Double Bass Jazz trio rehearsal recordings
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Listening to what we played, I figure out I'm not so far from what they want, some and a lot of technical defects can be heard...As far as the piano (and horns, etc.), I think it’s far more difficult to play slow ballads. You’re not churning out licks, quick arpeggios or fast scale fragments, etc. The really creative players (all instruments) go in harmonic directions that the bass player, if they’re listening carefully will engage in. Those moments are less frequent, but truly special. They bring smiles on the faces who hear, recognize, and appreciate.
Do you know what the pianist says when I'm playing out of tune or the wrong note ?
"The bass is not supposed to be heard."
We laugh a lot !
French is not his mother tongue so when he is giving advice or something else, he is as harsh as I am when I'm talking to you here.
"Don't play like a disable, everyone can play like you do, do what you want, explore, find something, the audience doesn't care if you're a beginner, if it's out of tune we don't mind, do something ! The bow, the bow... Some bow is good but not too much, if you can avoid it it's good but we want the bow !"