Captain Fingers...Killer Fusion Bass Section

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Found the Backing Track Without Bass - Captain Fingers...

Lee Ritenour, Alphonso Johnson, Anthony Jackson Killer Bass section. The ALBUM version. Excellent fusion. The entire album is a gold mine and a classic in my world. This tune Captain Fingers has a killer bridge section, I play it very slow on it's own at the end, for anybody interested.

DMark Alpha 6 with Thomastik Flats, direct with Neve DI. The poor artifacts on the slow version is my video editing software, can't get around it. Watch in HD for best sound.

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I did record the entire tune (first 5 minutes anyway) but YT and Facebook music fingerprinting shut it down for copyright despite as obscure as I thought it was to be able to slip through. But this section seems to get by it.

A 6 string helps, but being as Alphonso Johnson and Anthony Jackson are both credited for bass in the same song, I do not know who played what (would like to know for sure though). But if I had to guess, it would be Anthony Jackson. Patrice Rushen on keys (Forget Me Nots) and Lee on guitar both play different parts than the bass.

 

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And bam again, deleted by autobots. For some reason this single tune by Lee Ritenour gets flagged/recognized by software. On to the next.

 

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Alphonso Johnson and Anthony Jackson are both credited for bass in the same song, I do not know who played what (would like to know for sure though). But if I had to guess, it would be Anthony Jackson.

I would guess differently. If we're talking about the original album track (no idea whether youtube will allow these embedded videos, based on your experience)



the tone and touch and phrasing of the main bass part* definitely sounds like Alphonso Johnson's work in the 1970s. Were I a gambling man I'd wager big money that's his fretless Charles Lobue bass. It certainly has conspicuous elements of Alphonso's style. And intonation

Contrast that with the way Anthony Jackson plays in this remake video from sometime in the 1990s or 2000s:

Yes, he's using a totally different bass than the one he played in the 70s, so we should expect the tone to be different...but his phrasing also is so distinctly different from that on the original album track that it just seems obvious to me that it's a different player. It's almost not even the same bass line.

*Where I think AJ played on the original album track is the brisk unison passages that start around 2:17 in the first clip (the "bridge" if you will, before the solos start...also the intro). I'll bet dollars to donuts Alphonso just didn't/couldn't cut those passages with the precision that Ritenour wanted, so AJ overdubbed those parts to tighten it up.

Admittedly I'm just guessing, but to my ear that's what it sounds like is happening.

 

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I would guess differently. If we're talking about the original album track (no idea whether youtube will allow these embedded videos, based on your experience)



the tone and touch and phrasing of the main bass part* definitely sounds like Alphonso Johnson's work in the 1970s. Were I a gambling man I'd wager big money that's his fretless Charles Lobue bass. It certainly has conspicuous elements of Alphonso's style. And intonation

Contrast that with the way Anthony Jackson plays in this remake video from sometime in the 1990s or 2000s:

Yes, he's using a totally different bass than the one he played in the 70s, so we should expect the tone to be different...but his phrasing also is so distinctly different from that on the original album track that it just seems obvious to me that it's a different player. It's almost not even the same bass line.

*Where I think AJ played on the original album track is the brisk unison passages that start around 2:17 in the first clip (the "bridge" if you will, before the solos start...also the intro). I'll bet dollars to donuts Alphonso just didn't/couldn't cut those passages with the precision that Ritenour wanted, so AJ overdubbed those parts to tighten it up.

Admittedly I'm just guessing, but to my ear that's what it sounds like is happening.

I really have no idea, but the 'bridge' which is what I was showing/teaching does not seem possible with a 4 string. So on that alone, you are likley on to something Bob. I am very familiar with all of the versions. The album version however is a cult classic of mine and a personal favorite although I do really enjoy both players equally as players and their respective histories. So far instagram has not silenced my vid bassline. I never dissected it until recently but I do sincerely enjoy it and enjoy playing it.

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