Adam Blackstone!

[Dr. Cheese]

A few months ago, I started a thread asking if slap bass was extinct in r&b. Someone mentioned Adam Blackstone's playing on Jill Scott's Live in Paris CD. That person mentioned that Blackstone plays alot of fretless on it. I just got the CD last Saturday, and it is killer! He smokes on fretless and is great on fretted too. Between Blackstone, Gerald Veasley, and Gary Willis, Ibanez sure deserves alot more love than it gets!

He's great on the latest Al Green CD too but not upfront as on the Jill Scott project.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

Here's Blackstone getting funky on a P-bass:http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1GcWhIb7Hpw

These non-slapping young guys on four strings are making me feel like a dinosaur!

 

[Dr. Cheese]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rQn-F0v0sGE&feature=related

This is a clip from David Letterman with Jill Scott and Lupe Fiasco.

 

[BobaFret]

That first clip was really cool. Nice to see people in the studio just having a good time creating cool music.

 

[BradyEB]

Choice player on Dave Chappelles block party!
Anything else that he's on?

 

[NickyBass]

I went to school with Adam, and he is the most down to earth, kindest and gentlest person you'll ever meet. Fantastic player too, of course.

 

[pbass2]

I think he KILLS on that new Al Green album! What a groove . . .
I like his dark/muted tone on it (but I THINK it's a "modern" bass, dialed in for an old-school vibe)
When he does a tasty fill it just sounds so effortless . . .

 

[jhan]

+1 on Adam Blackstone. He's a great player.

 

[pretaanluxis]

+2 Adam Blackstone is great!

 

[DWBass]

Check out Gerald Veasley with Metro.

He kills on that Ibanez.

 

[OrionManMatt]

Dude kills it, man. Ahhh. Wish I could find this concert on audio.