Bakithi Kumalo

onosson · #1 01-31-2011, 10:12 PM

Just thought I'd share this little Youtube gem...

"Paul Simon's Graceland Fretless Basslines Lesson by Bakithi Kumalo"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAgd9Ijw6WI

onosson · #2 02-01-2011, 10:16 AM

Someone else must enjoy this! ?

bass12 · #3 02-01-2011, 10:25 AM

Thanks for the post - nice to see the man close up (although that IS one of the ugliest basses I've ever seen!). You really hear the influence of Zulu singing in the man's bass lines...

svenbass · #4 02-01-2011, 10:37 AM

Fantastic lines and playing for sure, but the spirit he channels into his music is truly special. Thanks for sharing!

Fretless1! · #5 02-01-2011, 11:29 AM

Someone should remind Bathiki that you can't slap on a fretless.

His tone is KILLER. iExcellente!

onosson · #6 02-01-2011, 11:34 AM

I had just picked up electric bass the year this album was released - I think I'd forgotten how massively influential his playing was!

svenbass · #7 02-01-2011, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by onosson

I had just picked up electric bass the year this album was released - I think I'd forgotten how massively influential his playing was!

Me too, summer of '86 ... my second lesson I asked the teacher to show me how to play the bass solo! needless to say ....

bearhart74 · #8 02-01-2011, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fretless1!

Someone should remind Bathiki that you can't slap on a fretless.

His tone is KILLER. iExcellente!

Someone please tell Claypool about this

dpbass66 · #9 02-01-2011, 12:07 PM

I think is true as recalled from an interview or magazine article....

The bass break on "You Can Call Me Al" was a snippet that was recorded and then reversed and attached to the and of the original....so it went something like this...(these arent notes just a symbolic way to make my point):

abcdefg:gfedcba

Dont know if that gets the idea across....

I had to learn this break once for a band and it wasnt until LONG AFTER that band that I read the article....I think it is actually true!!

**mwesth** · #10 02-01-2011, 12:50 PM

Cool! Thanks (-:

T-MOST · #11 02-02-2011, 11:34 AM

Nice guy. I met him in '06 and again in '07.

**pacojas** · #12 02-02-2011, 11:48 AM

that..., was truely lovely!
now is the perfect time for one of my fav's, Femi Elais!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j92nN...e_gdata_player

/ hijack

mccartneyman · #13 02-02-2011, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dpbass66

I think is true as recalled from an interview or magazine article....

The bass break on "You Can Call Me Al" was a snippet that was recorded and then reversed and attached to the and of the original....so it went something like this...(these arent notes just a symbolic way to make my point):

abcdefg:gfedcba

Dont know if that gets the idea across....

I had to learn this break once for a band and it wasnt until LONG AFTER that band that I read the article....I think it is actually true!!

It is true. Explanation is featured in "Bass Player Presents the Fretless Bass." Kumalo improvised the break, then engineer Roy Halle flipped over the tape and spliced the lick to itself, backwards.