Agreed, and this is were i give producers like Quincy Jones, ( The late ) Arif Mardin and other well known accomplish musicians kudos for understanding and knowing the type of player they were getting to begain with when they requested his services.So who ever it is out there :if you don't like his sincere ( honery) honest opinion about the music or musicians and his aggresive ( but passionate ) style of play then don't call the man.
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Anthony Jackson
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I know nothing about the situation where AJ was let go, but my guess it was someone who knew AJ is a somebody, but also unfortunately did not know why AJ is somebody.
I was sitting in my family room checking emails while my wife watched "27 Dresses". The credits were rolling and I heard this note on a low B and immediately knew who it was. The descending fill that followed it was a dead giveaway. AJ with Chaka.
Saw that with wifey yesterday, it was the best thing about the movie!
A big +1 on that.
I've been playing Chaka Khan's What'cha Gonna Do For Me for the last couple of days. I think that CD has my favorite Anthony Jackson basswork of all time. Pick it up if you can, the man totally dominates every track he plays on. He even does some plucking (not thumping) on one track, and his pick work is phenomenal!
I love these old clips I stumble across on YouTube - AJ workin' the four string:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JLtREvE4AxQ&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JLtREvE4AxQ&feature=related
Awesome tune! Though they could have given AJ a little more camera time instead of exclusively looking at Gadd's hi-hat and Ritenour's right hand!
I've been playing Chaka Khan's What'cha Gonna Do For Me for the last couple of days. I think that CD has my favorite Anthony Jackson basswork of all time. Pick it up if you can, the man totally dominate every track he plays on. He even does some plucking (not thumping) on one track, and his pick work is phenomenal!
I downloaded the albums you mentioned at the beginning of the thread. Great recommendations. And I tend to agree with you. Anthony's playing on What'cha Gonna Do For Me stood out the most when I listen to it, not to say he wasn't good on Naughty and Chaka though.
This is some of AJ's very best work, but it's rarely mentioned or discussed:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=seCJz2FDec0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=seCJz2FDec0
I like the Ivan Lins stuff that I've heard from the studio versions, but one thing that always gets me is how much the "Harlequin" album seems like Grusin and Ritenour trying to sound like the Pat Metheny Group. Maybe that's why I like it so much....
anyway, who plays bass on "Harlequin?"
AJ plays great 4-string all over Simon & Garfunkel's Concert in Central Park. The whole thing is on You Tube. Check it out.
In the earlier[and better IMHO] days of GRP it seemed they used Laboriel on a lot of the west coast stuff and Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson and *Francisco Centeno for a lot of the east coast stuff.
*another player I always dug!
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Check out the entire Suitcase CD , recorded live in 94 with AJ on bass and Dennis Chambers on drums:
http://www.amazon.com/Suitcase-Stev...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1221083515&sr=8-1
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Huge AJ fan here....he's the reason I wanted a 6 string, and had one made back in 1987. (Of course, I saw Pattitucci shortly thereafter, and that cemented my desire....)
I haven't read the whole thread, but check Youtube for Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street, doing "Superstition." That's AJ on the Fender...and he's killin' that groove to death!
I think my favorite records with him are the Eyewitness albums, including Suitcase, which is the quintessential exploration of what he can do in an improv setting. and Michel Camilo's records with him are the bomb. But two recent ones are Fahir Atakoglu's Istanbul in Blue, and Dave Liebman's "On the Corner," both of which have amazing stuff.
And Paul Simon's Hearts and Bones has some really tasty AJ. There was a short video on PBS re Mr. Simon, with a short clip of AJ in the studio playing the title track to that album. Calle 54 is a must-see as well.
I, for one, like his tone now better than anything before....and also we should note he continues to be one of the driving forces in High Fidelity Bass Guitar sound reproduction.
I haven't read the whole thread, but check Youtube for Stevie Wonder on Sesame Street, doing "Superstition." That's AJ on the Fender...and he's killin' that groove to death!
I think my favorite records with him are the Eyewitness albums, including Suitcase, which is the quintessential exploration of what he can do in an improv setting. and Michel Camilo's records with him are the bomb. But two recent ones are Fahir Atakoglu's Istanbul in Blue, and Dave Liebman's "On the Corner," both of which have amazing stuff.
And Paul Simon's Hearts and Bones has some really tasty AJ. There was a short video on PBS re Mr. Simon, with a short clip of AJ in the studio playing the title track to that album. Calle 54 is a must-see as well.
I, for one, like his tone now better than anything before....and also we should note he continues to be one of the driving forces in High Fidelity Bass Guitar sound reproduction.
