I'm starting a jazz trio with piano and drums. Of course, traditionally you'd see a double bass instead of bass guitar, but I've only held an upright once in my life (Yesterday, in fact). Not as easy as I thought it would be! I'll start practicing double bass at my music school but that will take a while to get up to a decent level. So I'm wondering, are there any great trios with a bass guitar out there?
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Jazz trios with bass guitar?
- Thread starter Raudsarw
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I don't know if there are any GREAT trios, but I've performed at festivals and things with just a drummer, piano and myself, and I played my bass guitar. You just have to dial in the right sound. I use a passive Fender Jazz with DiMarzio jazz pickups and flatwounds.
It's doable!
It's doable!
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/jazz-piano-trio-w-electric-bass-809837/
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/jazz-piano-trio-w-electric-bass-809837/
Just two quick hit off the ol' Google.
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f19/jazz-piano-trio-w-electric-bass-809837/
Just two quick hit off the ol' Google.
I've been getting away with it on and off for about eight years now. Admittedly not a piano trio; the jazz band I play with is violin, guitar and bass guitar.
Unless your other band members are adamant that you need to sound like someone-in-particular, there's no harm in trying to forge your own sound.
Unless your other band members are adamant that you need to sound like someone-in-particular, there's no harm in trying to forge your own sound.
I used to play trio and later quartet with Billy Davidow. See his Atlanta Knights trio at his site <www.atlantagrandpianos.com>
Initially with Billy, I played string bass, but as he used Fender Rhodes as well as grand piano, I coudn't afford a mic, etc.
I owned a Rickenbacker 4001 electric, so I used mostly used electric bass. I was a rocker working with hard core jazzers. What an experience. We remain friends to this day.
Jazz trio with electric basss??..YES, YES..YES.
Initially with Billy, I played string bass, but as he used Fender Rhodes as well as grand piano, I coudn't afford a mic, etc.
I owned a Rickenbacker 4001 electric, so I used mostly used electric bass. I was a rocker working with hard core jazzers. What an experience. We remain friends to this day.
Jazz trio with electric basss??..YES, YES..YES.
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Good one...Bright Size Life.
A lotta people also like Standards Zone...a late-period Jaco album with Brian Melvin (drums) & Jon Davis (piano).
Not jazz, but good fusion - Niacin. Dennis Chambers, John Novello and Billy Sheehan. A great inspiration for the own jazz/fusion trio I'm participating in - we're going for the similar drums-bass-organ approach.
To me the upright is just a more traditional thing. A P or J with flats would work just fine. The upright isn't a must, and like you found out, tougher to play! There is one in my local shop and it makes me look silly everytime I try to play it. 
