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02-12-2008, 12:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Houston, Texas | | | What Musicians Inspire You Personally?
I was just thinking about this while listening to the radio. Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind."
That song, and indeed anything at all by Mr. Charles, touches me deeply.
Another would be Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. I love all the stuff he's famous (and not so famous) for, including "What A Wonderful World." And still another, "Duke" Ellington.
These are examples of how music and musicians can be inspiring, and inspirational, beyond musicianship, touching your soul and helping point out the meaning in our lives.
What musician, composer or songwriter inspires you, and why?
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02-12-2008, 04:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Georgia | | | It actually depends on my mood. The Beatles are always a good one for me. Blues music, some Jazz, or Classical. I used to be inspired by experimental, or avant garde type stuff, but anymore, just simple straight to the point music inspires me more.
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02-12-2008, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City | | | David Wong is my idol.
and believe it or not... my best friend/drummer is also a large influence on what i do |
02-12-2008, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Austin, TX | | | Hearing James Jamerson (electric/db) and Jimmy Blanton (db) inspired me to really dig my heels in and learn to play those instruments well and hook up with other musicians to perform with. Not that I play anywhere as well as they did, but I do aspire to them.
Beethoven and Mozart's music gets me excited too, as I do like the classical stuff quite a bit also...but less so musically, more in an athletic sort of way for me. I have a much harder time "feeling" it.
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02-12-2008, 06:49 PM
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02-12-2008, 07:27 PM
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02-12-2008, 08:04 PM
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Today I was driving and I heard Ray Charles' Oh What A Beautiful Morning on the jazz station. Now, that was inspiring. Its on one of his albums in the 70's, I believe. Most inspiring tune I heard all day. Hope you have or will hear his version of the tune. |
02-12-2008, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jgbass Illbay,
Today I was driving and I heard Ray Charles' Oh What A Beautiful Morning on the jazz station. Now, that was inspiring. Its on one of his albums in the 70's, I believe. Most inspiring tune I heard all day. Hope you have or will hear his version of the tune. | Maybe you're talking about the version off of "Ray Charles sings, Count Basie Sings"? That's a great track. |
02-12-2008, 09:00 PM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | | Easy question to give a lot of answers to:
Drew Gress
Bonnie Raitt
Fred Hersch
Ray Brown
Chick Corea (especially the Bartok-inspired kind of stuff)
Brian Blade
John Patitucci
Kenny Werner
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02-12-2008, 09:04 PM
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02-12-2008, 09:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Chattanooga Tennessee | | | It really differs per song, or what kind of mood I am in.
But as far as instrumentalist other than the obvious virtuoso's I'd say the piano majors at my school. I have been trying to pattern my practice habits after them.
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02-12-2008, 10:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Florida | | | Jeff Bradetich
the guy that plays electric with Kirk Franklin
Mark Helias
Reid Anderson
Paul Chambers
Pino Palladino
Butch Warren
Family Man Barrett
Also non-bassists:
Mozart
Charlie Parker
Bob Marley
Ethan Iverson
Wynton Kelly
& of course a lot of classical composers like Brahms, Bartok, Sibelius...... |
02-13-2008, 06:25 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Chicago | | | I love listening to great rhythm section/piano trio teams.
Herbie/Ron/Tony
McCoy/Jimmy/Elvin
Wynton Kelly/Paul Chambers/Jimmy Cobb (or Philly Jo)
Victor Feldman/Sam Jones/Lewis Hayes
Joe Sample/Leroy Vinnegar/Stix Hooper
Oscar Peterson/Ray Brown/Ed Thigpen
Fred Hersch/Drew Gress/Nasheet Waits
Jean-Michel Pilc/Francois Moutin/Ari Hoenig
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Jack
Frank Kimbrough/Ben Allison/Michael Sarin
and the list goes on...
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02-13-2008, 08:41 AM
| | Inadvertent Microtonalist | | Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Portland, ME | | | Somebody has to speak up for these folks who (among many others) are not yet named:
The Dead
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Michael Brecker
Charles Mingus
Joe Henderson
Scott LaFaro
The Living
Chris Potter
Branford Marsalis
Sonny Rollins
Joshua Redman
Ravi Coltrane
Stanley Clarke
Michael Moore
Gary Karr
And yeah, Chris, I'd be a very different musician without the powerful influence and inspiration of Chick Corea.
Why? Because they tell the truth and clear a path for lesser talents like myself to explore.
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02-13-2008, 08:57 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | This is a hard one - so there is too much music to mention really that has inspired me..?
If you are talking about really personally, then it would have to be people I have met and got a chance to talk to and get an idea of their personality and character as well as musically...
I am always inspired that a lot of great Jazz players are really keen to teach others and give the benefit of their experience, share their knowledge - so I get a sense of this from people like our own Chris F on TB !!
But the people who have inspired me in person, as teachers face to face are Stan Sulzmann, John Paricelli,Martin Speake,Jason Yarde,Paul Gardiner,Julian Siegel,Chris Batchelor, Liam Noble, Simon Purcell and several others..
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02-13-2008, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Sam Sherry Why? Because they tell the truth and clear a path for lesser talents like myself to explore. | This is the crux of the biscuit with these people. It's like we're all sitting around in the dark, and then these folks walk through the room with big flashlights and illuminate things in the room that were always there, but that we couldn't see until the light was on them. Once we've seen it, we can't make the image go away. I'll never see what any of them see as clearly as they see/saw it, but at least they were able to show lesser lights like me that there are more things out there in the dark than meet my eyes...and for that, I am eternally grateful. |
02-13-2008, 11:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Maui | | There was a similar thread in the slabs forum awhile back. I had to mention Tom Harrell, a brilliant musician who deals with personal demons that would flatten most people. I have lots of admiration for him.
Here's a clip that aired on CBS; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itOTVvqOIjA
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02-13-2008, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Gary Peacock with KJT, and Charles Mingus (primarily on Ah Um). . . I checked these guys out way too late in my musical development, but man they change the way I listened to, and percieved music.
+1 to Tom Harrell . . . what an inspiration. |
02-13-2008, 02:39 PM
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02-13-2008, 05:08 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Madison, WI/Indianapolis, IN | | | Mingus, Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Ron Carter, John Clayton, The Bird, Edgar Meyer (mostly his non classical stuff gets me more pumped.), Elvis Costello, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Sublime, Chicago, Tower of Power, AWB, Miles, Otis Redding, Peter Tosh, Iron Maiden, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Sam and Dave, Booker T and the MGs, Sly and the Family Stone, The Temps, Van Morrison, The list could go on forever so I'll stop here. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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