Jauqo III-X in Bass Player
 

Our resident virtuoso/historian Jauqo III-X is featured the Buzz section of the latest BP. The story is about last Fall's Detroit Bass Fest.

That's great. Very good to hear about that.

I saw that, and couldn't believe that's actually his name.
Either way, cool to see a TBer in print.

Awesome! Congrats Jauqo..

Congrats, Jauqo!!!


:bassist::bassist::bassist:

Thanks guys and I'm just doing my duty as a bassist.

Here's a clip from the Detroit bass fest 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lm1R6wYRWs

And in this clip discussion, questions and interview start at about the 40 mins mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co2pgS0fF0A

I picked the wrong time to let my subscription lapse! Nice, Jauqo!

Jauqo has been in BP for years, just turn to the ads section.

...and J had his album (The Low C# Theory) reviewed a few years ago in one of the other bass rags...

The editor of BP at the time Bill Leigh did the review of that CD and he did not like it. I believe if the cd was from a more known bass player with companies behind me putting out half or full page adds it would have gotten a different review.


Here's a few tracks from The Low C# Theory recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuxIa3Ca6x8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BtKRphwEXQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoYti1XdMgs




And here is JimK's review of my CD The Low C# Theory. (thank you Jim).



I have had some time now with Jauqo's disc. I am definitely into the "Free", creating while on the spot playing... something very difficult to pull off convincingly. I found it interesting that the guitarists could neither see nor hear each other while the actual playing/recording these pieces. Reminds me a little of the technique Jaco used to record "Crisis"... Jaco would feed snippets into each players' headphones as they added their part (FWIW, "Crisis" was NOT a LIVE/everybody playing at once experiment). Jauqo's album is a ONE-take, free-for-all endeavor... totally unlike "Crisis" in that regard.

In Jauqo's liner notes, he sez drummer Ernie Adams had just come off the road with Al DiMeola... it sounds like it. Adams is hitting on all cylinders; he is a beast (note all the pieces kick off with the drums establishing some direction).

Jauqo's bass is very clean & tight. I did try to listen ONCE while in my car... you may owe me a new set of speakers! To me, much of the grooves were in a driving Rock-Fusion style. Maybe, MAYBE, a little more variation in 'feel' with some more 'dymnamics' would help seperate some of the pieces' energy... at times, I almost felt as though I was listening to one long piece (& there's certainly nothing wrong with that). Jauqo sez this was the 1st time he had played with Ernie Adams; they do have much sympatico goin' on... you can hear each player feeding & feeding off the other. Very, very happenin'.

The two guitarists are panned left/right. DaLawn Simpson sounds like he's outta the Sonny Sharrock/Pete Cosey/Hendrix/Vernon Reid school. He's got using the nasty feedback as a sonic tool in order to paint a picture down. Hope you guys got my drift with that... Kudazi Kasambira has a different approach (at least what I heard on this disc). Sometimes, I'm reminded of a 'funkier' Andy Summers. The contrast between the 2 guitarists is startling... but it totally works. ...

And to differ somewhat about being "too Free", on a whole, Jauqo's recording settles into a groove... i.e. it's never really that noizy (like, say, Peter Brotzmann's Dare Devil). There are some bombastic moments, though.

So, I do recommend The Low C# Theory for those adventurous enough to try something different. It is a beautiful recording; everything is clear as a bell. For a "Free" & improvised venture, the pieces really flow (#3 may be my personal favourite) ... in other words, I'm not getting the kinda headache I seem to get after a Last Exit listening experience. Fact is, The Low C# Theory has grown on me with each listen.

Thanks, Jauqo! - JimK

Awesome.

Well done!
How did this come about?

Congrats! Bass sounds great too.

Thanks.

Thank you, How did what come about (and no I'm not being sarcastic)?






Thank you RedMoses.

How did you getting into bassplayer come about?
I have not read the magazine for quite some time, hence the question?
I'm sure if I knew the article I'd not have asked
Well done once more! :)

To be honest I don't know but I think I got in there only because they had no choice :) since Nate Watts and Doug Johns (and Bill Clements) were on the concert bill.

And thanks again.

Great feature on Jacquo, and also cool to hang with him at NAMM! Way to go my friend!

Thanks buddy.




And for those who may be interested.

http://www.thunderrow.com/content.ph...Life-and-Music

Nice goin Jauqo - always soundin AWESOME!