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02-18-2008, 09:50 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | So I played with Ellis last week
At the National Jazz Historic Park in New Orleans...
I play in a big band with a really bad piano player, and a suspect drummer. So for 3 tunes, I had a great time playing with this jazz legend. You take your joys when you can get them.... 
Edit: that's a Lakeberg and Baer bass - 7/8 body with a 3/4 scale. Really nice bass (which unfortunately belongs to the US Government....)
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Originally Posted by KeithBMI  Pacman. He serves out nice warm portions of kickass. | |
02-18-2008, 10:23 AM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | You go, Jon. Ellis is a great player (I heard him here a few years back). I also like the way you blend into the mural.  |
02-18-2008, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman At the National Jazz Historic Park in New Orleans...
I play in a big band with a really bad piano player, and a suspect drummer. So for 3 tunes, I had a great time playing with this jazz legend. You take your joys when you can get them....
Edit: that's a Lakeberg and Baer bass - 7/8 body with a 3/4 scale. Really nice bass (which unfortunately belongs to the US Government....) | Hey Pacman,
I saw some of the Air Force band playing brass-band stuff outside of the Jazz Park last Sunday. I don't know if you were on the gig (I think they had a brass bass) but they were some great players. Wish I would have caught the big-band. Glad to see you had a good time in New Orleans.
-Will |
02-18-2008, 01:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | That pic reminds me, I'm almost outta eggs..... 
Prolly shouldn't joke with a guy who could snap my little jazz bassist neck with one hand. Good goin', Jon... I love how Ellis plays. Maybe my favorite Marsalis, now that I think of it.
Nice bass, too. |
02-18-2008, 02:21 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Martin Jon, congratulations on getting to work with Ellis - but....
You're NOT supposed to say that you play with a really bad piano player (at least, not in a forum where the really bad piano player, suspect drummer or authoritarian figures might stumble onto it). You're SUPPOSED to say "I play in a big band that allows me to work really hard to keep track of the other musicians." If pushed, you can add, "the pianist constantly comes up with surprising ideas - ones that I would NEVER have considered on my own..."
(Just trying to help with your career...)  |
Shine on that man, my career's fine! I'm moving to Tokyo in a few months, where all I'll be doing is trio work for 3 years, I don't need to worry about hurting figures. Besides, I am the authority figure in the rhythm section! 
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02-18-2008, 02:31 PM
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When you play with cats like that, it's hard not to have some mojo rub off...
(at least that's what I tell myself )
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02-18-2008, 03:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Marvelous, Texas | | | Awesome! Hey, you zoomies ever wear uniforms or what? Uncle Sugars Navy put me in whites when I played there! |
02-18-2008, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcus Johnson Maybe my favorite Marsalis, now that I think of it.
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02-18-2008, 06:53 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | Quote:
Originally Posted by txstatebass Awesome! Hey, you zoomies ever wear uniforms or what? Uncle Sugars Navy put me in whites when I played there! | That was soundcheck, we actually wore full service dress (coats). Better pics later this week.
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02-18-2008, 10:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: San Marvelous, Texas | | | Just giving you hell. Man I love playing in New Orleans. Good luck in Japan! Many of my San Antonio colleagues speak highly of you, so I'm sure you'll have a blast!
GO NAVY!!!! |
02-19-2008, 08:35 AM
|  | WJWJr Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Connecticut | | | Tres awesome!
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