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Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson  I love Anthony Jackson... I was always under the impression that he played only with a pick. But when I was in Japan, I saw a live vid of him with Lee Ritenour, playing fingerstyle. Is that a recent development? |
No, as far as I know he has always also played finger-style. I have a DVD of him playing with Grover Washington Jr., Eric Gale, Richard Tee, Ralph MacDonald, and Steve Gadd from the early eighties and he plays finger style. He also has a right hand muting technique where he puts the outside edge of his right hand across the strings at the bridge and plucks with his thumb. He plays some pretty amazing passages in that DVD with Ritenour, (called Overtime, if I'm thinking of the same one), and also puts in a great performance on Calle 54 with Michel Camilo and Horatio "El Negro" Hernandez.
When it comes to bass guitar, nobody does it better than Anthony Jackson. I have an article from a drumming magazine that talks to him about drummers, and he talks about Steve G., Buddy Rich, Vinny C., and other great drummers he loves to play with. I'll post it if I can find it.
Jim
