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09-04-2009, 06:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bristol,UK | | | Chuck Israels is a badass
Its taken me a while, but im REALLY digging his playing.
Anybody got some got transcriptions or stories or anything to fuel my interest?...
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09-04-2009, 06:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | He's still around, e-mail his bad ass.
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09-04-2009, 06:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | | I'm serious. We don't often have the chance to hear first hand from people whose music (in this genre) affects us deeply and constantly. Take advantage of it while you can, none of us are going to be around forever. Just think, what if you could e-mail Bird?
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09-04-2009, 06:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | Quote:
Originally Posted by gcordez  Its taken me a while, but im REALLY digging his playing.
Anybody got some got transcriptions or stories or anything to fuel my interest?... | His website is a great place to start... it's very complete, and includes several of his very insightful articles. There's a list of his compositions, and complete contact information. |
09-04-2009, 06:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bristol,UK | | | he never seems to be a bass player that i hear mentioned often,
perhaps a little underated? |
09-04-2009, 07:13 PM
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Underated, only in terms of the other living Bill Evans bassists.
Not underated, IMO, by people who are aware of his work before and after his time with Bill.
Chuck was and still is one of the great jazz bassists, and will remain so.
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09-04-2009, 07:14 PM
| | | Not under rated. Fame isn't the only measuring tool for success in music.
I think reading the articles on his web page ought to be enough to convince you that "badass" doesn't really apply!  |
09-04-2009, 07:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bristol,UK | | | a musical 'badass' perhaps... |
09-04-2009, 08:03 PM
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Do what Ed suggests and e-mail his bad ass.
Chuck would love you calling him a bad ass.
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Oh, no.....have we gone OT yet again?
"The opportunity was there...but it never presented itself." Phil Urso, 1980. :atoz: |
09-04-2009, 08:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bristol,UK | | | alas,
i tried to email through his website, but hotmail told me it didnt work.. |
09-04-2009, 08:36 PM
| | | Call the university listed on his info page. Yup, I imagine he'd get a big kick out of being called badass.  |
09-04-2009, 08:45 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Albuquerque | | You could try to contact him through Western Washington University where he teaches. http://www.wwu.edu/music/bio_shtml/israels.shtml
I had the opportunity to chat with him at a gig of his and had a great conversation on many aspects of the jazz world. He's an opinionated guy, but he has spent a lot of time thinking about jazz and music in general and is well worth talking to if you get a chance. |
09-05-2009, 08:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, ON | | I'd give him badass  |
09-05-2009, 09:37 AM
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His article on Bill is the best verbalization so far, IMO. http://www.chuckisraels.com/articleevans.htm
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