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07-19-2006, 02:58 PM
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Check this out. Playing a gig in Miami with my friend Andrew Atkinson on drums.
A little bit of info on Gola: He plays with Gonzalo Rubalcaba and is on his newest album - Paseo.
I've always wanted a Lakland 55-01, but now more than ever before. What a tone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPw90...rew%20atkinson
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07-19-2006, 08:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Did no one look at this? Come on people, check him out!
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07-19-2006, 10:07 PM
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Thanks for sharing it with us! |
07-19-2006, 10:12 PM
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07-19-2006, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by j-raj not bad.... phrasing like a real bebopper!
Thanks for sharing it with us! | Anytime
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07-20-2006, 04:13 AM
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07-20-2006, 07:11 AM
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Go to www.youtube.com and search for Armando Gola or Andrew Atkinson and watch the Delta Blues part 2.
Sometimes YouTube goes down at night, because of so many users on at a time.
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07-20-2006, 07:43 AM
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oh by the way his playing is killer, but where is his Fodera? 
Dave
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07-20-2006, 07:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Miami, FL | | | Nice! I know Armando very well. We play with the same group of musicians and we sometimes play the same venues around town (when he's not on tour with Rubalcaba.)
Truly amazing, undiscovered player. While his soloing is very BeBop and not particularly melodic, his best asset is his sense of timing and space - he is a master of leaving the right space while in the groove. Really refreshing.
He's very Cuban, and understandably, really shines when playing Latin Jazz and/or afro-cuban jazz.
He definitely deserves more attention, as he is still virtually unknown in the bass world.
BTW, that video I believe is a few years old- he has been playing a Yamaha 6-string lately.
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07-20-2006, 10:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Thanks for the info. I haven't been down to Miami to play with those guys (I play keys primarily), but I met the drummer Andrew in Gainesville once and now we're good friends, trading eachother's music and have gotten to be good friends.
He always talks about Gola.
Do you know which bass he played on Paseo? Is it his Modulus 5 string, or Yamaha, like a TRB6P or TRBJP? His sound on that album is mindblowing. All my bass playing friends dig it so much and always ask what he played.
By the way, what's your name? I might have heard of you (or maybe even heard you!) through Andrew.
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07-20-2006, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Lorenzini Thanks for the info. I haven't been down to Miami to play with those guys (I play keys primarily), but I met the drummer Andrew in Gainesville once and now we're good friends, trading eachother's music and have gotten to be good friends.
He always talks about Gola.
Do you know which bass he played on Paseo? Is it his Modulus 5 string, or Yamaha, like a TRB6P or TRBJP? His sound on that album is mindblowing. All my bass playing friends dig it so much and always ask what he played.
By the way, what's your name? I might have heard of you (or maybe even heard you!) through Andrew. |
Hey, Lorenzini. I have not seen Gola in a few months. I did talk to him on the phone about two months ago before he played with his band at Arturo Sandoval's club.
He used to come to our band's open jam every Sunday and sit in (we used to host an open jam every Sunday at Jazid, on Miami Beach. I play with Suenalo Sound System.)
When I first met him 2-3 years ago, he was playing a Fender Jazz Deluxe 5; then he switched to Laklands 5-94s; then he got offered to endorse TUNE basses from Japan, but didn't like them; and then he settled on an older Yamaha TRB-6 - pretty basic, not the JP model, with an all-ash body, and modified with Bartolinis and a Demeter preamp. Sounds sweet, not spectacular, but he can make any bass sound good, really.
I just called him to find out what bass he used on "Paseos" and let you know.
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07-20-2006, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by lefty007 Hey, Lorenzini. I have not seen Gola in a few months. I did talk to him on the phone about two months ago before he played with his band at Arturo Sandoval's club.
He used to come to our band's open jam every Sunday and sit in (we used to host an open jam every Sunday at Jazid, on Miami Beach. I play with Suenalo Sound System.)
When I first met him 2-3 years ago, he was playing a Fender Jazz Deluxe 5; then he switched to Laklands 5-94s; then he got offered to endorse TUNE basses from Japan, but didn't like them; and then he settled on an older Yamaha TRB-6 - pretty basic, not the JP model, with an all-ash body, and modified with Bartolinis and a Demeter preamp. Sounds sweet, not spectacular, but he can make any bass sound good, really.
I just called him to find out what bass he used on "Paseos" and let you know. | Oh cool! So, wait, he did use the TRB-6 on the Paseo album?
That's the bass I play - and with Bartolinis. However, mine is all maple - heavy as a mother.
I'll check out the Demeter.
Thanks for the update.
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07-20-2006, 03:21 PM
| | | | Wonderful... great tone... great phrasing... lot's of space.... what's not to like!!!! I like that he smiles and seems to be having fun also... that comes through in his music.
Thanks for posting. |
07-20-2006, 04:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Los Angeles | | | Hey, you're welcome. I hope more people discover Gola!
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07-20-2006, 05:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: NJ | | | Yeah, I've got Paseo. Great. great recording. I really dig it. It's definately a Fender Jazz of some sort on that recording. It's pretty obvious, the tone. I think. |
07-20-2006, 06:08 PM
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I know he has a Modulus with J pickups. Probably that one.
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