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BUDDY RICH BASSIST

#22
bassybill said:
Great playing and great tone from that Jazz bass. I wonder if those are Di Marzio Model J pickups on there? They were far and away the most popular aftermarket pickups around at the time (1984).

Looks like the guy had one in the bridge position on the BS&T video that Roy posted, too.

I loved Buddy Rich with the big band, I saw him two or three times over here in England. My Dad took me for the first time when I was about 4 years old, it must have been my first ever concert. I particularly remember seeing him in 1979 (I think that was the year) at Birmingham Odeon. As usual he had a very young band with him (except for Steve Marcus) and the guy he'd got on bass was amazing. I'd only been playing a couple of years at the time and I was really inspired on the instrument by seeing a player of that quality. Anybody out there know who that could have been?
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I opened for Buddy in the Fall of 1979 and Wayne Pedzwater was on the gig at that time. He and Buddy did a Slap Bass/Drum duel.
 
#25
Stacatto said:
The liner notes from the studio indicate The Great - Joel DiBartolo. He went on the the Tonight Show, and many other gigs.

Thought it might have been him...
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Was that from the initial clip from the early 70s? Where did you find the credits?
Or were you talking about "Keep the Customer Satisfied"?
Thanks :)
 
#27
Dude...that bass player was great. No matter the name...he was smokin' even before the solo. One important thing I noticed was the tone this guy had was great. True that an acoustic bass may have been better...but I think this player did quite well on the electric. I don't think it took away from the sound of the band.
 
#28
Stacatto said:
The liner notes from the studio indicate The Great - Joel DiBartolo. He went on the the Tonight Show, and many other gigs.

Thought it might have been him...
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I was going to mention Joel DiBartolo as another that played EB in a Jazz Big Band.
Was digging through some old Guitar Player mags this week...Joel DiBartolo mentioned his first encounter with Buddy Rich's Big Band.
Rich asks DiBartolo for an "A".
DiBartolo thinks, "I'm Italian"...so he sez, "AAAAAAA".
He said that went over badly & he was out almost as fast as he was in.
;)

The article also mentions that DiBartolo assisted Leo Fender with Music Man basses.
 
#30
(missed this thread first time around)

Thanks for the clips.

During a recent radio interview, a local jazz guy said that Buddy Rich didn't know how to read music. (?)

Are there any videos of Ray Brown playing EB?
I searched after this thread, but didn't find any.
 

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