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the Late Great James Jamerson..

#121
BassLand said:
Here are some links borrowed from another thread here on TB they feature several Motown basslines done by Jamerson and some done by Wilton Felder and one by the bassist of Rare Earth, John Parrish (whom I must admit I did not know).

Standing in the Shadows of Love and Reach Out (I believe both songs claimed at one time by you-know-who). They are the bass lines solos'd from the original multitrack. This is possible because a few years ago Motown embarked on a mission to transfer all of it's masters (multitracks and final mixes) into digital audio on the computer (essentially pro-tools or something simular). I know it is being repeated on another thread but I think it is important to have this information on Jamerson'd sticky thread as the other thread we go away.

http://www.ricksuchow.com/music-group-111.html
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AWESOME!!! cheers for the link Bassland :)
(I'm actually amazed at how much distortion is present in the low end, in the context of the finished tracks its nearly non existant..but the low end is so "in your face"..I always knew that a little "dirt" in the signal helps the bass sit better in the track I never realised so much was used).


Murf
 
#128
BassLand said:
If you THAT was a find check THIS out. I will comment after a few of you guys have seen this YouTube site dedicated to Motown and the Funks

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=doule
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MY GOD!! where did you find this??? (the audio of course)...the one thing about this song is that it has been ruined by the Phil Collins version (which in fairness was the first bassline I ever learned back in the day) is that the bassline is simple enough in the notes that are played but the timing is an absolute bitch!!...the phil collins version has the bass part playing a very simple 4/4 pattern but when you hear Jamersons original take he's pushing the rhythm and anticipating the chord change a few beats ahead of it which, when isolated, sounds "odd" but works perfectly in the context of the final tune.


great stuff!

cheers
Murf
 
#130
I am showing my age here :) but I grew up in Washington DC and would go to the Howard Theater ( second only to the Apollo Theater at that time) at least once a week to catch the shows, and saw alot of great R&B groups perform there. I was also lucky enough to see James perform live when the Motown Review played there in 1962,
( although at 14 then, I did not know who he was at the time) but I am very thankful that I got to see them live along with alot of other Motown groups throughout the years coming through there. That music alone and James Jamerson in particular, was the reason I swithced from playing guitar, to playing Bass.
 
#131
searc "James Jamerson bass" on jstor.com - i'm not sure if you can access this site if you're not on a university campus, maybe you can - and you get some interesting articles about Motown, the Funk Brothers, and even a couple of quotes from Jamerson that i'd never seen before.

here's an example
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