Double Bass THE DEATH OF JAZZ

[mattfong]

just kidding.

seriously though, my band has been called that by a certain famous jazz musician - specifically "the epicentre of the death of jazz in this country." Though he had never heard the band, just seen a poster I had put up. I thought that was pretty funny.

anyways, the new Rhinosaurus demo is up on our myspace, check it out. It's a sort of crazy mix of jazz and rock, but not in a fusiony way.

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I play electric bass on the first song, but the other 2 are my double bass. Trumpet/flugelhorn, bass, and drums is a really cool instrumentation to play with!

Enjoy!

 

[Erik V]

I don't see what his problem was! I love traditional jazz, but I find this interesting as well. Great job!

 

[tomas_almeida]

Very interesting indeed!

 

[mattfong]

ha, I don't know... hardcore traditionalists can be like that I suppose. Don't get me wrong though, I love swinging too!

thanks for checking the tunes out guys!

 

[gerviskegg]

I really like the second tune. It could fit smoothly into a surreal/melancholic scene in a film of some sort.

 

[Jason Sypher]

Nothing is better press right now than labeling something "The Death Of Jazz". You should send him a Christmas card this year...

 

[mattfong]

I know, eh! Check out this thread I just came across, if you haven't seen it yet... this video was probably shot the same day he said that. That bar is just down the street from the U of T Faculty of Music (where he saw our poster).

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=659696

 

[mattfong]

we have a new Bandcamp page! Also a live recording on the Myspace. Seriously though, Bandcamp is the new cool thing. Check it out.

http://rhinosaurus.bandcamp.com
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[frankenjazz]

its just a shot in the dark but my guess for who said that about your band is......wynton marsalis

 

[mattfong]

Jason, actually.

 

[phillipkregg]

I thought it was great!

Didn't people also once say that raising the 4th of a major scale was the death of jazz?