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Double Bass Rufus Reid

#21
A really great recording of Rufus is a trio he did with Kevin Eubanks and Kirk Lightsey called "To Nat From Kirk" from around 1990; I think it's a tribute to Nat King Cole. Kirk sings on 3 tunes :eyebrow: but the bass playing is superb.
 
#22
Pcocobass said:
At Birdland, right? Man he sounded great. Him and Matt were swinging hard.
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Yup. Great show, real laid back ("We're just going to play some standards and make it sound like we just made them up") Rufus played great on everything when I saw him but he did this one walking solo on Cherokee (in Db no less) that just blew me away.
 
#23
VTDB said:
Yup. Great show, real laid back ("We're just going to play some standards and make it sound like we just made them up") Rufus played great on everything when I saw him but he did this one walking solo on Cherokee (in Db no less) that just blew me away.
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Rufus and Matt really blew me away at that gig. Everything they did was so damn swinging. And Rufus has that huge, round, warm tone that's just beautiful.
 
#24
VTDB said:
Yup. Great show, real laid back ("We're just going to play some standards and make it sound like we just made them up") Rufus played great on everything when I saw him but he did this one walking solo on Cherokee (in Db no less) that just blew me away.
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There's a Parker tribute gig called "Birdmen & Birdsongs" that some of the cable/satellite channels have shown sporadically. Monty Alexander & Roy Ayers(?) complete the rhythm section so :D . Anyhow, ther's an up-tempo walkin' solo on there that 's just :eek: :eek: :eek: In terms of sound and swing nobody can touch Rufus.
 
#25
I knew who he was for a long time, but I first really heard him on those two "Seven Standards" discs by Anthony Braxton with Hank Jones and Victor Lewis. They were in the "free to a good home bin" at the alt-rock college station I jocked at and they remain some of my favorite freebie finds. I don't think they ever made it to CD release. That's a shame.
 
#26
fretlessrock said:
I knew who he was for a long time, but I first really heard him on those two "Seven Standards" discs by Anthony Braxton with Hank Jones and Victor Lewis. They were in the "free to a good home bin" at the alt-rock college station I jocked at and they remain some of my favorite freebie finds. I don't think they ever made it to CD release. That's a shame.
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MP3's?

:D
 
#27
Reuben said:
I wanted to walk up to him and say how much time I spent when I started playing staring at the pictures in his book. You know the ones where he's carrying his bass onto the plane, and where he's demonstrating how to play seated or standing etc? He's got that biug afro and sunglasses and looks SO HIP. He looked so BAAAD. Love that guy. Sure can play.
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I had a T shirt made in the late nineties of that photo! "The inverted seat placement" I saw Rufus at the IAJE convention and showed him the shirt. He loved it so much he went and got Akira Tana so he could show him! Rufus signed the shirt and gave me his card and a big hug. The shirt still hangs in my practice room! Rufus is one classy, humble guy.
 
#31
Joshua said:
And I noticed that my copy of The Evolving Bassist actually has a Walter Woods ad on the back. I bought it a gazillion years ago at my fave store, and it was old and dusty then.

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My first copy of it also had the WW ad (that's how I ended up getting my WW 20+ yrs ago). Of course, I had to repurchase that book b/c somehow over the years it had gone missing.
 

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