Double Bass Favorite ballad?

[Jloch86]

Nothing's sweeter than the Misty melody, in my opinion.

What about you? Which ballads grab you right by the heart?

 

[Ed Fuqua]

I don't know if I have a favorite. Or my favorite is all of them. We've been playing a couple of Duke ballads a bunch lately, PORTRAIT OF THE BEAN and HAPPY REUNION, those are fun. We've had some fun with the Strayhorn ballads, WARM VALLEY, BALLAD OF THE VERY SAD AND VERY TIRED LOTUS EATERS and BLOOD COUNT. But pretty much any ballad is fun.

Although, since I've had to play it SO MANY TIMES on clubdates good and bad (and worse), generally if MISTY gets called it's a good time for me to catch up on my sleep...

 

[bassfiddlesteve]

My all time favorite ballad has to be "Skylark", music by Hoagy Carmichael, words by Johnny Mercer. The version by k.d. lang and Charlie Haden's Quartet West from the soundtrack to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is really nice.

- Steve

 

[bass12]

"Someone To Watch Over Me" and "Isfahan" (from the Far East Suite) are two of my favourites.

 

[Carl Hillman]

Nothing's sweeter than the Misty melody, in my opinion.

What about you? Which ballads grab you right by the heart?

So many great ones...

This is probably my favorite.



...but, I also love this one...



...this one...



...and this one.

 

[JRA]

sorry to just dodge in from the 'other side' (but i started bass on DB: now play fretless electric): i lurk on you guys a lot --- and, i'm still a jazz player.

anyway: had to say that my one and only love can do it for me! i'll go now, thanks.

 

[Bryan R. Tyler]

Not jazz, but Tom Waits' "Tom Traubert's Blues" is a a perfect tragic grimy ballad

 

[mdcbass]

Nothing's sweeter than the Misty melody, in my opinion.

What about you? Which ballads grab you right by the heart?

Here's one

 

[Tom Lane]

It's not the tune, it's what the artist does with it.

 

[james condino]

Miles' Blue in Green

 

[Fat Fret]

Not jazz, but Tom Waits' "Tom Traubert's Blues" is a a perfect tragic grimy ballad

To me this is one of most beautiful and moving tunes ever written. It nearly makes me cry every time I hear it.

 

[Fat Fret]

Chet Baker - Almost Blue is also, for me, in that league..

 

[Anton Avis]

Nothing's sweeter than the Misty melody, in my opinion.

What about you? Which ballads grab you right by the heart?

One of my favourite songs to play on contrabass is Mummers from Danse Grotesque. You're meant to play it staccato but when played smoothly it sounds beautiful.

 

[Steven Ayres]

To play on bass, "I Remember Clifford" and of course "'Round Midnight."

 

[mtto]

Stardust

 

[sean_on_bass]

Hard to choose. Alfie has always been one of my favorite melodies, so i'll go with that one.

 

[MrMyopia]

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most.

The music and lyrics always touches me and is not a song that gets overplayed. It's a great one to get inside the changes too.

 

[Chris Fitzgerald]

Too many to count, but some favorites:

For Heaven' s Sake
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing
So In Love
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Chelsea Bridge

 

[CaseyVancouver]

Nothing's sweeter than the Misty melody, in my opinion.

What about you? Which ballads grab you right by the heart?

Walk on By - performed a bit slower than this but I love Dionne Warwick

 

[TroyK]

At the moment, I'm listening to Dex play Ruby My Dear, so I can't imagine anything better. But there are others, including I Remember Clifford that come to mind.

@Carl Hillman Tough to beat that Nancy Wilson / Cannonball Adderly album and I named my dog Nancy (With the Laughing Face)