I'll go as far to say that he was maybe the best bass player ever with Zawinul...but of course, as with many bass players within the style, he wouldn't be who he is if it weren't for Jaco....so there's that.
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Ambient/Post-Rock/Textural bass playing thread
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I totally get it. I do think he is extremely effective using all of his skills to control the music...bringing it down or blowing full steam ahead. I also love that he's not derivative of anything. He's busy, but incredible musical at the same time.
Agreed.
Maybe he should play a set with only two fingers on his left hand and one on his right to slow him down to "human" speed.
Charlie Haden is always my reminder to slow down and just play the damn music. I prefer upright players more than most electric players, but there's a lot to be learned from both sides.
congrats.
yeah. he's great. i wish i liked that music . . .
yep. these are the first two (prototypes, from 2014). matt garrison got the third, but his is really his vibe all the way around. now headless foderas are becoming more of a thing. some people have done some really interesting things with fodera headless over the last few years.
alphonso, miroslav . . . i will say he seems to have fewer jaco-isms in the stuff i've seen. and some of it is baked into the grooves that zawinul has been favoring for a long time . . .
Sorry...couldn't agree more!
I was thinking more Zawinul Syndicate, bit then confused things by bringing Jaco into it.
Saw him live once with Rubalcaba.
Unfortunately the show was incredibly boring. The only one he seemed to care was Haden, but he was stuck on the sinking ship. Worst that night was Lovano, he seemed the wake up from an all night bender. (Ok....I dont dig him in the first place anyways,.....)
Everyone else was just going through the motions. It was painful to listen.
I actually fell asleep, woke up for the encore and left.
Yes, he did a few tracks on Music for Films. And all that sick fusion with Phil Collins in Brand X. He was playing a Wal fretless, back then, which I believe is one of the most beautiful sounds to ever shoot forth across the universe.
Didn’t he do stuff with Eno??
Or am I having old dad brain?
Yes, he has a percussive style at times that sounds very similar.
Wow, that is thoroughly surprising, as all of those players are just the cream of the crop. I'm not a big Lovano fan, either, but there's no denying he can play.Saw him live once with Rubalcaba.
Unfortunately the show was incredibly boring. The only one he seemed to care was Haden, but he was stuck on the sinking ship. Worst that night was Lovano, he seemed the wake up from an all night bender. (Ok....I dont dig him in the first place anyways,.....)
Everyone else was just going through the motions. It was painful to listen.
I actually fell asleep, woke up for the encore and left.
Guess who the first surprised slash upset and peeved was???
Especially for the price of the ^#&$$* tickets.
interesting. i’ll have to listen to those first couple of records. i remember distinctly not liking his sound on them hen i first hear them 1976/77 or so (but it was on original vinyl, which might’ve been killing some of the bass sound).
Joe Lovano is brilliant. How he feels time and weaves together a melody is incredibly deep....but yeah, unfortunately everyone has a bad night. I've certainly seen heroes in every type of music all struggle on a gig for a multitude of reasons. We're all human in the end.Saw him live once with Rubalcaba.
Unfortunately the show was incredibly boring. The only one he seemed to care was Haden, but he was stuck on the sinking ship. Worst that night was Lovano, he seemed the wake up from an all night bender. (Ok....I dont dig him in the first place anyways,.....)
Everyone else was just going through the motions. It was painful to listen.
I actually fell asleep, woke up for the encore and left.
Laid this down today. All bass guitar (1985 Westone Spectrum GT). Plus I used the Triode Leviathan filter pedal here gratuitously since I kind of wanted to show it off to you guys. Just downstream of a synth pedal like the SY-1 here, it really fills the hole I needed to fill with my setup, I can do more "synth" sounding stuff with my bass. Boss DD-7 delay is the third and final pedal in the signal chain. Three tracks layered in. This is probably doable live in one take but I'd have to really practice at it.
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But does steubig use the floating left hand thumb like upright dudes?
Seriously, Percy is an alien.
Not exactly my cup-o-tea, but his talent is freakin scary and undeniably mutant.
like.
Didn’t he do stuff with Eno??
Or am I having old dad brain?
Didn’t he do all the bass on Another Green World? Maybe Before And After Science as well...brain fog, but I seem to remember that
