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He is beyond good, he has a unique vision of the instrument.
He is beyond good, he has a unique vision of the instrument.
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There is great and then there is Anthony Jackson
- Thread starter Dr. Cheese
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I'd never heard Eyewitness before. That was great (the track and the video).
I had a live album by them from 1983 that I bought new. I bought several others too. They made great music.
Those Steve Khan records are amazing. Casa Loco has a lot of sounds and grooves on that wouldn’t be too out of place on a record by The Police.
AJ is the man!!! Learned a bunch of Dimeola stuff with him
On it. No doubt one of the greats
On it. No doubt one of the greats
neat stuff! he's so special. and thanks to @pdbass, always, for his own bad self and his great channel. 
His work on the first Metro cd is amazing and full of that odd time stuff he does. I've actually picked up a lot of that and play like him a lot.
Check out Metro-Earthpluk and Metro-Snow Song @3:20 He's also walking his @$$ off on this song. The whole cd is full of AJ's amazing playing.
Check out Metro-Earthpluk and Metro-Snow Song @3:20 He's also walking his @$$ off on this song. The whole cd is full of AJ's amazing playing.
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This kind of analysis is needed in music. Demonstrates the "quality" of some compositions and their arrangements (ideas and solutions). In addition to the artistic / emotional aspect (if the music is "good" or not). It resolves the controversial dichotomy between "good" music and "bad" music. That does not exist. There is music with many qualities, and common music. AJ is awesome.
If you latin jazz, it's not so weird. Just saying. But yeah it's good
I came to Mr. Jackson via his projects with Al DiMeola, Chaka Khan, and with the Dan and Donald's NIGHTFLY. His playing on those, plus studying his 36" scale Fodera, I've simply come to his work as a benchmark and one of the very best I've ever heard.
Everything he did with Steve Khan is phenomenal.
Speaking of AJ now that I have the knowledgable Dr. cheese ,any idea at 4 minutes and 44 seconds ,which song this is …I’d like to find the full version.
Never heard of this group. I’ll be completely honest, I’ve slept on pretty much everything Anthony’s done.
that is "Cruisin' " from the Al Di Meola Electric Rendezvous album, and also done on the Tour de Force Live album.
EDIT - the band is Di Meola, Jackson, Steve Gadd, and Jan Hammer. Not to be missed!
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Thanks Leo appreciate the reply….. and ironically, I just found some Jan hammer stuff that I really like as well
For me the Eyewitness stuff is the best he ever did. Second comes his old Al Dimeola recordings.
There can’t be enough of these sort of presentations about Anthony Jackson’s work, and ones as well done as this are commendable.
Anthony’s direct and indirect contributions to the way the electric bass is played and designed are vitally important to the history of the instrument. A college dissertation could easily be written about the subject, and several already have been.
The older I get, the more I appreciate his brilliance and singular skill set. Oftentimes, his parts are miniature compositions within larger compositions. They’re so well thought out, so well executed, and so well presented that they just seem perfect, and you can always tell it’s him. They’re also so “right” and so appropriate for the music that he makes it sound deceptively easy. Until you sit down and try to play it yourself.
Steve Khan’s material can be very deep, high calorie listening, but Anthony brings the same sophistication and intelligence to everything he does. Easily one of the most important players to pick up this instrument.
Anthony’s direct and indirect contributions to the way the electric bass is played and designed are vitally important to the history of the instrument. A college dissertation could easily be written about the subject, and several already have been.
The older I get, the more I appreciate his brilliance and singular skill set. Oftentimes, his parts are miniature compositions within larger compositions. They’re so well thought out, so well executed, and so well presented that they just seem perfect, and you can always tell it’s him. They’re also so “right” and so appropriate for the music that he makes it sound deceptively easy. Until you sit down and try to play it yourself.
Steve Khan’s material can be very deep, high calorie listening, but Anthony brings the same sophistication and intelligence to everything he does. Easily one of the most important players to pick up this instrument.
Dr. Cheese! (OP)
This is a wonderful post, thank you. Anthony has always been inspiring. (I purchased my first Fodera VI in 1984 after listening to him.) In fact, I played through his solo on “From Within” just last night and will again tonight. For those of you that are new to Anthony. Take a moment to check out “Nite Sprite” from Chick Corea’s “The Leprechaun” and Buddy Rich’s album “Live At Buddy’s”!
Stay groovy one and all and “Sleep on it!”
See what I did there!?!
This is a wonderful post, thank you. Anthony has always been inspiring. (I purchased my first Fodera VI in 1984 after listening to him.) In fact, I played through his solo on “From Within” just last night and will again tonight. For those of you that are new to Anthony. Take a moment to check out “Nite Sprite” from Chick Corea’s “The Leprechaun” and Buddy Rich’s album “Live At Buddy’s”!
Stay groovy one and all and “Sleep on it!”
See what I did there!?!
Oh yeah… there’s also Harvey Mason’s “No Land’s Man” and his sublime bass solo in “Edge Of The Sword” by David Spinozza.
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