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11-20-2011, 10:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, Ga | | | Just Found Out My Bass Belonged to a Famous Bassist
hey guys,
i bought this about 2 years ago here in atlanta. i knew that it belonged to rodney jordan, a very amazing bassist that now teaches at florida state. i was cool with that, but tonight from a very reliable source, i found out that it belonged to the late great laymon jackson. it was his last bass that he owned and recorded with often.
its really cool that my bass is apart of jazz history. apparently laymon is the second most recorded bassist next to ron carter.
ill put a pic up later on.
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11-21-2011, 03:16 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amplification | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville | | | That's cool. I had a bass that belonged to David Hungate once, which isn't really all
that special considering the many hundreds of basses that have passed through his hands. |
11-21-2011, 04:14 AM
|  | UK Double Bassist | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | Looking forward to the picture.
You can't beat a bass with mojo :-) |
11-21-2011, 08:01 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by funkyfretless  apparently laymon is the second most recorded bassist next to ron carter. | I'm no jazz history expert, but I had never heard of Laymon until your post. Doesn't matter, I'm sure it's a great bass!
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11-21-2011, 08:50 AM
| | | | Laymon ?
Neither have I, Eric.
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11-21-2011, 09:15 AM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | I hadn't heard of him either. He's probably not the 'second most recorded bassist' but he sounds good with Donald Byrd and Pepper Adams in the clips on AllMusic: Laymon Jackson | AllMusic |
11-21-2011, 09:35 AM
| | UK Double Bassist | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leeds, UK | | | I'm guessing Milt Hinton has to be a serious contender for the most recorded jazz bassist. . |
11-21-2011, 10:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Atlanta, Ga | | | its cool he's kinda an unsung hero. he recorded on a lot of stuff from what i have heard.
heres the bass btw...
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12-02-2011, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: san francisco california | | @funkyfretless nice acquisition man!
this is a great record to check out if you want to hear Mr Jackson  |
12-02-2011, 03:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | a) Cool bass, nice story
b) Think I need that record
c) I'm very skeptical of "2nd Most Recorded" too.
According to AllMusic.com which may not be entirely complete, it's looks like he's credited on about a dozen albums
Looks like a few hundred each for
Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Jimmy Blanton and others*
I didn't count and guessed at the number of re-releases or compilations, which I attempted to round down for.
Anyway, it's still jazz history and it's still cool. I have no idea who may have owned my bass or what they played on it.
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12-02-2011, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TroyK b) Think I need that record | Herbie's not on them.. but the Live at the Half Note record(s) are pretty nice too  |
12-02-2011, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by robert.o Herbie's not on them.. but the Live at the Half Note record(s) are pretty nice too | No worries, I love Duke Pearson! I also love trumpet and bari records.
Damn, I gotta record shop now.
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12-02-2011, 06:27 PM
| | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: L.A. (the Valley) | | | Gosh, you would think Ray Brown has that distinction.
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12-03-2011, 07:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Norwell, MA | | | George Duvivier did something like 26,000 record dates. At the time I read this C.1984 it was second only to Milt Hinton.
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03-18-2012, 01:54 AM
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03-19-2012, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MR PC Several cats have walked on my bass. | They sleep on mine every day.
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03-20-2012, 05:22 PM
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03-20-2012, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by msw George Duvivier did something like 26,000 record dates. At the time I read this C.1984 it was second only to Milt Hinton. | Sorry, I don't mean to be argumentative. I love George Duvivier and I know he recorded a lot, but if he recorded every single day of every single year from 1960-2000, without a sick day (or vacation or touring) that would only be 14,600 record dates, and we know he didn't do that.
Not to take away from his body of work or the coolness of the OP's bass, but I think we're getting a little carried away with some of these claims.
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03-21-2012, 08:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Norwell, MA | | | No this wasn't a "claim". I listened to a radio interview with George Duvivier and James Williams in Boston on June 8 1984 and that is exactly what HE said. Your calculations are way off as GD was recording as early as 1937 according to his biographer, David Berger. It's very easy to use Google Books and read the relevant chapter in Berger's book, BASICALLY SPEAKING- AN ORAL HISTORY OF GEORGE DUVIVIER. He would sometimes take four recording sessions in a day. My error was to use the term "record dates" as the 26,000 includes all types of commercials etc.
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