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Excellent Jeff Berlin Trio Video
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man, this is great! I watched the whole movie, very inspiring to see Jeff berlin play. I have one cd (the two old solo albums released on one cd) of him but never saw him play.
He plays so effortlessly, you can see that he is one of the true masters of the bass. You can see that he knows a TON about harmony and chords, just see him play that "jazz"solo and you know what I mean.
He plays so effortlessly, you can see that he is one of the true masters of the bass. You can see that he knows a TON about harmony and chords, just see him play that "jazz"solo and you know what I mean.
I have his "instructional" video (he really just plays some of his songs), and he is without a doubt, one of the most amazing players alive today. Thanks for the link.
Oh yeah, big props to the dude on the upright- he kills.
Oh yeah, big props to the dude on the upright- he kills.
Osama_Spears said:
Yeah, he always makes odd faces. In the instructional video Rowdy Roddy Piper (no clue why JEff decided to have him in the video) said, "If I play bass, do I have to make stupid faces like you?"
Osama_Spears said:you told me this on AIM
I posted this before though- I thouhgt you weren't going to check the thread.
I hate you.
I saw Berlin in Oslo a few months back.
It was with Ernie Watts and a well known drummer I can't remember.
They played standards like "Solar", rythm changes, some blues etc. Quite uninspired actually, and the wierd part was that the dynamics were so flat.
Fun to listen to his chorused bass for the first solo, but rythmically and dynamically it got boring fast.
Sure, he's got good technique, and knows his scales and chords, but one also has to communicate with the audience in a live situation.
Looking "bored" as one poster put it turns many people off...
I used to be such a fan, but I must say that a few of mr Berlin's rants in BP magazine a few years back made me a bit suspicious....
By the way, Danny Gottlieb who played drums on the italian video clip rules!
I made two records with him a few years back, and did a couple of tours. What a guy! Now theres a dynamic musician!
Oh well....
Frode Berg
It was with Ernie Watts and a well known drummer I can't remember.
They played standards like "Solar", rythm changes, some blues etc. Quite uninspired actually, and the wierd part was that the dynamics were so flat.
Fun to listen to his chorused bass for the first solo, but rythmically and dynamically it got boring fast.
Sure, he's got good technique, and knows his scales and chords, but one also has to communicate with the audience in a live situation.
Looking "bored" as one poster put it turns many people off...
I used to be such a fan, but I must say that a few of mr Berlin's rants in BP magazine a few years back made me a bit suspicious....
By the way, Danny Gottlieb who played drums on the italian video clip rules!
I made two records with him a few years back, and did a couple of tours. What a guy! Now theres a dynamic musician!
Oh well....
Frode Berg
He's playing the bass part up an octave.
But the long arpegio thing that starts on the low G on page 2 is done as written.
After this, Jeff has arranged the piece so it modulates to a minor. This is Berlin's arrangment and is not in the written music, which is the original prelude from "Wohltemperierte klavier" by Bach.
Good luck!
Frode
But the long arpegio thing that starts on the low G on page 2 is done as written.
After this, Jeff has arranged the piece so it modulates to a minor. This is Berlin's arrangment and is not in the written music, which is the original prelude from "Wohltemperierte klavier" by Bach.
Good luck!
Frode
