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Double Bass Marc Johnson?

#21
Back to the music:

The most impressive thing about Abercrombie's group was their ability to change feels so much throughout their entire set. A lot of this was due to Joey Baron's incredible playing (seriously, can anyone even come close to this guy?). But Marc Johnson also proved to be an amazingly flexible musician. He was always contributing and giving exactly what was needed. True, he rarely played walking lines, but I never felt as though the time was off.
 
#23
this thread cleans up nicely. it's like it never happened, though i do miss TomSauter's less "inciteful" criticisms of alleged un-swinging bass masters...

Chris F, did you get that PM? just curious b/c my browser was being really finicky that day...

best wishes
Dave
 
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Back to Marc Johnson, has anybody listened to the Paul Motion/ Bill Evans CD?? I love the tone of marc's bass on this. Everyone streches out nicely. A pianist friend of mine thinks it's too loose, of course compared to the original Evans recordings it might be. I think it's a great interpratation of Bill's music and a great vehicle for Marc Johnson.
You can really hear the maturity in his paying compared to the Paris Concerts, et-al from that era.
Sam

Pardon me if this was covered in previous threads!! :D
 
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HARDUS OF HEARING said:
Has anyone seen him live recently? I was curious whether he was still playing the Eminence bass.
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Tbeers said:
Is anyone here really familiar with his playing? When I was in NYC this past weekend I went to see him play with John Abercrombie's quartet at Birdland. I thought he was pretty good, but his sound could have been better. It looked as though he had Spirocores on, with very low string height and was relying on a Full Circle pickup for almost all of his volume. In a small club like that, a microphone would have been more than adequate (especially since Joey Baron is the most amazingly sensitive and dynamic drummer I've ever heard). But Johnson's technique was superb, and his style of soloing was so minimalist and tasteful... he didn't show off at all, but it sounded so cool and relaxed.
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#32
I haven't heard those Right Brain Patrol albums for a long time, but I used to love those recordings. I wore out the original cassette tapes that I had of them. I think Marc really has to be seen live to be fully appreciated though. I've seen him a bunch - with Scofield, Eliane Elias, Lyle Mays, Joe Lovano, and Bill Frisell. His soloing is so melodic and meaningful whatever setting he is in. He has a real spontaneous nature to his accompaniment too - it seems like he is ready to go anywhere at anytime. Incredible player!
 
#37
Americans???
What Americans?
Anyhow, tonight we are going to win 2 olympic gold medals, one in ice hockey, the other in mens´ curling.
The Really Bad News is that yesterday our octet was booked a gig
on 29th April...and I already reserved a ticket for our piano player, too. He´s going to kill me...

R2
 
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arto alho said:
Anyhow, tonight we are going to win 2 olympic gold medals, one in ice hockey, the other in mens´ curling.
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Sorry about the medals, R2. Being a Canadian, I knew at the time of writing that there was no way you were taking that curling medal from us -- I was just too polite to point out the obvious.

As for the hockey, I still think that Finnish team is absolutely one of the best I've ever seen, and this Canadian has been watching hockey for 45 years.
 

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