Starting out as a pino listener

[Stingray93]

hey guys,

lately, ive really been interested Pino Palladino's playing. Is there a specific album that showcases his playing alot. id like to know where to start.

[JTE]

Probably not any single recording because he's all over the place through his history. But you gotta have some Paul Young stuff, so I'd start with a Paul Young greatest hits thing. Make sure it includes "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down", "Come Back And Stay", and "Sensa a Donna".

Then get some of his studio session stuff from Don Henley with "Sunset Grill" on it.

The D'Angelo recording where Pino first got noticed by the hip-hop community is pretty essential too, and then there's the whole John Mayer thing with Steve Jordan.

John

[MixBass]

Good advice^. Especially since you seem to be a stingray fan. That's what Pino used for most of that early fretless stuff and it's great. Also Gary Numan I assassin Pino is all over it.

[paul_wolfe]

As JTE says there are 3 Pino periods to look at:

1) THe Fretless Years
2) The Hip Hop Years
3) The John Mayer Trio

Which period really interests you?

[bongomania]

In the "fretless years" as PW puts it, Pino's work with Gary Numan and Paul Young is truly outstanding.

I can listen to "I, Assassin" all day long and still learn something each time.

[RAM]

Originally Posted by paul_wolfe

As JTE says there are 3 Pino periods to look at:

1) THe Fretless Years
2) The Hip Hop Years
3) The John Mayer Trio

Which period really interests you?

Which of those three would match his work with Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Elton John, etc?

[sometypeofplay]

Originally Posted by paul_wolfe

As JTE says there are 3 Pino periods to look at:

1) THe Fretless Years
2) The Hip Hop Years
3) The John Mayer Trio

Which period really interests you?

These categorizations are VERY narrow and wrong I'm afraid. Check out:


http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...qqgld6e~1~T40B

It's a fairly comprehensive listing of Pino's work.

As far as suggestions, JTE listed some great ones, start with those.

[Arnold]

Hip Hop;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4XI6LXCsH8
John Mayer;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KGw9...eature=related

This guy is amazing at so many things!!
Peace.
ASG

[MixBass]

Originally Posted by RAM

Which of those three would match his work with Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Elton John, etc?

That would be the fretless years for the most part.

[paul_wolfe]

These categorizations are VERY narrow and wrong I'm afraid. Check out:

I take the point that Pino has a massive discography.

But I stand by my original categorizations - perhaps what I should have done was communicate a little better. These are the 3 'periods' where Pino's playing receives the most acclaim.

If you do a search on talkbass for what are people's top 10 favourite Pino tracks you'll find that they all fall into these categories. A lot of Pino's session work - especially in the early to late 90s when he consciously moved away from his earlier fretless sound - is just not very well known by people.

And those 3 categories encompass just about ALL the tracks that are considered outstanding. Hence the reason why I narrowed down Pino's vast body of work to three influential categories.

If there are any truly outstanding pieces of bass playing that fall outside these categories I would LOVE to be pointed in their direction!





Paul

[Mrdak]

Originally Posted by Stingray93

hey guys,

lately, ive really been interested Pino Palladino's playing. Is there a specific album that showcases his playing alot. id like to know where to start.

Specifically, you should check out the John Mayer DVD, Where the light is. You'll be able to watch him up close and in the groove with the trio. In this live performance, you can really see and feel what he's doing....

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

[BobaMosfett]

2 days ago, I came across an album by jazz pianist Franck Avitabile from 2009, called Paris Sketches, wich he recorded with Manu Katche and Pino, and I find it stunningly beautiful.

The man can play everything...