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01-20-2006, 12:52 PM
| | | A really great recording of Rufus is a trio he did with Kevin Eubanks and Kirk Lightsey called "To Nat From Kirk" from around 1990; I think it's a tribute to Nat King Cole. Kirk sings on 3 tunes  but the bass playing is superb.
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01-20-2006, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Pcocobass At Birdland, right? Man he sounded great. Him and Matt were swinging hard. | Yup. Great show, real laid back ("We're just going to play some standards and make it sound like we just made them up") Rufus played great on everything when I saw him but he did this one walking solo on Cherokee (in Db no less) that just blew me away.
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01-21-2006, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by VTDB Yup. Great show, real laid back ("We're just going to play some standards and make it sound like we just made them up") Rufus played great on everything when I saw him but he did this one walking solo on Cherokee (in Db no less) that just blew me away. | Rufus and Matt really blew me away at that gig. Everything they did was so damn swinging. And Rufus has that huge, round, warm tone that's just beautiful. |
01-27-2006, 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by VTDB Yup. Great show, real laid back ("We're just going to play some standards and make it sound like we just made them up") Rufus played great on everything when I saw him but he did this one walking solo on Cherokee (in Db no less) that just blew me away. | There's a Parker tribute gig called "Birdmen & Birdsongs" that some of the cable/satellite channels have shown sporadically. Monty Alexander & Roy Ayers(?) complete the rhythm section so  . Anyhow, ther's an up-tempo walkin' solo on there that 's just  In terms of sound and swing nobody can touch Rufus. |
02-06-2006, 08:14 AM
|  | Sam was a basket case!!!! | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Corrupticut | | | I knew who he was for a long time, but I first really heard him on those two "Seven Standards" discs by Anthony Braxton with Hank Jones and Victor Lewis. They were in the "free to a good home bin" at the alt-rock college station I jocked at and they remain some of my favorite freebie finds. I don't think they ever made it to CD release. That's a shame.
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02-06-2006, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by fretlessrock I knew who he was for a long time, but I first really heard him on those two "Seven Standards" discs by Anthony Braxton with Hank Jones and Victor Lewis. They were in the "free to a good home bin" at the alt-rock college station I jocked at and they remain some of my favorite freebie finds. I don't think they ever made it to CD release. That's a shame. |
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02-07-2006, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Reuben I wanted to walk up to him and say how much time I spent when I started playing staring at the pictures in his book. You know the ones where he's carrying his bass onto the plane, and where he's demonstrating how to play seated or standing etc? He's got that biug afro and sunglasses and looks SO HIP. He looked so BAAAD. Love that guy. Sure can play. |
I had a T shirt made in the late nineties of that photo! "The inverted seat placement" I saw Rufus at the IAJE convention and showed him the shirt. He loved it so much he went and got Akira Tana so he could show him! Rufus signed the shirt and gave me his card and a big hug. The shirt still hangs in my practice room! Rufus is one classy, humble guy.
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02-07-2006, 02:24 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | The later stuff that he did with Kenny Barron and Stan Getz is mighty tasty too. I hope to get a chance to see him some day. |
02-07-2006, 02:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Austin, TX | | | I just picked up Perpetual Stroll- (Rufus Reid Trio) on Emusic.com, Check out the tricotism track, unaccompanied solo. Rufus is a bad mother shut your mouth.
What other recordings do you guys have?
I like New York Attitude- Kenny Barron
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02-10-2006, 08:21 PM
| | | | There's a few Kenny Barron records from the 90's that are really good; one called "Other Places" has Kenny and Rufus dueting on "I Should Care" for which I transcribed the whole tune; it's a really fantastic take. |
05-30-2006, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Joshua And I noticed that my copy of The Evolving Bassist actually has a Walter Woods ad on the back. I bought it a gazillion years ago at my fave store, and it was old and dusty then. | My first copy of it also had the WW ad (that's how I ended up getting my WW 20+ yrs ago). Of course, I had to repurchase that book b/c somehow over the years it had gone missing. |
05-30-2006, 03:02 PM
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05-30-2006, 03:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Manila, Philippines | | | anybody knows mr. reid's website? |
05-30-2006, 03:11 PM
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