Double Bass Drew Gress WOW !!!

[sean_on_bass]

YES! I just found and listened to this yesterday.
There are some others in the series that I'm going to check out.
Thanks, Seanto.

No problem. I do an occasional search of "Drew Gress" on the tube when i want some inspiration and was happy when this turned up, hah.

 

[Don Kasper]

No problem. I do an occasional search of "Drew Gress" on the tube when i want some inspiration and was happy when this turned up, hah.

I found Pablo Held in this YT below. WOW....
(The bassist is NOT Drew Gress, but bassist Matthias Pichler sounds great. IMFO.)

 

[EvanGregor]

Hi all, Drew is doing a masterclass on Zoom, Thu May 7th at 1pm Eastern if anyone wants to attend. It's $15 - I am 'hosting' it for him meaning running the controls and handling the tech side. Is it OK for me to post a link for that here?

 

[sean_on_bass]

Hi all, Drew is doing a masterclass on Zoom, Thu May 7th at 1pm Eastern if anyone wants to attend. It's $15 - I am 'hosting' it for him meaning running the controls and handling the tech side. Is it OK for me to post a link for that here?

Not sure if it is OK or not, but if you could PM me the link that would be awesome.

 

[oliebrice]

Drew already sounding phenomenal in 1989... a whole album - just remastered and reissued - of standards, trio with Eskelin & Phil Haynes

 

[crd]

Drew already sounding phenomenal in 1989... a whole album - just remastered and reissued - of standards, trio with Eskelin & Phil Haynes

Oh exciting. I am looking forward to listening closely to this. Live to two track -- playing for keeps!!

 

[Deleted member 393011]

Drew already sounding phenomenal in 1989... a whole album - just remastered and reissued - of standards, trio with Eskelin & Phil Haynes

Forms, with that same trio, was a big one for me (not that anybody here cares, but it was.)
Check out also Joint Venture - Ways and Mirrors which is those guys and the late, great trumpeter Paul Smoker. All those recordings were around the same time.

And since we're talking about Drew, his record Heyday, which came out on Soul Note in '95 (Dave Binney, Ben Monder, Kenny Wollesen) is just fantastic. I hadn't listened to it in a really long time, so I gave it a spin last week and I was really happy I did.

 

[oliebrice]

Forms, with that same trio, was a big one for me (not that anybody here cares, but it was.)
Check out also Joint Venture - Ways and Mirrors which is those guys and the late, great trumpeter Paul Smoker. All those recordings were around the same time.

And since we're talking about Drew, his record Heyday, which came out on Soul Note in '95 (Dave Binney, Ben Monder, Kenny Wollesen) is just fantastic. I hadn't listened to it in a really long time, so I gave it a spin last week and I was really happy I did.

Yeah, 'Forms' is great! For some reason I don't think I've ever checked out the quartets with Smoker, I will do

Was funny reading back through this old thread - reading myself nearly 25 years ago is a bit weird! But my enthusiasm for Gress' playing hasn't dimmed at all in that time