Recent content by Baswithone"s"

Let me clarify. One, I'm an idiot when it comes to electronics and was just writing what was on the bottom of the amp. Two, I'm in America and have only ever used it in the U.S.

Hi, I'll be in the U.K. for a bit and would like to use my (American) Walter Woods amber light amp. It's rated at 450 watts at 8 ohms and 650 watts at 4 ohms, and 180-260v, 50-60hz. Anyone know of a good transformer to use? I'm assuming I'll need more than the standard adapter plug you can get...

Yeah yeah yeah. Guy on the internet is critical. Also, water is wet. Cherry picking a couple of songs from a 50 year career seems like a low blow. What do you guys get out of doing this? This is hardly an scholarly discussion on technique, tone, or sound production.

Whatevs. He's often sharp, as was Parker and Trane. Did anyone cringe during this video? I didn't.

That's a great list of tunes. While a lot of them aren't actually bop tunes, the standards you've chosen were used so often by beboppers let's count them anyway. Just be aware that the jazz police are going to jump down your throat! It looks like you're pretty new to improvising, and I think...

Thanks for all the help, guys! Needless to say, if I can't tell if Road Ranger's reply is a joke or not, I won't be rewiring anything!

Hey, First of all, please forgive my ignorance, but I can't get an answer from the people I know and thought I'd try here. I'm wondering if it would damage either the speaker or the amp to connect a Walter Woods Super Hi-Pwr (600-900W @ 8-4 ohms) to an Eden EX110 (300W 4 or 8ohms). Yes, I know...

There's a ton of "trad" jazz in NYC. Definitely check Vince Giordano's website for performances. There's also an early show at Birdland every Wednesday, Mona's in the East Village has lots of music (look for their Facebook page), Radegast Beer Hall in Brooklyn has trad jazz every night of the...

Hi, A couple of things that will hopefully be helpful: * You will definitely need a flight case. The cheapest ones are around $3,000. If you can find a place to rent one in your area, you're probably looking at $50 to $100 a day. Your school should pay this rental cost, not you (I'm...

Ray Brown said he learned every note Jimmy Blanton ever played, so um, I think there's probably a value to learning what's happened on your instrument. For modal: Scott Lafaro on "Nardis" - not too fast, and pretty doable for a Lafaro solo Dave Holland on "Law Years" - Pat Metheny -...

Didn't mean to offend. The context of the statement you quoted was only meant to refer to those comments related to the "no such thing as modal jazz" discussion and the rather juvenile cartoon.

I have no idea if you're actually serious, but to me, if someone asks for examples of modal songs, telling that person that there's no such thing as modal jazz without at least a basic technical explanation is a lazy answer.

There aren't any. That's exactly what I said in the third paragraph of my first post and both paragraphs of the second.

Ok, cool. Scofield is a great example. Even though he's done a pretty wide variety of things, he almost never sticks to one approach. In almost any Sco solo, you'll hear quite a few different things - blues licks, bebop phrases, triads, and a predominant scale (or mode). His compositions, like...

Wow. It's pretty unbelievable how one reply can change the tone from "Here's a few of my favorite examples" to "Your question itself is wrong and any teacher or institution that tells you otherwise is also wrong." Amazing. I'll be happy to give some examples, but first, modal jazz is...