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12-15-2004, 10:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Arvada, Colorado | | | Percy Jones is a helluva bassist!
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I just recently heard his work with Brand X on "Morrocan Roll" and "unorthodox behaviour" and he is just simply amazing. His phrasing and voicing is way out there and he has the harmonic knowledge to match Jaco himself. If you haven't heard him check out the above said CD. If you have, do you know of any other projects he did that you could recommend? Thanks.
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12-16-2004, 06:11 AM
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Percy is one of my fav's. |
12-16-2004, 09:58 AM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | He's an amazing bassist. I wish more younger players got into him the way they dig Jaco. They'd be very impressed.
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12-16-2004, 10:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: London, UK | | | Percy actually posted here on Talkbass once or twice in Dann Glenn's (spelling?) old forum. |
12-16-2004, 12:37 PM
| | | | I have heard some songs, they are very cool. I really need to buy some cd's from amazon.com.. |
12-16-2004, 12:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Between here and there | | | AMAZING PLAYER!!! If you can find his instructional VHS get it. It is REALLY good!!!
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12-17-2004, 05:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: South Africa | | | Brilliant player doesnt over do any songs knows just how to make himself a crucial part while giving others thier space!
Great band in fact love thier stuff! |
12-17-2004, 12:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Nashville, Tennessee | | | Percy is great. I have the VHS, but I must say that I didn't get anything out of it. Its cool to watch but has no instruction to it really. I also saw him live earlier this year with Tunnels and he sounded great on some songs and really busy on others.
I do love his style. Its very abstract one minute and then kinda groovy the next. He is like an alien from another planet! I totally agree on the Jaco comment. Young players should recognize. I got into him when I was 19. To play like Percy is to take a whole different approach to bass. His style is so busy, but it fits the music so well. I really love his use of harmonic slides.
When I first heard him I changed my entire aresenal to fretless basses. Of course I have changed all that since I got into Stuart Zender. To me Percy will always be one of the most unique bass players of all time. |
12-17-2004, 01:52 PM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | | yeah Percy is the bomb... his use of those harmonic slides are hip.
What is he upto these days?
Another Brand X album to get is Livestock...
Y'all realize Phil Collins is playing drums on those Brand X albums? And where there are two drummers has Kenny Dennard joining Phil as well. |
12-17-2004, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: San Francisco | | | Percy is awesome on those brandx albums, I saw a live video somewhere it was pretty recent. I'll try to find it again.
does brandx have any recent releases? |
12-18-2004, 01:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Arvada, Colorado | | | I have livestock as well, great stuff
Phil Collins is a totally different animal in Brand X. I heard his stuff in Genesis and his solo stuff and thought "meh, he's got some pretty catchy beats". Then I heard Brand X and was completely blown away, I thought no way could this be Phil playing. Now definately one of my favorite drummers.
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12-18-2004, 09:18 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bay area, california | | | Moroccan Roll and Product are two of my favorite Brand X albums.
Unlike some fretless bassists, Percy Jones has a style that is very difficult to comprehend and imitate, (believe me I've tried). I can figure out Donna Lee, but there's no way in hell I can figure out what he's doing in the beginning of "Not good enough, see me!" from Product. |
12-19-2004, 09:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Israel | | Percy is really cool indeed, his sound is pretty unique...
you can check his album with Tunnels "Progressivity" - awsome album, experimental and bizzare, just how I like it  |
12-19-2004, 11:00 AM
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Sales Rep: Benavente Guitars - Endorser: SIT strings, & Epifani Moderator | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Atlanta/Lexington | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by IAMERICCOCHRANE I have livestock as well, great stuff
Phil Collins is a totally different animal in Brand X. I heard his stuff in Genesis and his solo stuff and thought "meh, he's got some pretty catchy beats". Then I heard Brand X and was completely blown away, I thought no way could this be Phil playing. Now definately one of my favorite drummers. | I know doesn't even seem llike the same person. |
12-19-2004, 11:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | Percy's current project, Tunnels, records with Buckyball Music, http://www.buckyballmusic.com . There are some sound clips and video clips on the site.
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