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Old 11-28-2011, 10:03 AM
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"Is Thah Jazz?" - Gil Scott Heron

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Gil Scott-Heron "Is that Jazz" - YouTube
Great bassline and wonderful bass solo! GSH is really amazing!
Sounds like a fretless Jazz with rounds to me... any thoughts?
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Old 11-28-2011, 04:26 PM
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That's Robert Gordon on bass. That could be an Alembic, which I'm pretty sure he played on that project.

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Old 11-28-2011, 04:41 PM
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You may be correct. Here is some live footage of Robert on a jazz bass fretless:

Gil Scott Heron - Is that jazz - Live - YouTube

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Old 11-29-2011, 04:20 AM
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great bass player anyway! cant figure out but the strings, thumpy with a good attack... dead rounds?
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Mini Necro time

I'm attempting to transcribe the solo. Anyone have any idea what the changes are? Ive got the general idea of the key center and everything, and i've got the verses down, but I think knowing what the changes are would really help me figure out the solo.
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