Tarus Mateen - Jazz bassist

JPBass · #1 05-16-2005, 05:30 PM

Tarus Mateen is the excellent bassist with jazz pianist Jason Moran. He plays upright and electric. Can anyone identify the electric bass he is playing in this photo?

http://www.citizenjazz.com/article34..._document=3724

Thanks

Woodchuck · #2 05-17-2005, 01:20 AM

Wow! That's a new one to me. BTW, he used to play for the Goodie Mob. He also used to endorse Modulus. Monster player!

emjazz · #3 05-17-2005, 05:41 AM

It's a Marco acoustic bass guitar. There's a photo of one in the April 2005 Bass Player that belongs to Marcus Miller.

Tarus Mateen is a rediculous player with a great style all his own. Its nice to see his name here.

JPBass · #4 05-17-2005, 06:04 PM

Thanks for the info. Yes - a great player. People should check him out.

Waldog · #5 05-17-2005, 07:29 PM

Last weekend I saw Jason Moran filling in for Danilo Perez in the Wayne Shorter Quartet. Stand up job!

That is a cool bass. Is it a fretless or a fretted? I can't quite see. Looks fretted, but I'm not sure.

JPBass · #6 05-17-2005, 07:39 PM

Waldog, looks like a lined fretless to my eyes. Also the action looks pretty high too. The one in the Marcus Miller article is headless too. I could not find a website for them though.

Lorenzini · #7 05-17-2005, 09:52 PM

Looks like super high action!
Oh well, I guess upright bassists can deal with that -- I cant!

scatman · #8 05-25-2005, 09:17 AM

Folks, get two albums from the group Indigenous Peoples:
1) Live In Brazil
2) Indigenous People Unite

Taurus is a complete monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!