Jazz trios with bass guitar?

[Raudsarw]

I'm starting a jazz trio with piano and drums. Of course, traditionally you'd see a double bass instead of bass guitar, but I've only held an upright once in my life (Yesterday, in fact). Not as easy as I thought it would be! I'll start practicing double bass at my music school but that will take a while to get up to a decent level. So I'm wondering, are there any great trios with a bass guitar out there?

[Lo-E]

Pat Metheney's first album springs to mind.

[Nu11nV01D]

I don't know if there are any GREAT trios, but I've performed at festivals and things with just a drummer, piano and myself, and I played my bass guitar. You just have to dial in the right sound. I use a passive Fender Jazz with DiMarzio jazz pickups and flatwounds.

It's doable!

[Lo-E]

Jazz piano trio /w electric bass

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/ind...electric-bass/

Just two quick hit off the ol' Google.

[AuntieBeeb]

I've been getting away with it on and off for about eight years now. Admittedly not a piano trio; the jazz band I play with is violin, guitar and bass guitar.

Unless your other band members are adamant that you need to sound like someone-in-particular, there's no harm in trying to forge your own sound.

[Luv2Pla4U]

Wes Montgomery's brother, Monk Montgomery backed him up using a Fender Jazz.

[brianrost]

John Scofield's trio with Steve Swallow

[zon6c-f]

I used to play trio and later quartet with Billy Davidow. See his Atlanta Knights trio at his site <www.atlantagrandpianos.com>

Initially with Billy, I played string bass, but as he used Fender Rhodes as well as grand piano, I coudn't afford a mic, etc.

I owned a Rickenbacker 4001 electric, so I used mostly used electric bass. I was a rocker working with hard core jazzers. What an experience. We remain friends to this day.

Jazz trio with electric basss??..YES, YES..YES.

[MD]

Michel Camilo w/ Anthony Jackson (among others).

[PostFusion]

Try Happy Apple, very nice jazz band with an electric bass.

[Hapa]

Headhunters w/Jaco...

[Dogbertday]

Trio Of Doom!!!

Jaco, matheny, and tony.

Doom indeed

[thudfromafar]

yup, it's ok.

[Pacman]

Jazz Pistols - German jazz trio with wicked good players.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Lo-E

Pat Metheney's first album springs to mind.

Good one...Bright Size Life.
A lotta people also like Standards Zone...a late-period Jaco album with Brian Melvin (drums) & Jon Davis (piano).

[Stealth]

Not jazz, but good fusion - Niacin. Dennis Chambers, John Novello and Billy Sheehan. A great inspiration for the own jazz/fusion trio I'm participating in - we're going for the similar drums-bass-organ approach.

[Diesel Kilgore]

To me the upright is just a more traditional thing. A P or J with flats would work just fine. The upright isn't a must, and like you found out, tougher to play! There is one in my local shop and it makes me look silly everytime I try to play it.

[kevteop]

I think it's much harder to make a bass guitar fit in a jazz trio, but if you're really good it's possible. I'm not, so I started learning double bass.

Good luck!

[karla684]

Hiromi Uehara with Anthony Jackson and Simon Philips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERrURj2MlxA

[MrLenny1]

Yah, what PACMAN said.