Tarus Mateen - Jazz bassist

[JPBass]

Tarus Mateen is the excellent bassist with jazz pianist Jason Moran. He plays upright and electric. Can anyone identify the electric bass he is playing in this photo?

http://www.citizenjazz.com/article3457060.html?id_document=3724

Thanks

 

[Woodchuck]

Wow! That's a new one to me. BTW, he used to play for the Goodie Mob. He also used to endorse Modulus. Monster player!

 

[emjazz]

It's a Marco acoustic bass guitar. There's a photo of one in the April 2005 Bass Player that belongs to Marcus Miller.

Tarus Mateen is a rediculous player with a great style all his own. Its nice to see his name here.

 

[JPBass]

Thanks for the info. Yes - a great player. People should check him out.

 

[Waldog]

Last weekend I saw Jason Moran filling in for Danilo Perez in the Wayne Shorter Quartet. Stand up job!

That is a cool bass. Is it a fretless or a fretted? I can't quite see. Looks fretted, but I'm not sure.

 

[JPBass]

Waldog, looks like a lined fretless to my eyes. Also the action looks pretty high too. The one in the Marcus Miller article is headless too. I could not find a website for them though.

 

[Lorenzini]

Looks like super high action!
Oh well, I guess upright bassists can deal with that -- I cant!

 

[scatman]

Folks, get two albums from the group Indigenous Peoples:
1) Live In Brazil
2) Indigenous People Unite

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