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Double Bass Reggie Workman/Ron Carter

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BassBluesNRoots

Sep 17, 2012
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Hey everyone, been listening to a lot of Wayne Shorter's albums as a bandleader recently, love Reggie and Ron's groove based approach to some of those compositions, is there any other players I can check out who are proponents of this kind of DB playing? aside from the master that is Dave Holland of course.
Thanks!
 
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Not quite sure what you mean by "this kind of DB playing." Do you mean playing more rhythmically varied basslines instead of walking quarter notes? Some cats' walking lines are much more "groove-based" than others...

Reggie Workman worked (hur hur) in Trane's quartet for a while before he was replaced by Jimmy Garrison (who also played with Ornette). I think if you investigate Garrison's work on albums like Crescent, A Love Supreme, and Afro Blue Impressions you'll get a lot of valuable information.

Ron Carter got a whole lot of his "groove-based approach" from Israel Crosby, who's most famous as the bassist of the Ahmad Jamal Trio. The classic examples for Israel would be But Not For Me and Poinciana, which you can find either on Live At The Pershing or the (indescribably killin) box set Cross Country Tour. Ron's playing on tunes like Fall (from Nefertiti) or his more recent work with his trio (Malone and Miller) are great testaments to Israel's influence.

My (upright) teacher once had me on Bootsy Collins and Verdine White for a good couple months, if not more... there's always that option too.
 
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Sorry Kenny, yeah that's what i meant, more rhythmically varied playing, not that i don't love four to the bar or the 2 feel or anything, it's just an interesting approach, thanks for the replies guys, will check them out, yeah Israel Crosby thanks for reminding me about him, got a fair few Ahmad albums and he's killer on them.
 
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BassBluesNRoots said:
No ones trying to pigeon hole any of these amazing players, I was simply trying to get some recommendations for other similar music/players, why is it people have to misconstrue and blow out of proportion a simple question.
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Judging from your Profile, you're primarily a slabbist. IMO, and kindy, that says a lot. If you wanna pidgeon hole jazz bassists, try checking out Buster Williams' seeminglly ability to channel Ron Carter. You used Ron in your OP, so this should make some sense in a thread that is, IMO kindly, totally confused.
 
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Not sure what a "slabbist" is but if you mean that I come from an electric background then yes I do but I've undertaken serious study on upright, as I said before I wasn't trying to pigeon hole anyone, oh and by the way thanks for reminding me why I never frequent music forums anymore, there's always a pedantic prick trying to cause an argument on them, this thread is finished as far as I'm concerned so don't bother replying.
 
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i didn't read anything in this thread that implies people are trying to pigeonhole anybody. In fact, given the broad scope of the work that Ron Carter and Reggie Workman have been involved with, that is really not possible. it sounds like the OP is looking for suggestions to branch out and check out new things. If we chastise him for this, shame on us. I am sure everybody at some point has bought a new record that blew their mind and they had no idea who the players are. They wanted more, so they asked someone...

long story short, if you dig Ron Carter and Reggie Workman, a reasonable person would think that you would probably also like Richard Davis, Cecil McBee, Jimmy Garrison. Although Israel Crosby is a little bit of a stretch, in my opinion.
 
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