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  1. oliebrice

    Double Bass Jazz Conduction Butch Morris

    I played for a while in the London Improvisers Orchestra, which grew out of a Butch Morris tour and carries on more-or-less in his method... was interesting but ultimately not for me
  2. oliebrice

    Double Bass Need help finding a good quality, entry-level bass in Europe

    Hello and good luck with your new bass journey! If you could narrow down 'Europe' a bit we might be able to recommend a dealer/shop where you could try some basses out... Opinions vary but in my experience you're more likely to find a nice instrument for a reasonable amount of money looking at...
  3. oliebrice

    Double Bass YOU - on youtube (DB forum thread)

    Final piece from the same gig as my previous video Olie Brice Quartet - Blues for Johnny Dyani
  4. oliebrice

    Double Bass YOU - on youtube (DB forum thread)

    My quartet (with Rachel Musson, Alexander Hawkins & Will Glaser) at Bath Jazz Weekend a couple of months ago
  5. oliebrice

    Double Bass Aguilar amp/ cab for upright and electric? Which one?

    Yes, exactly that. I've never needed more power than the TH350 offers, in venues that size there's always a PA I never use other effects - just use the built in EQ. Obviously varies by room but very simple to use and to my ears consistently clean, transparent and accurate
  6. oliebrice

    Double Bass Aguilar amp/ cab for upright and electric? Which one?

    I have no experience of Aguilar cabs, but in my opinion the Tonehammer 350 is a fantastic amp for double bass, as good as anything I've used (and as a touring musician I've used most of them!)
  7. oliebrice

    Double Bass Mingus songs

    "Right Now" is amazing! There are plenty of Mingus albums with greater horn players but for bass/drums interaction it's one of Mingus' greatest recordings
  8. oliebrice

    Double Bass Drew Gress WOW !!!

    Yeah, 'Forms' is great! For some reason I don't think I've ever checked out the quartets with Smoker, I will do Was funny reading back through this old thread - reading myself nearly 25 years ago is a bit weird! But my enthusiasm for Gress' playing hasn't dimmed at all in that time
  9. oliebrice

    Double Bass Drew Gress WOW !!!

    Drew already sounding phenomenal in 1989... a whole album - just remastered and reissued - of standards, trio with Eskelin & Phil Haynes
  10. oliebrice

    Double Bass John Scofield on Giant Steps

    And then he goes further and realises he can use what he's finding while the rest of the band are playing 1 chord vamps or completely free - Coltrane used those ideas for the rest of his life, theres plenty of Giant Steps on "Live in Japan"
  11. oliebrice

    Double Bass Talkbass DB forum "share your latest recording" thread

    I did
  12. oliebrice

    Double Bass Talkbass DB forum "share your latest recording" thread

    Thank you! Here's the photo that was on the dealer's site... It's true love, I've found the bass for the remainder of my playing life...
  13. oliebrice

    Double Bass Talkbass DB forum "share your latest recording" thread

    Thanks Chris. It's a group that initially formed to play Andrew Hill and Booker Little compositions, and then gradually transitioned to originals which has been a really interesting way to approach developing a collective approach. The bass is a gorgeous violin cornered French bass made by...
  14. oliebrice

    Double Bass Talkbass DB forum "share your latest recording" thread

    The most bass-featured tune on the most recent release I'm on:
  15. oliebrice

    Double Bass Talkbass DB forum "share your latest recording" thread

    this is great! Look forward to the album
  16. oliebrice

    Double Bass RIP Ray Drummond

    That Johnny Griffin record EI mentions is great - fantastic burning version of Autumn Leaves There's a particular late 70s/early 80s take on straight ahead swing which Drummond really personified, along with Buster Williams and a few others - aggressive, growling, laying it down but also...
  17. oliebrice

    Double Bass RIP Ray Drummond

    RIP, he was great - such a distinctive voice on the instrument I particularly love this album - trio with Horace Tapscott & Billy Hart - But there's loads of great stuff - with the likes of Hank Jones, Billy Higgins, Ronnie Matthews, Kenny Barron, Johnny Griffin...
  18. oliebrice

    Double Bass Best Gigging Cabinet

    I use a Aguilar Tone Hammer 350 with a Barefaced Super Midget and love the combination - although since I got a Barefaced One10 the Super Midget doesn't leave the house, even though its the better cab of the two
  19. oliebrice

    Double Bass Looking for recordings that have good examples of tension and release

    All good jazz recordings are full of tension and release, and if they want to learn to play jazz they're going to need to listen to loads of jazz, not just some time stamped youtube edits... maybe start them off with the Hot Fives and Sevens? You couldn't hope for more dynamic and joyous tension...
  20. oliebrice

    Double Bass What is the furthest you have ever travellled...

    I thought JJ Avenel's old bass was for sale (when I was looking for a new instrument) and was definitely planning on traveling to the south of France to try it out but it turned out to already have sold...
  21. oliebrice

    Double Bass YOU - on youtube (DB forum thread)

  22. oliebrice

    Double Bass YOU - on youtube (DB forum thread)

    From my album launch last week
  23. oliebrice

    Double Bass Anthony Cox!

    !! Not the greatest sound quality but what a band...
  24. oliebrice

    Double Bass Olie Brice Quartet - All It Was

    Yeah, I share a lot of that. Playing with amazing and intense drummers has had a lot to do with developing my sound and also with the sound I've aimed at - Mark Sanders and Jeff Williams in particular. And Spiritual Unity Peacock is rarely far from my mind!
  25. oliebrice

    Double Bass Olie Brice Quartet - All It Was

    As far as I recall - and not 100% confident I'm remembering correctly - I wasn't using headphones but the other three were. My preference is always not to if I can get away with it, and being partially screened off helps - I could still hear the others acoustically but was getting some of...
  26. oliebrice

    Double Bass Olie Brice Quartet - All It Was

    Very nice review of the album /last night's album launch: https://thebluemoment.com/2025/07/19/olie-brice-at-the-vortex-2/
  27. oliebrice

    Double Bass Olie Brice Quartet - All It Was

    Yeah, Alex is pretty amazing All recorded in one room, a really nice studio in London called the Fish Factory
  28. oliebrice

    Double Bass Olie Brice Quartet - All It Was

    Thanks!
  29. oliebrice

    Double Bass Olie Brice Quartet - All It Was

    I have a new album out today, my 4th as bandleader/composer. It's a quartet featuring some incredible improvisers - Rachel Musson on tenor, Alexander Hawkins on piano and Will Glaser on drums Have a listen here if you like:
  30. oliebrice

    Double Bass Doxy 1963 - Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin, Ginger Baker, Graham Bond

    In 1963 that was without a doubt Phil Seamen, not Ginger Baker. Louis Moholo, Tony Oxley, Bryan Spring and Tony Levin come into the story a few years later...
  31. oliebrice

    Double Bass Does anyone here listen to electronic music?

    I think the opposite is true - Autechre in recent years have developed in really exciting and definitely less conventional ways, to me they're by far the most exciting these days of the classic Warp era scene. Here's a good example of where they've gone:
  32. oliebrice

    Double Bass Looking for more etudes

    I've been getting a lot out of playing Rabbath book 1 up an octave recently, beautiful writing with interesting challenges in thumb position
  33. oliebrice

    Double Bass Furio Di Castri!

  34. oliebrice

    Double Bass HAWKES DOUBLEBASS

    yep, this - Hawkes were importers, not luthiers, and the French Hawkes have far more in common with other late 19th century Mirecourt basses than they do with the big Hawkes Panormos
  35. oliebrice

    Double Bass jazz arco technique

    is it really necessary to bring up a 20 year old thread up to recommend the new Edgar Meyer? There's a recent thread all about the record
  36. oliebrice

    Double Bass How do you play 10ths

    I think its important to be able to play 10ths in tune with either 1st or 2nd finger on the bottom, to have flexibility regarding where you're coming from and going. I would also use 1st finger for both notes of a minor 10th in some circumstances I think 10ths are among the most beautiful...
  37. oliebrice

    Double Bass RIP Palle Danielsson

    A sad loss, he was an incredible musician with a great sound. I was lucky enough to hear him in a small jazz club sat up close once, magical
  38. Bohemian flatback,late 19th century, UK

    Comment by 'oliebrice' on the classified ad 'Bohemian flatback,late 19th century, UK'

    Here's some fairly recent footage that opens with a bass intro -
  39. oliebrice

    SOLD Bohemian flatback,late 19th century, UK

    Here's some fairly recent footage that opens with a bass intro -
  40. Bohemian flatback,late 19th century, UK
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    For sale Bohemian flatback,late 19th century, UK

    I'm selling my bass. Probably a late-19th century Bohemian instrument, formerly block-less and once upon a time a 3 stringer, although it had a block fitted and a new neck sometime before I bought it. Recently serviced and set up by Laurence Dixon, who's been looking after it as long as I've had...
    £4,000.00
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