Like Larry Grenadier, it is difficult to find information on Reginald via the interwhoopdy. There are some terrific vids of him on youtube, but I'm looking for any information on Mr.Veal as I've recently become engrossed in his playing. So, anyone know anything about this DBist? Biographical, gearwise, etc . . . . . ?
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Double Bass Reginald Veal
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I saw him last year with Joshua Redman. Before that of course, as mentioned, with Wynton for quite a while. That's him on all of the 'Septet at the Village Vanguard' sessions. Wynton calls him "Swing Doom" and for good reason.
yes, he certainly swings. and his sound is consistent and IMHO great. There just doesn't seem to be much about him online.
He is really laying it down here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJkD-H1szwk
His quarter notes are really tough here. Even Wynton sounds good, if a bit like some kind of parody of "jazz". The bluesy, "down home" inflections are tough to take seriously from a millionaire business man, but he still plays his ass off.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJkD-H1szwk
His quarter notes are really tough here. Even Wynton sounds good, if a bit like some kind of parody of "jazz". The bluesy, "down home" inflections are tough to take seriously from a millionaire business man, but he still plays his ass off.
Great clip Damon. Thanks for finding that.
On a seperate note:
Wynton can't catch a break from you can he. I'm no big Wynton fan but if he is playing his butt off I have no problem giving him or any other musician props.
On a seperate note:
Wynton can't catch a break from you can he. I'm no big Wynton fan but if he is playing his butt off I have no problem giving him or any other musician props.
Oh, he plays fine, great even, I'd have a tough time with that stuff from most any multi-millionaire!
The bluesy stuff has always sounded forced and stiff from him. Same for most, though, myself included, very few can make that fly in this day and age.
The bluesy stuff has always sounded forced and stiff from him. Same for most, though, myself included, very few can make that fly in this day and age.
I recently heard Marcus Roberts' "Gershwin For Lovers" and was really impressed with Reginald Veal. Both his sound and his playing are terrific. Big, full and solid!
Does anyone know about his bass, string setup, etc?
Does anyone know about his bass, string setup, etc?
I'm pretty sure B.B. King is a multi-millionaire. So's Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Ray Charles, James Brown, etc. Heck, Harry Connick, Jr. plays great blues. Money nothing to do with it.
Great video, Damon. Thanks. When Wynton's septet was going strong, those cats could really swing. But it's always great to see Ellis play. A real treasure. I wonder what I'd be doing today if my dad had been a respected music educator and great jazz pianist.
Reginald Veal is on another planet when in comes to bass playing.
One of the best!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XA5Imz4OazA
One of the best!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XA5Imz4OazA
I've got problems with Wynton, but in that video that Damon posted he looks to be relatively young, and most definitely not as rich as he is now.
Speaking of Wynton I was in a bookstore to today, and I saw him on the back of a magazine selling watches!
Speaking of Wynton I was in a bookstore to today, and I saw him on the back of a magazine selling watches!
I don't understand all the talk about money and music. What, so if you're rich you don't sound as good? How's about Sir Paul? He makes Wynton look like a homeless beggar when it comes to cash. Anybody in music that's famous or been around along time nowadays is loaded. So the freak what? Are you pissed off because you're not? Awww too bad.
One of the reasons I don't come around here much anymore is screwball talk like this.
One of the reasons I don't come around here much anymore is screwball talk like this.
I'm with you Gomez. I think it is silly. We could make a list a mile long of guys with and without money that make great music and vice versa.
Oh, and you can bet if someone wanted to use my likeness to sell high end watches and were going to pay me a ton of money to do it... I'd be all over it.
Oh, and you can bet if someone wanted to use my likeness to sell high end watches and were going to pay me a ton of money to do it... I'd be all over it.
did i just read that the income you make is directly proportionate to how well you play the blues?!?! LMAO
Not directly--inversely!
But remember, as Bleeding Gums Murphy said, playing the blues isn't about making yourself feel better; it's about making other people feel worse.
Reginald Veal is great; like Rodney Whitaker, Charnett Moffett, Bob Hurst, and any other Young Lion bassist I'm forgetting. There's some serious swinging happening. (Peter Washington isn't really in the "young lion" crowd, but if he were he'd be my favorite of the bunch.)
