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01-11-2007, 03:17 PM
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Theres a girl at school who i love to jam with, but her style is like a kind of classical / latin / blues.. Very nice stuff!! But i everything i do doesnt work, doesnt compliment her stuff properly. I dont want her to change HER style, because its fantastic.. but i thought i would use it as an oppertunity to learn something new
are there any jazz / latin kind of bassists worth checking out? jsut so i can follow on from them roughly.
Cheers
Rowan
PS anything you think could remotely help will do, because i know im being very specific..
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01-11-2007, 04:09 PM
| | | Nico Assumpçăo, although he is brazilian, and we brazilians are not the a typical " caliente" latin people, we dont speak spanish 
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01-11-2007, 06:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Michigan, USA | | | Michael Anthony does some cool stuff on Elegant Gyspy by Al DiMeola.
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01-11-2007, 10:22 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | Lincoln Goines, Oscar Cartaya and Oscar Stagnaro are the three names that instantly come to my mind. Oh, and BTW, check this video. |
01-12-2007, 04:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maine | | How 'bout Larry Grenadier? He can really kick it. Check out some Brad Mehldau, there are always some killer Latin-flavored jazz tunes on his albums. Very happening. And you might light his playing here too... http://www.myspace.com/rebbytune
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01-12-2007, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Rowan S  Theres a girl at school who i love to jam with, but her style is like a kind of classical / latin / blues.. Very nice stuff!! But i everything i do doesnt work, doesnt compliment her stuff properly. I dont want her to change HER style, because its fantastic.. but i thought i would use it as an oppertunity to learn something new
are there any jazz / latin kind of bassists worth checking out? jsut so i can follow on from them roughly.
Cheers
Rowan
PS anything you think could remotely help will do, because i know im being very specific.. | The thing is that "Latin" covers a huge range of very different musical styles and especially bass lines!
So - a Salsa/Cuban bass line is very different from a Brazilian Bossa Nova or Samba bass line and these are both nothing like a Merengue or Tango !! 
So - you need to know what style is being played or you just won't fit in and often these styles are about how all the parts fit together to create a complex ensemble sound!
If you can say what style this girl is playing - maybe ask her? Then it would be possible to give advice/provide examples of bass lines in this style...
Otherwise - we're all just scrabbling in the dark!
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01-12-2007, 08:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maine | | | FWIW, a lot of female-vocal-Latin is bossa, which is the assumption on which I based my recommendation.
But I now join in asking...
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01-12-2007, 09:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bideford, North Devon | | Nah she aint a pianist, shes a guitarist. Next time i see her (tuesday i think) ill ask her what she thinks the best bet is...and if i can ill record her on my MP4...
Im at school at the moment, so i cant check any of those bassists out JUST yet...but i will check them out the second i get home
Thanks an awful lot guys, youv been so helpfull.i wasnt expecting this much response 
Rowan
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01-12-2007, 09:41 AM
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01-12-2007, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Petary791 Michael Anthony does some cool stuff on Elegant Gyspy by Al DiMeola. |  |
01-12-2007, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A. Lincoln Goines, Oscar Cartaya and Oscar Stagnaro are the three names that instantly come to my mind. | +1 Good selection of bass players.
Also one of the MI series books called Latin Bass is a good overview of the Afro-Cuban and Brazilian styles. Keep in mind in Latin bass the rhythm is more important than the notes. |
01-12-2007, 10:03 AM
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01-12-2007, 10:11 AM
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01-12-2007, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Petary791 Michael Anthony does some cool stuff on Elegant Gyspy by Al DiMeola. | That's like sending someone to Taco Bell when they ask for a good taqueria. |
01-12-2007, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by baba Cachao | +100!!
Also check out Javier Malosetti: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY_UCbVCp80
He's a from a little south of Latin America, but he's badass!! |
01-12-2007, 11:52 AM
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01-12-2007, 12:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Scottgun | I have this. Excellent book, with CD. The CD has bass panned to one side so you can either listen with bass or remove the bass for practicing with a full band. |
01-12-2007, 06:11 PM
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01-12-2007, 10:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana | | | Im pretty sure Anthony JAckson is the bassist on Elegant Gypsy by Al DiMeola .Anthony Jackson was pretty big on latin music in the 70's so you could search through him. |
01-13-2007, 03:56 PM
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