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Double Bass Albert Stinson
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Albert is on the last two tunes of [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. It makes for an interesting comparison because Ron is on most of it, so after about 50 minutes of absolutely smoking mid '60's Ron and Tony you get two tunes with Albert and Pete LaRoca. Both tunes are straight eighth type things so unfortunately Stinson doesn't walk at all, which would have been to hear in comparison to RC.
That album was re-released a few years back and is easily available (and killing!)[/QUOTE]
This is the only recording of Stinson I've got. It's a great record.
Found some live footage of Albert Stinson! Starts about 17 mins into this video. Not the heaviest band / tune ever, but features a great bass solo (unfortunately the cameraman fins the inside-the-piano stuff more interesting than the bass solo...)
This is the only recording of Stinson I've got. It's a great record.[/QUOTE]
I first heard him on Clare Fischer's second album "Surging Ahead." He plays with the great Colin Bailey on drums. He's only on side one of the album, however. Some guys named Gary Peacock and Ralph Pena share side two
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This video was pulled. Does anyone remember what it was and who he was playing with? Would love to see it.
I'm trying to remember - John Handy I think? or Charles Lloyd? It was paired with a Ted Curson film but not sure if they were from the same gig
An old thread, yes...but it seems that nobody (please correct me if I'm wrong) has mentioned Albert Stinson playing on Larry Coryell's 1969 album Coryell. He is a monster here on this bluesy jam The Jam With Albert. Check it out:
Stinson is really one of the forgotten greats. I might be wrong, but I think I remember hearing from my teacher in college Darek Oles that Stinson, Charlie Haden, and Scott LaFaro were all buddies and disciples of Red Mitchell. @Paul Warburton or anyone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Probably Gary Peacock too, to some extent. He was also in LA during that time.
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Well, I know Charlie and Scott were room mates at the time (Charlie said that all he ever saw Scott do when they were in the apartment at the same time was practice, do pushups, and drink orange juice) and Red was giving Charlie sub gigs with Hampton Hawes and others....
Agree with you about how great Stinson was, but he was 7 years younger than Haden, 8 years younger than LaFaro so probably not hanging out with them much at that age... Stinson would have only been about 15 when Haden moved to New York
I play regularly with a pianist named Marshall Otwell, who was Carmen McRae's MD/pianist in the 70's and early 80's. Last night he shared with me that he used to play regularly with Albert in the mid 60's on trio gigs near LA.
If anybody has any questions about this elusive bassist, I'd be happy to ask him his recollections.
If anybody has any questions about this elusive bassist, I'd be happy to ask him his recollections.
