Eberhard Weber

[line6man]

So I've been hearing a lot of Eberhard Weber on Pandora lately, and I'm absolutely in love with that gorgeous tone and his melodic playing style. (I'm a solo player.)

Unfortunately, I think such a beautiful tone only comes from an upright bass.

What do you guys think of Eberhard Weber?
I know nothing about him, so educate me!

 

[jerry]

I've dug his playing for a long time, The first record I remember having with him was Pat Metheny's Watercolors, and that led me to his ECM solo catalog. Very lyrical and haunting player, I also love his work with Jan Garbarek.
Some of my favorite late night listening!

 

[KJung]

I've dug his playing for a long time, The first record I remember having with him was Pat Metheny's Watercolors, and that led me to his ECM solo catalog. Very lyrical and haunting player, I also love his work with Jan Garbarek.
Some of my favorite late night listening!

While I still dig the Watercolors CD, my gosh, his intonation is awful. Sounds like me trying to play fretless

 

[jerry]

While I still dig the Watercolors CD, my gosh, his intonation is awful. Sounds like me trying to play fretless

Ha, I knew somebody would bring that up. That's one of the things I dig about his playing, makes it sound more human to me. The same with some of Mick Karn's work. I've had this debate with bassist friends for almost 35 years, Eberhard might not be for everybody, but there is something in his playing that speaks to me.

 

[JtheJazzMan]

The saying "the tone is in your hands" is very applicable here.

It is partly to do with strings and setup but he has a distinctive sound on both contrabass, electric CB and even cello on one album.

 

[Jazz Ad]

His EUB sounds a lot more like a fretless than an upright.
On a sidenote, he's slowly recovering from a stroke and can barely play these days.

 

[Jaco who?]

Still love Yellow Fields.

 

[KJung]

Ha, I knew somebody would bring that up. That's one of the things I dig about his playing, makes it sound more human to me. The same with some of Mick Karn's work. I've had this debate with bassist friends for almost 35 years, Eberhard might not be for everybody, but there is something in his playing that speaks to me.

I agree (in a way). The intonation is pretty rough though

 

[JimK]

Some of my favorite late night listening!

On a tangent...more nice late night listening:
Manu Katche's ECM releases-
Neighborhood & Playground.

 

[line6man]

I also love his work with Jan Garbarek

I liked this a lot.

Somewhere around three and a half minutes in, he's got that awesome tone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J_sFbbeQRA

On a sidenote, he's slowly recovering from a stroke and can barely play these days.

I read something about that. That's quite unfortunate.

 

[Passinwind]

Eberhard thread in the TB EUB Forum.

 

[jerry]

 

[jerry]

 

[jsbarber]

I saw Eberhard Weber live in Gary Burton’s band, with Pat Metheny, in the summer of ‘76 (might have been 77). It was right around when Watercolors came out. He was playing a black Electric Upright Bass, and I think it’s likely the same bass as on Watercolors. My point being it wasn’t a double bass.

 

[Michedelic]

Not widely known is that he played on a number of Kate Bush albums. She always had great taste in bassists.

 

[jerry]

Not widely known is that he played on a number of Kate Bush albums. She always had great taste in bassists.

There are so many artists on my shelf that I discovered because of the bassists they used, Kate Bush was one of them for me.