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CHICK COREA - LEGACY with Hadrien Feraud on bass

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Clark Dark said:
careful using absolute terms in music converstions where everything is in a state of flux. Whousedtoplay just last month I said I'd never knock anyones "hustle" meaning if that's how he banks dollars, good for him. But I remember you posting a conversation about Linley Marthe when Zawinul kinda suggested that as great as Linley is, he showed a proclivity towards "overplaying" at times. That kind of thing happens when you're announced as the best thing going..and whether there are some who think HF is immune to that, the reality is he's as human as everybody else.
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Let's stay focused.
This thread was not about Hadrien playing too many notes.
I post a lot of links to various artists/groups.

I've started this thread as, "CHICK COREA - LEGACY with Hadrien Feraud on bass".
In my opinion, it's a magnificent album with superb bass lines played by a virtuoso bass player, Hadrien Feraud.
Due to some "old, biased, personal" issues - that happened way before my time at the TB forum - the thread was "hijacked" - from talking about Hadrien's playing with Chick Corea's Legacy to "airing some speculative dirty laundry" of some "yellow press" rumors.


In this thread, I've clearly expressed my opinion

(1) about John McLaughlin's comments on Hadrien,
(2) about some of the TalkBass members' biased and impolite attitude/language toward Hadrien,
(3) about the reason why Hadrien is no longer with John McLaughlin,
(4) about the reason why Hadrien is not touring with Chic Corea,
(5) about my personal opinion on Hadrien Feraud as a top notch, world-class, very innovative superb bass player.

P.S. About playing too many notes.
(Art, in general, is ridiculously subjective).

From wikipedia:

"But as other musicians went on to use high-tech amps, round-wound strings, and simpler, more repetitive bass lines incorporating new techniques like thumb slapping, Jamerson's style fell out of favor with local producers and he found himself reluctant to try new things. By the 1980s he was unable to get any serious gigs working as a session musician."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jamerson
 
#43
whousedtoplay, my first sentence was about using an absolute term, like "best" because you can be up one day and down the next. I hope it didn't sound like I was flaming "you" because that was not my intention.
 
#44
Clark Dark said:
whousedtoplay, my first sentence was about using an absolute term, like "best" because you can be up one day and down the next. I hope it didn't sound like I was flaming "you" because that was not my intention.
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At this moment, I truly believe that Hadrien Feraud is the most technically advanced bass player in the world.

On the other note, Hadrien does not hold the title of the fastest bass player in the world.

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World's Fastest Bass Player - Steve "The Hammer" McKinley
 
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#49
Of course, but IMO it is very different playing/composing a challenging piece, in which case I can see why technique comes handy, but actually competing, I have nothing against it, but I do have mixed feelings.
P.S. I love bass techniques so don't get me wrong :)
 

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