Can anyone identify this bassist? (sorry)

Tbeers · #1 04-22-2006, 11:25 PM

Hey, there must be tons of "who is this dude" requests here, but I just have to find out this bassist's name. As seen in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZQF2KAWY5c

He's playing with Michael Brecker in 1987. It's very, very tight....

lhoward · #2 04-23-2006, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Tbeers

Hey, there must be tons of "who is this dude" requests here, but I just have to find out this bassist's name. As seen in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZQF2KAWY5c

He's playing with Michael Brecker in 1987. It's very, very tight....

Following the links, here's the personnel listed for that performance:

http://home.hetnet.nl/~waltdisney/

http://home.hetnet.nl/~waltdisney/DV...0Page%209.html

Artist/Date Venue Line Up Tracks Click for a larger image

Michael Brecker Band
July 17, 1987 Jazz Festival Berlin, Germany

Michael Brecker: Tenor/EWI
Joey Calderazzo: Piano/Keyboards
Jeff Andrews: Bass
Adam Nussbaum: Drums
1 Nothing Personal
2 Choices
3 My One And Only Love
4 Syzygy

Jeff Andrews does have a website:
http://www.jeffandrews.com/
http://www.jeffandrews.com/resume.html

Quite an interesting resume.

Lloyd Howard

zombywoof5050 · #3 04-23-2006, 12:43 AM

I saw that tour, one of the best shows ever.

Yeah, it's Jeff Andrews.

Andrew Jones · #4 04-23-2006, 12:44 AM

That Clip is awsome!

One because of Sterns solo!

Two is because Caldarazzo is about 19 and looks 13.

Aj

Tbeers · #5 04-23-2006, 11:10 AM

Wow, thanks guys! Sorry I couldn't find out the dude's name by myself, but at the very least I provided a link to one of the best guitar solos I've ever seen.

STILL · #6 04-25-2006, 12:27 PM

I was in a band that opened for Doc Severisen in around 1980 in Anchorage AK and Jeff Andrews was the bass player then, he was pretty good in that band too, but I always thought he was doing the Jaco-lite thing....

DWBass · #7 04-25-2006, 12:33 PM

Can't see the vid at work but am well aware of Jeff Andrews! Dude is a monster! He was a member of Steve Smith's Vital Information for a few years! I also know he's a huge Jaco fan!

Jeff Andrews

**j-raj** · #8 04-25-2006, 12:35 PM

Jeff is a great bassist!

I used to see Joey Calderazzo and Adam Nussbaum, with Bruce Gertz... what a great line up!

Mojo-Man · #9 04-25-2006, 02:14 PM

Ya it's Jeff.
I love that bass 1965 Percision with jazz pickup added.

RHFusillo · #10 04-25-2006, 02:23 PM

I saw the very first gig that Joey Calderazzo played with Brecker. It was in Pittsburgh, in '86 (I think). He was a last-minute sub for Kenny Kirkland. He absolutely tore the place up.

By the way, not that music should be an athletic competition, but I thought that Jeff Andrews was the fastest bassist I had heard up to that point. I saw him with Wayne Shorter in 1990, and he sounded really good.

Joe Nerve · #11 04-25-2006, 02:33 PM

I think mike stern played in the ramones.

**j-raj** · #12 04-25-2006, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RHFusillo

I saw the very first gig that Joey Calderazzo played with Brecker. It was in Pittsburgh, in '86 (I think). He was a last-minute sub for Kenny Kirkland. He absolutely tore the place up.

Joey is crazy good! I miss Kenny Kirkland, one of the greatest cats out there...

jerry · #13 04-26-2006, 09:44 AM

I saw Jeff when he was with Steve Smith, he was incredible! Playing with Michael Brecker must have paid off, because he soloed like a horn player all night. I've seen a lot of players in my time and Jeff is up there with some of the best I've saw.....wonderful player!

Matt Till · #14 04-26-2006, 10:32 AM

Man, that was absolutely mad! Awesome performance, I love everything about that... the keyboard tone is a little cheesy for me, but I can deal. That bass tone is like the best fusion tone I've ever heard.

Matt Till · #15 04-26-2006, 10:35 AM

i gotta find out more about this EWI... w t f, that's so weird.

JimK · #16 04-26-2006, 12:08 PM

The lyricon was the precursor to the Electronic Wind Instrument...Tom Scott was one of the few I recall playing a lyricon during the '70s...at least on record.
Steve Tav was another EWI specialist. I have an album by him where I thought the lead instrument was a keyboardist
& not a reed player.

There also the EVI...Electronic Valve Instrument for Brass players.

There was also some sorta 'breath controller' adapter/attachment for synth players.
All attempts to have reed & brass players sound more like a synth...and synth players sound more like reed/brass players.

JimK · #17 04-26-2006, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jerry

I saw Jeff when he was with Steve Smith, he was incredible! Playing with Michael Brecker must have paid off, because he soloed like a horn player all night. I've seen a lot of players in my time and Jeff is up there with some of the best I've saw.....wonderful player!

Jaco dug Andrews a lot...FWIW.

**j-raj** · #18 04-26-2006, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JimK

Jaco dug Andrews a lot...FWIW.

they were actually great friends... plus, JA had one of Jaco's basses for a while towards the end of Jaco's life, FWIR.

jerry · #19 04-27-2006, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JimK

Jaco dug Andrews a lot...FWIW.

You could tell Andrews dug Jaco, his soloing was DEEP!!!!