Gino vanelli

Who? The only Vannelli I've ever heard of is Milli.

...off to Google, I guess.

 

...and I'm back.

Wikipedia says that Jimmy Haslip played on that album. You might find an answer to your question by digging into what he was playing in the late 70's. I think he plays a Roscoe now.

 

By "electronics", do you mean pickups? Onboard active circuitry? Stomp boxes?

I read that the bass player on that album was Jimmy Haslip. No idea what gear he used on that session. You should web search interviews from that era.

But Gino also used keyboard (synth) bass. Not even sure if Jimmy played on every cut. I own Storm At Sunup. Great album. But no bass guitar on that at all.

 

(too many synths as i recall)

lol,.. i loved that album back in high school. i was proably the only kid who knew about GV and his brother, (whats his name)!

oh yeah,... and acid!

 

the production quality on those tracks was light years ahead of the pack!

 

Ross


...but his other brother Joe played on a lot of Gino's albums too.

 

I love that album! For some reason, I thought there was another bassist besides Jimmy Haslip but I can't confirm that. I have a couple of Youtube play along videos with my Warwick Corvette Double Buck (Appaloosa and I Just Wanna Stop) but I don't know if that's the sound you're going for. Jimmy played a Tobias at one point but I don't know what bass is on that record.

 

Jimmy Haslip is the player on "Brother to Brother" - no doubt. The three solos he does in "Brother to Brother" are FREAKIN EPIC!

His playing in "Feels like Flying" is incredible... great great GREAT!!!!!

 

Just LISTEN to Haslip's playing here - tone, technique, groove and speed all in one.

Youtube clip of "Brother to Brother" (solos start at 4:33):

Clip of "Feels like Flying":

 

IIRC, the vinyl liner notes showed there were two bassists on "Brother to Brother". Here's a TB thread from way back when to further muddy the waters:

http://www.talkbass.com/threads/who-played-bass-on-brother-to-brother.316938/

 

Thanks 20db pad for the link which seems to clear it up. I knew Haslip did the bass solos on "Brother to Brother" and the bass on "Feels like Flying" (and that there is a lot of synth bass in Gino's stuff on that album and others of his - sob, sob), but I didn't know about Leon Gaer also contributing to that album. I haven't pulled out the vinyl on that record in decades, so I was going off of a partial memory. Sorry to leave Leon out - and I stand corrected!

FWIW I'm definitely not wrong about Haslip's playing on that - it's just epic.

 

The timeline sort of suggests that Haslip wasn't playing a Tobias back then. Mike Tobias started building April 1977, was located in Florida, and his first efforts weren't basses from what I recall. "Brother to Brother" was recorded '77-'78 in Hollywood, CA, where Haslip was already an established session guy. Tobias moved into the LA/Hollywood area in the early '80s, where he established relationships with top players in town, Haslip included.

 

Around that time I watched Jimmy Haslip with Al Jarreau, he was using a Ibanez 5 string bass. He used Tobias, and Roscoe basses later on. Whether or not he's using one on the Brother To Brother tracks is anyones guess. Gino's tracks were very synth heavy and processed a great deal.

Ric