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Double Bass DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO PLAY BASS HERE??
- Thread starter Edvin
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- Oct 18, 2012
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Bass on track 1-9, for at least the Louis Jordan version, looks like Jessie "Po" Simpkins.
Bass on track 1-9, for at least the Louis Jordan version, looks like Jessie "Po" Simpkins.
Scott Bradley at MGM studios in Hollywood was the musical director for those cartoons, so it would have been a West Coast studio band. The vocals sound quite a bit like Slim Gaillard, so maybe it was him or Slam Stewart? More likely the vocals were by the actor who voiced "Droopy" (made by the same folks) and a studio player whose name is lost to us played that bass. He is however, in that clip, squarely in Slam-land as far as rhythmic drive and tone. Haven't heard this in at least twenty-five years. This may very well have been one of the first things that made me want to pick up a bass. Thanks for sharing!
So... the upshot is that if you want to hear more playing like this, pick up some Slam Stewart. There are a few retrospectives of the Slim and Slam sides on CD. If you can find a copy of the 1945 town hall concert, reissued on Commodore, where he does a set as a duo with Don Byas, I highly recommend it. Checking out Milt Hinton's recordings with Cab Calloway in the 30's or Pops Foster with Louis Armstrong from about the same era will fill that jones, too.
So... the upshot is that if you want to hear more playing like this, pick up some Slam Stewart. There are a few retrospectives of the Slim and Slam sides on CD. If you can find a copy of the 1945 town hall concert, reissued on Commodore, where he does a set as a duo with Don Byas, I highly recommend it. Checking out Milt Hinton's recordings with Cab Calloway in the 30's or Pops Foster with Louis Armstrong from about the same era will fill that jones, too.
