That drum solo was intense! I know some cats that grew up with Omar and Marcus Miller. Said Omar was a badass as a teenager!!
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Darryl Jones - Bring on the Night
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That drum solo was intense! I know some cats that grew up with Omar and Marcus Miller. Said Omar was a badass as a teenager!!
I remember reading where Marcus said Omar was the cat they all looked up to.
...and Omar just seems like the kinda guy you want to be in a band with. Funny times.
...and the movie/DVD has "Fortress Around Your Heart" (with a slightly different bass part vs. the studio Blue Turtles album).
The 2-cd Bring On The Night set does not have that one, either.
The 2-cd Bring On The Night set does not have that one, either.
Precisely why if one really wants to trace Darryl's development, owning both the movie and the 2-CD set is a worthwhile investment. The movie's opening sequence with the rehearsal in France is amazing in and of itself – a continuous tracking shot that reveals Darryl playing...a Guild Pilot!
IIRC, my 1st album with Darryl Jones was Decoy, a Miles electric album from 1983/84.
Also was one of the earliest cds I bought. Branford Marsalis is on this...and John Scofield.
Another in this time frame is Still Warm by John Scofield. Jones & Hakim are on this album.
Check them out.
Also was one of the earliest cds I bought. Branford Marsalis is on this...and John Scofield.
Another in this time frame is Still Warm by John Scofield. Jones & Hakim are on this album.
Check them out.
The opening track on Still Warm is killer! Love the head, and Darryl & Omar are so tight together.
Here's another hit song intro featuring Omar on drums:
I'm perennially obsessed with this film and with Jones' playing, his turtleneck and the joy of watching the act of high-level music-making captured on film. This is the best band making incredible music.
They really should have cut the "Bring On the Night/When the World Is Running Down" performance together and put it on the DVD/BR special features, but they didn't. Someone needs to release the footage of that performance.
Since the live album is mixed in such a way you don't hear a lot of bass on that tune, am I the only one who hears a trace of envelope filter during the "When the World..." section? You hear it on Jones' last note in the song. Or is that just throaty Jazz Bass fret/string noise? I love his tone all over this and, to me, Jones makes the best Jazz Bass noise, even when it's a Guild Pilot.
They really should have cut the "Bring On the Night/When the World Is Running Down" performance together and put it on the DVD/BR special features, but they didn't. Someone needs to release the footage of that performance.
Since the live album is mixed in such a way you don't hear a lot of bass on that tune, am I the only one who hears a trace of envelope filter during the "When the World..." section? You hear it on Jones' last note in the song. Or is that just throaty Jazz Bass fret/string noise? I love his tone all over this and, to me, Jones makes the best Jazz Bass noise, even when it's a Guild Pilot.
The BP1 model seems entirely unknown to the Internet. I'm guessing it's the SC-40:
The BP-41 looks different:
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I do hear something akin to an envelope filter, but not knowing exactly how the soundtrack was recorded, I won't go out on a limb and suggest a signal chain. Nonetheless, I'm glad that I own both the DVD and the CD editions. Rest in peace, Kenny Kirkland.
Well, I'm glad I'm not insane. I found a blurb on Sting's web site about an interview with the band when they were supporting it that makes no mention of an envelope, but [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]:
Because it may not have ever been a filter (I certainly can't reproduce the tone on either of my filters to be sure), and having listened a lot to DJ's tone pre-Stones, he has always had a really gritty, earthy kind of Jazz Bass tone that I don't hear from anyone else. Full of throaty goodness. It's almost like his neck is too straight, nearly, but it's amazing. There's a wonderful, earthy, kinda wood-and-fret-clacking that he makes, such as both of these tones from the Bill Evans live record most DJ fans know well:
I think this is an outstanding slap tone, at least in a fusion context. It is SO bright, but sits beautifully in this mix and is never harsh:
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