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Jazz recordings with electric bass
- Thread starter lsbland
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But all of these players did much better things on Double Bass!!
Ron Carter hated playing bass guitar and his work on Red Clay is very strange - it's like he didn't want to solo..?
Monk Montgomery played Double Bass on "Groove Yard" - which has some great tunes and starts off with some really nice DB on "Bock to Bock".
The thing is that there are hundreds of classic recordings that can be highly recommended with Ron Carter and Ray Brown - but all of them are where they use Double Bass!
For something different, check out Tarus Mateen, who plays in Jason Moran's trio. He has a unique approach to making the bass guitar work in an adventurous acoustic jazz setting. Jason Moran's latest is called "Ten":
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I agree. I look forward to listening to Ray Brown and Ron Carter on electric as much as I look forward to listening to Victor Wooten on the upright (which is not at all).
Monk Montgomery is an exception though, he was one of the pioneers of the electric bass.
One guy who I don't mind hearing play both is Dave Carpenter. I love his tone on the upright and the electric. One of the bass giants who left us way to soon
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Deja vu all over again?
The OP is looking for good examples of jazz played on electric bass, not a discussion on the relative merits of electric bass versus double bass in jazz.
The OP is looking for good examples of jazz played on electric bass, not a discussion on the relative merits of electric bass versus double bass in jazz.
But all of these players did much better things on Double Bass!!
Ron Carter hated playing bass guitar and his work on Red Clay is very strange - it's like he didn't want to solo..?
Monk Montgomery played Double Bass on "Groove Yard" - which has some great tunes and starts off with some really nice DB on "Bock to Bock".
The thing is that there are hundreds of classic recordings that can be highly recommended with Ron Carter and Ray Brown - but all of them are where they use Double Bass!
I agree...and don't...
Surely, you can develop a very good sense on building lines, style, etc. from listening to the "masters"--upright or no. I know this is how I started long ago.
However, I only recently started playing electric again after a 20-year hiatus from playing both upright and electric. I never played many standards on electric, and as it's now my only axe, I find myself thinking perhaps it would be good for me to hear what a "bassist's bassist" sounds like playing straight-ahead stuff on electric. The instruments aren't the same, and it might be helpful to see what translates well (and what doesn't) with respect to line concept, tone, etc...
Which is my way of saying I think I can relate to the OP and think this is a very useful thread to me, personally.
Agree, Zaub. It was guys like Ron Carter who got me interested in playing bass period. I went guitar for a lot of reasons, but the jazz tree players are still my main influences.
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this is a very good one, with a great italian bass player, Dario Deidda
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#1 IMO is monk montgomery, then there's steve swallow, mark egan, bob cranshaw " a bass is a bass is a bass" , dave holland , jaco, stanley , rick laird, marcus miller, Daryll jones...and on and on. Sonny Rollins liked the extra bounce the electric bass gave him. I interpret that as he could hear it way better, which many jazz drummers and guitarists have also told me. And it's darn sure easier to haul around. ;-) + is it really an acoustic bass if it has a piezo pickup and an amp?
