i can recall patitucci playing fretless on one track on the electric bands' light years, but thats it
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Jazz/fusion fretless players???
- Thread starter progplayer
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oh shoot!...
sorry, i forgot that this was a FRETLESS fusion jazz players' thread.
I didn't mean to imply that Patitucci played fretless electric.
my mistake
sorry, i forgot that this was a FRETLESS fusion jazz players' thread.
I didn't mean to imply that Patitucci played fretless electric.
my mistake
JazznFunk
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Originally posted by Rafterman
the bassist from Spyro Gyra?...the new guy?...Scott Ambush?!...man that guy is no where near the others you named. I heard that he thinks he's all bad....John Patitiucci used to do a lot of fusion with Chick Corea Electric Band...but now he does a lot more Afro-Cuban (upright bass). But that is still good to check out. Michael Brecker is on some of his recent albums.
Scott Ambush is incredible... if you've never seen him live, then you can't really comment, IMHO. His playing in the studio suits the songs, as is true of everyone else in SG. Live though, they RIP.
Dunno what you'd call this music--probably not jazz and maybe not fusion--but some of the most ear-grabbing fretless I've heard in recent years was from Mick Karn on the album "Polytown" with Karn, David Torn, and Terry Bozzio. Chops junkies might not like it, but Karn has an arresting and highly personal sound on the instrument.
Im glad you brought up Scott Ambush's name, I have recently gotten on a Spyro Gyra kick, and could'nt remember his name, I was told it once and forgot.
I really dig the bass line in "Breakfast at Igors", and the latino flavor line he does on "Cabana Carioca. Is that a Baiao, Tumbau, or any particlur kind of rythm?
It may be hard to find but there's an album by John Mclaughlin simply titled "Mahavishnu". It's got some tasty fretless work by Jonas Hellborg (but it's not all fretless on the album, there is some fretted bass too). It also has Billy Cobham on drums and some great sax work by Bill Evans. I think it may be the first album by John that features the Synclavier II Digital Guitar. A must have for any bass player, imho.
Come to think of it, I think Jonas Hellborg once put out an album called "Solo Bass" (and it may even be his first release), but I read that it has a lot of fretless work on it along with fretted accompaniment. I'll bet it's a good one, though I've never heard it.
Come to think of it, I think Jonas Hellborg once put out an album called "Solo Bass" (and it may even be his first release), but I read that it has a lot of fretless work on it along with fretted accompaniment. I'll bet it's a good one, though I've never heard it.
Check out Matt Garrison's work on his self-titled solo album and on John McLaughlin's live album The Heart of Things. Pretty scary stuff!
I'll second the vote on Kermit Driscoll. I saw the Bill Frizel trio at the Knitting Factory about 10 years ago and it changed my life. I'd never seen or heard interaction like that. Get the Live album. It's the same line-up that I saw w/Joey Baron on drums.
Also check out Eric Sanko with the Lounge Lizards. No Pain for Cakes is a good one and Queen of All Ears is amazing too.
And finally: Go buy Percy Jones Tunnels. The guy is SCARY.
Also check out Eric Sanko with the Lounge Lizards. No Pain for Cakes is a good one and Queen of All Ears is amazing too.
And finally: Go buy Percy Jones Tunnels. The guy is SCARY.
Victor Bayley don't play fretless he use just one bass, in example the record low bow was made with his pen-suhr 4.
John McLaughlin's Que Alegria is the best, you will hear two monster especially Dominique Di Piazza, the other is Kai Eckhardt. Kai is playing wit Trilok Gurtu band right now.
John McLaughlin's Que Alegria is the best, you will hear two monster especially Dominique Di Piazza, the other is Kai Eckhardt. Kai is playing wit Trilok Gurtu band right now.
DAMN, I remember that Album but I sold it like two years ago. That was Kai huh??? I remember two songs where the bass went totally off the wall... Oh well. Kai doesn't really burn it up on the Larry Coryell Counts Jam band but he is pretty damn solid and loves to punch some crazy lines here and there. Need more....
John Mclaughlin Que Alegria
1. Belo horizonte (Dominique)
2. baba (Dominique)
3. reincarnation (Kai)
4. I nite stand (Kai)
5. marie (Dominique bass song)
6. hijacked (Dominique)
7. mila repa (Dominique)
8. que alegria (Dominique)
9. 3 willows (Dominique)
In my opinion the best song 1,6,8
1. Belo horizonte (Dominique)
2. baba (Dominique)
3. reincarnation (Kai)
4. I nite stand (Kai)
5. marie (Dominique bass song)
6. hijacked (Dominique)
7. mila repa (Dominique)
8. que alegria (Dominique)
9. 3 willows (Dominique)
In my opinion the best song 1,6,8
+1 Francis Moze. Don't let the Gong stuff give you an impression of him, listen to Magma's first three albums: Magma (Kobaia), 1001 (degrees) Centigrades, and Univeria Zekt (released under the group name "The Unamables"). He's a madman!!
One who does monster things with both fretless and fretted axes is Jimmy Johnson, he played from everyone from James Taylor to Planet X, from Allan Holdsworth to Lee ritenour...
Fernando Saunders plays some good and tasty fretless lines (even if it seems that most of you guys don't like smooth jazz...well, I like it), and also Lincoln Goines plays great latin fretless with Dave Valentin...
Fernando Saunders plays some good and tasty fretless lines (even if it seems that most of you guys don't like smooth jazz...well, I like it), and also Lincoln Goines plays great latin fretless with Dave Valentin...
