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03-12-2007, 12:47 AM
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Hi everybody.
Yesterday, a friend showed me a tune called "So What" from this CD. Jimmy Earl is the bass player and frankly, that's a new name for me. I'm trying to get some info about him (as a bassist, of course), but can't find anything. Any input is highly appreciated. Thank you in advance! |
03-12-2007, 01:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mumbai, India | | Yes! Another Jimmy Earl convert!
Check out his fine work on Robben Ford's "Supernatural", Chick Corea Elektrik Band's "Paint the World", and Mark Varney's "Truth In Shredding" to hear three totally unique sides to Jimmy's work.
I honestly feel Jimmy has something special going on when he plays...
Please check out my blog review http://sonuthebassplayer.blogspot.co...ass-hero2.html and let me know what you think. Hope you find the information useful.
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03-12-2007, 01:24 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Los Angeles | | | Jimmy Earl lives in Los Angeles. He's a great bassist. spent a good amount of time with Chic Corea and numerous top
pop artists. His steady gig at the moment is the Jimmy Kimmel
show. Nice guy, killer musician, top end pro player. |
03-12-2007, 03:16 AM
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03-12-2007, 03:52 AM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | I really dug Corea's Paint the World electric band, a little bit more groove oriented than the "other" electric band. Wonderful player!
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03-12-2007, 05:12 AM
| | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Basssonu  | Great review, man. Thank you! 
And thanks everybody for the pieces of info. Please keep 'em coming! |
03-12-2007, 06:14 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Metro Atlanta, GA | | | You can see him play on Robben's live DVD "New Morning: The Paris Concert", which is excellent. He's on a couple of cuts on Scott Kinsey's new CD too. |
03-18-2009, 06:34 AM
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Lots of sequencing on the record but done very tastefully.
Its one of my favorites and its something that any progressive bass player should check out.
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03-18-2009, 06:39 AM
| | | | Nice to see this thread back. He's one of my favorite players. That Robben Ford DVD is KILLER!
The first time I saw him play was WAY back in the day with Michael Franks. He is very much in the Will Lee model of player.... perfect support, great chops, great tone, only flashy when the music calls for it.
The Chick Corea 'Paint the World' disc mentioned above, which was kind of a 'post Electrik Band' sort of project is also a great way to check out Jimmy's tone and playing. Very nice CD and great bass tone and playing. |
03-18-2009, 06:59 AM
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03-18-2009, 07:05 AM
| | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | ˇQué gusto saber de ti nuevamente, Rubén! Mil gracias por tu aporte. Un abrazo grande. |
03-18-2009, 08:37 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | For years Jimmy Earl toured as Stanley Clarke's bassist so Stanley could do all of that piccolo and tenor bass stuff. At the time earl was an early convert to Ken Smith. I remember seeing him at the fairgrounds in Detroit, and he had one of the first Ken Smith Six string basses I ever saw back in 1988 or so.
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03-18-2009, 08:43 AM
|  | Cogito Ergo Idiot | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, CA | | Jimmy Earl is a bad, bad boy. I agree - great to see this thread humming. He's a total bass player's bass player. Big fat pocket, incredibly musical, and from everything I've heard he's a great breed of cat. I love the stuff with Chick, but when he plays with Robben Ford...oh my. |
03-18-2009, 06:49 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | Jimmy Earl-a bass player's bass player indeed. Here is is with Chick Corea on a Warwick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQL94CtVNE
Play on, Jimmy!!!!!!!
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03-19-2009, 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by bottomzone | Great clip! I have the 'Paint the Earth' CD, but was never able to see this band live. Man, Gary Novak makes that band swing so hard... much more musical and free and relaxed than the ultra precise Weckl thing. I LOVE Gary Novak's drumming. I did get to see him with the next version of that group, with James Genus, Bob Berg and Chick (kind of a 'post Acoustik Band' sort of thing). That was also a wonderful band and project.
Jimmy Earl... amazing. When you check him out playing that FrankenFender sort of very traditional tone and groove thing with Ford, and then hear him just BLAZING on that very modern sounding fretless, he has everything covered. Amazing player. |
03-19-2009, 05:29 AM
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03-19-2009, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by basswave One thing nice about that video is his subtle and not so subtle right hand technique. Nice to see / hear that in a progressive musical setting. | +1 His solo on the Robben Ford DVD is really something. He sounds like a totally legit modern blues player (as he should with that gig) in tone, approach, everything. Then without touching a knob or losing a step, he solo's and it sounds like a horn player... beautiful lines, tight, punchy, very articulate 'at the bridge digging in tone', and Patitucci/Pope chops and overall execution. He is really something! |
05-15-2009, 10:50 PM
| | | | I'd like to hear more about his "FrankenFender" - I see him playing it on the Jimmy Kimmel show, looks like a J bass with an added P between the pickups.
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05-16-2009, 12:33 AM
| | | I used to own his signature bass
a Warwick Streamer Stage 2 model with maple board...
great bass... not my thing.. but great bass...
(I think it's the same James Earl  )
here's a picture  |
05-16-2009, 03:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: U.K. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnpaulbass I used to own his signature bass
a Warwick Streamer Stage 2 model with maple board...
great bass... not my thing.. but great bass...
(I think it's the same James Earl )
here's a picture | I'm not wild about Warwicks normally, but that is very nice looking, and with the maple neck I bet it plays nice too.
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