String together the words Sting and bass, and numerous thoughts come to mind: Sting’s reggae-fied super-sub-hooks on Police classics like “Roxanne,” “Walking on the Moon,” “Driven to Tears,” and “Spirits in the Material World.” The bass-led jazzy harmonies on “Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic,” “If I Ever Lose My Faith in You,” and “Seven Days.” His upright playing on the video of “Every Breath You Take.” And, the numerous instruments he has wielded live, from his unlined fretless Fender Precision and Ibanez basses, his fretted Spector, and his upright and electric-upright basses with the Police, to the vintage ’57 Fender Precision he has been rocking fingerstyle in recent years. Happily for us bottom dwellers, there’s a new edition of “Sting and bass,” and much of the credit goes to drummer Manu Katché. Our story unfolds: In early 2021 Sting was recording The Bridge [A&M], his provocative latest effort whose title is a nod to the way