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03-20-2008, 07:50 PM
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I thought I'd heard or read that Lenny played every instrument on his albums. If that is true, he is one funky cat. Why doesn't he get more love from bass players?
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03-20-2008, 07:52 PM
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03-20-2008, 07:58 PM
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03-20-2008, 08:01 PM
|  | TalkBass' resident Bongo + Cowbell player | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Bucaramanga, Colombia, South A | | | I've always wanted to know if it was him or Tony Breit who recorded "Mr. Cab Driver" and "It Ain't Over Till It's Over". Such cool and effective lines played with authority and great tone. |
03-20-2008, 08:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Metro St. Louis | | | He is a fine bass player. I'm pretty sure he did the McCartney imitation on "Let Love Rule" and a bunch of other tunes. He is great at imitating classic feels and grooves.
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03-20-2008, 08:31 PM
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03-20-2008, 08:54 PM
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i still remember that little bass fill in 'it ain't over...' from the first time i heard it
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03-20-2008, 08:59 PM
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He is great at imitating classic feels and grooves.
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This sums him up as a musician. IMHO.
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03-20-2008, 09:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Whitby, Ontario | | | And he has a huge sound in his bass. That thing just totally fills out the bottom end.
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03-20-2008, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Andrew Jones  This sums him up as a musician. IMHO.
Aj | What, the great part or the imitating part?
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03-20-2008, 09:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | He's not a forgotten bass player, just a forgotten general musician at this point.
Hasn't done a whole lot lately.
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03-20-2008, 09:37 PM
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What, the great part or the imitating part?
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IMHO,,he's the ultimate imitator.Writing, Playing I'd hear something and go cool, Funkadelic....... or Cool, whomever...
Thing is is that he picks the greatest to imitate and it ends up good not great but good.
It worked though, even Lisa Bonet bought it.Not that I'm jealous or anything. 
Aj
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03-20-2008, 10:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Boston, MA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fenderhutz He's not a forgotten bass player, just a forgotten general musician at this point.
Hasn't done a whole lot lately. |
Well, don't tell him, he thinks he has a new album out.
Lenny Kravitz
It's Time For A Love Revolution (Virgin Records)
Released february 8, 2008 
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03-21-2008, 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese He is a fine bass player. I'm pretty sure he did the McCartney imitation on "Let Love Rule" and a bunch of other tunes. He is great at imitating classic feels and grooves. | I think that "great at imitating..."part says it all about him. If he had to actually write something new, who knows?.my 2c |
03-28-2008, 02:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Indiana | | | I was looking for something to play along to the other day and pulled out his album Baptism and had a good time playing along. Solid low end and great basslines. His touring bass , Jack Daley, is also a monster of a player. |
03-28-2008, 09:23 PM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | he did some nice bass and drum work on nikka costa's stuff. great bassist IMO. |
08-11-2008, 05:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Denmark | | | I experienced Tony Breit with Lenny Kravitz this Saturday on the Skanderborg Festival in Denmark. Wow!!! This guy grooves - no comparison...
I want to know more about him - anybody with bonus info? |
08-11-2008, 11:50 AM
|  | Really Loud Hamburger. | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cedar Falls, IA | | | I just listened to "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" for the first time. That is a great song! I understand what you guys mean when you say that he is good at replicating some older styles.
The bass part sounds great.
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08-14-2008, 07:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Northern Ireland | | | I didnt know he played bass!
I love the bass playing and the tone on it aint over till its over, but i dont think thats him. Its off the mama said album and wikipedia says.......
Bass guitar played by Henry Hirsch.
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08-14-2008, 07:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Largo, Florida, USA | |  I like Lenny but...
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Originally Posted by theory028 I just listened to "It Ain't Over Til It's Over" for the first time. That is a great song! I understand what you guys mean when you say that he is good at replicating some older styles.
The bass part sounds great. | Besides that album pretty much being all about his split with Lisa B. His 'imitation' is very obvious with these tunes:
Fields Of Joy = Beatles
Ain't Over = Curtis Mayfield
Regardless, that remains my favorite Kravitz album.
The only other bag I have is when I saw him live, they had canned (i.e. prerecorded) back up vox! 
But the band as a whole still kicked butt! 
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