is This? “Everything’s OK” by Chris Jisi, Bass Magazine, March 2019

Blackstar and Beyond by Phil Freeman, The Wire, March 2019

Interview: Tim Lefebvre and Rachel Eckroth by Nicholas Semrad, Grid Kids, Feb 2019

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Strengthen What Remains by Dean Budnick, Relix, 2/8/19

The Jazz Session #472: Tim Lefebvre by Jason Crane, The Jazz Session, 1/15/19

2018

Whose Hat Is This?: Everything's OK by Doug Collette, All About Jazz, 12/16/18

At Work: Whose Hat Is This? by Dean Budnick, Relix, 11/10/18

Tedeschi Trucks Band side project goes with the flow by Stephen Centanni, Lagniappe Weekly, 10/17/18

Interview: Tim Lefebvre Talks David Bowie, Whose Hat Is This?, & Tedeschi Trucks by Scott Horowitz, Live For Live Music, 7/25/18

Exclusive Q&A with Blackstar bassist Tim Lefebvre!, David Bowie News, 2/23/18

2017

For this Tedeschi Trucks side project, every night is an improvised setlist by Isaac Weeks, The News & Observer, 12/3/17

Video Interview with Bassist Tim Lefebvre by Raul Amador, Bass Musician Magazine, 11/6/17

Jack Casady and Tim Lefebvre: Exclusive Video Interview by David Sands, For Bass Players Only, 10/16/17

Tim Lefebvre Releases "Whose Hat Is This?" by Steve Gregory, Bass Musician Magazine, 7/3/17

Bassist Tim Lefebvre by Von Ruben Kalus, Deutschlandradio Kuldur, 4/3/17

Tedeschi Trucks Band, Featuring Bassist Tim Lefebvre, Releases Live From The Fox Oakland by Steve Gregory, Bass Musician Magazine, 3/27/17

Grammys 2016: 6 Things You Didn't See and Hear on TV by Steve Appleford, Rolling Stone, 2/13/17

Review: Tedeschi Trucks, above all, honors the music by Bob Gendron, The Chicago Tribune, 1/20/17

2016

Tim Lefebvre: Our Interview by Luca Maffe il, DavidBowieBlackstar.it, 10/25/16

Groove - Episode #21: Tim Lefebvre by Mitch Joel, No Treble, 9/1/16

Bowie's Blackstar Bassist Tim Lefebvre's Desert Island Classics by Jana Dagdagan, Stereophile, 5/30/16

Bowie Roundtable With Gail Ann Dorsey, Mark Plati and Tim Lefebvre by Rita Houston, WFUV, 3/31/16

Tim Lefebvre Going Track by Track on David Bowie's Blackstar by Juan Alderete, Pedals And Effects, 3/8/16

Tim Lefebvre On David Bowie's Blackstar by Juan Alderete, Pedals And Effects, 3/7/16

Interview with Tim Lefebvre - Bassist for Tedeschi Trucks Band; David Bowie's Blackstar by Ryan Gottlieb, High Plains Public Radio, 1/26/16

 What It Was Like Recording 'Blackstar' With David Bowie by Ron Hart, Observer, 1/20/16

David Bowie's Ben Monder and Tim Lefebvre: Just Like That Bluebird by David Von Bader, Premier Guitar, 1/15/16

Let Me Get By: An Interview with Tim Lefebvre by Kevin Johnson, No Treble, 1/14/16

Tedeschi Trucks Band Bassist Tim Lefebvre Reflects on Recording with David Bowie by Dean Budnick, Relix, 1/11/16

'Blackstar' Bassist on Bowie: 'The Greatest Musician I've Ever Heard' by Paolo Genone, Rolling Stone, 1/11/16

2015

Interview With Tim LefebvreBass Labb, 12/4/15

Tim Lefebvre: From NYC Jazz to LA JamsSoundGears, 6/24/15

2014

Tim Lefebvre Brings His Musical Moxie to the Mainstream by Chris Jisi, Bass Player, 11/3/14

 Interview: Tim Lefebvre of Tedeschi Trucks BandLive And Listen, 2014

2013

Tim Lefebvre: Musical Multilinguist by Steve Gregory, Bass Musician, 11/1/13

2012

Tracking a Body-Rattling Saxophone Storm: Donny McCaslin Group at Jazz Standard by Nate Chinen, The New York Times, 12/5/12

Fuse Jazz Review: Donny McCaslin - The Big Round Sound by Steve Mossberg, The Arts Fuse, 10/13/12

Casting for Gravity: Donny McCaslin's Adventure Into Electronica by Ralph A. Mirlello, The Huffington Post, 9/24/12

Wayne Krantz Trio, Ronnie Scott's, London by Mike Hobart, The Financial Times, 8/21/12

Tim Lefebvre: Bicoastal Badass by Ken Micallef, Bass Player, 2/16/12

Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith & Taylor Ho Bynum by Martin Longley, All About Jazz, 1/4/12

2011

Tim Lefebvre by Jon Liebman, For Bass Players Only, 12/19/11

Tree Or Slab? The Doubling Masters Speak, Part 2 by John Goldsby, Bass Player, 10/24/11

Review: Rudder's Live Rockwood Music Hall NYC DVD by Phil Wain, No Treble, 9/6/11

Dog House & Pork Chop: The Doubling Masters Speak, Part 1 by John Goldsby, Bass Player, 9/2/11

2010

Tim Lefebvre & Rudder: Bassist Am RuderGitarre & Bass, May 2010

2009

Wayne Krantz / Keith Carlock / Tm Lefebvre: Krantz Carlock Lefebvre by Ian Paterson, All About Jazz, 8/25/09

2008

The Working Bassist: What You Really Need to Know to Survive in New York City by John Carey, (Book), 2008

2000

Lefebvre, Tim - InterviewGitarre & Bass, Sep 2000