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09-29-2010, 08:19 PM
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this if frickin great..love Grover...why you guys got all the best soul musicians.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eduisPnDU-I |
09-29-2010, 10:42 PM
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09-30-2010, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist  marcus miller man. he played on the record too | The bassist on that vid is listed as Lanar Brantley, who it seems now tours with Mary J. Blige, and has done some Destiny's Child and Beyonce gigs also. He is also listed as Lady Gaga's bassist on her upcoming 2011 tour. Amazing gigs for that guy, especially over such a long period of time.
Nice player (that's an understatement of course!)... that old school, passive, compressed, ganky, grindy 70's J tone (versus Marcus Miller's more open active pre 70's J tone). I see that Hartke 410 behind him, which was the weapon of choice for J Bass funker's back then, usually with a GK RB head. I still get those as backline on occasion and they still sound good for what they are!
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09-30-2010, 04:17 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | For some nice playing from Marcus on a non-preamp equipped Jazz-bass, check out his late 70's work with Lonnie Liston Smith. Back on topic, I dug that, I've always loved Grover.
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09-30-2010, 04:21 AM
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09-30-2010, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by KJung The bassist on that vid is listed as Lanar Brantley, who it seems now tours with Mary J. Blige, and has done some Destiny's Child and Beyonce gigs also. He is also listed as Lady Gaga's bassist on her upcoming 2011 tour. Amazing gigs for that guy, especially over such a long period of time. | He's better known as Kern Brantley - he's a Detroit cat and he is the MAN...he was Beyonce's music director before she moved to the all girl band, and has played every gig in R&B our there. His brother Valdez is also a top level keyboard player and is Usher's music director. |
09-30-2010, 06:14 PM
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10-01-2010, 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by vision He's better known as Kern Brantley - he's a Detroit cat and he is the MAN...he was Beyonce's music director before she moved to the all girl band, and has played every gig in R&B our there. His brother Valdez is also a top level keyboard player and is Usher's music director. | Man, it is amazing being here in Detroit. So many amazing players are either from here or currently playing here.
Pretty amazing that he is now on tour with Gaga. That band looks SMOKING.
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10-01-2010, 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by vision He's better known as Kern Brantley - he's a Detroit cat and he is the MAN...he was Beyonce's music director before she moved to the all girl band, and has played every gig in R&B our there. His brother Valdez is also a top level keyboard player and is Usher's music director. | Deang Jason, Between the Brantleys and the Ali brothers I definitely missed out on some great genes in Detroit. 
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10-01-2010, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by burk48237 Deang Jason, Between the Brantleys and the Ali brothers I definitely missed out on some great genes in Detroit. | I don't know about you, but Holdsworth just made me tired last night. Amazing playing, but they seemed to be phoning it in a bit. Still, always wonderful to see that level of musicianship, but sometimes a melody and bridge section can go a long way to making me happy!
That being said... Detroit is a great place to be for bass and hearing some amazing acts in small clubs regularly.
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10-01-2010, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by KJung Man, it is amazing being here in Detroit. So many amazing players are either from here or currently playing here.
Pretty amazing that he is now on tour with Gaga. That band looks SMOKING. | Yep...there so many cats in and from Detroit that it's crazy. Probably because Detroit is really the original home of modern Gospel music, and most of these cats got started playing in church somewhere.
Here's a clip of Kern Brantley on the Today Show with Gaga. The song doesn't start till after the 2:00 mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muXg2qPFcKY |
10-01-2010, 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by vision Yep...there so many cats in and from Detroit that it's crazy. Probably because Detroit is really the original home of modern Gospel music, and most of these cats got started playing in church somewhere.
Here's a clip of Kern Brantley on the Today Show with Gaga. The song doesn't start till after the 2:00 mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muXg2qPFcKY | He just looks like a player doesn't he. Cool! Cool to see an older player getting a prime gig like that which caters to a young audience... nice to see for once versus all the LA 'pretty boy' wankers that seem to typically get these type of gigs. |
10-01-2010, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by KJung He just looks like a player doesn't he. Cool! Cool to see an older player getting a prime gig like that which caters to a young audience... nice to see for once versus all the LA 'pretty boy' wankers that seem to typically get these type of gigs. | Yep I give her alot of props for that. She's on of the biggest pop acts in the world right now and has a distinctive image - she could have just got some musicians that fit that image and let them fake it on top of backing tracks, but she went out there and got some real players. |
10-02-2010, 01:12 AM
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Originally Posted by KJung He just looks like a player doesn't he. Cool! Cool to see an older player getting a prime gig like that which caters to a young audience... nice to see for once versus all the LA 'pretty boy' wankers that seem to typically get these type of gigs. | who are you referring to? the guys in la who are getting a level gigs can play. |
10-04-2010, 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by narud who are you referring to? the guys in la who are getting a level gigs can play. | I was being a bit 'tongue in cheek'  . My main point was that it was cool to see musicianship/experience as the primary reason for choosing a band by a young mega star (i.e., much older players who don't necessarily have the 'look' like some of the younger guys). |
10-04-2010, 08:03 AM
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