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Double Bass Wasn't RED a GREAT Player?

#202
Paul Warburton said:
I love to watch almost all bassists! I just meant that I didn't think that Red was intentionally setting out to be a showman.
Wow....Sounds like you don't love me anymore.....why would you think that I would think that I would object to you having an opinion?????????

What the hells going on around here? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
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I think he was just funnin' ya Paul, at least I hope he was. If not, you know that old saying: f*** 'im if he can't take a joke!! :D
 
#204
Mine was all in fun. That's why I put the nice :p smiley in! Geez! Haha.

I think we all love Red's playing, maybe for different reasons, but who cares? It's a testament to Red Mitchell that different people can appreciate his music from so many different angles!

This thread won't devolve into something bad because no one is arguing, we all think Red was one of the greatest musicians who ever touched the DB.
 
#207
Paul Warburton said:
I love to watch almost all bassists! I just meant that I didn't think that Red was intentionally setting out to be a showman.
Wow....Sounds like you don't love me anymore.....why would you think that I would think that I would object to you having an opinion?????????

What the hells going on around here? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
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OK Paul, For a start, I never said anywhere that Red was intentionally setting out to be a showman they are your words...and further more, I objected to your statement to me Quote " Red was not a showman power. The only thing on Reds mind was.... Music"Unquote. as if to infer that I should not have a comment on the subject! It was the way you said it that I didn't like! OK, I feel better now,

And in closing, I might add that when I STARTED this topic off some 206 Threads back on June 4 2004,
this Thread has refused to lie down and, keeps re-surfacing every now and then as someone else finds another Red Mitchell Gem to share with us fellow Bassists.

Back on June 4 2004 I just tuned into this Jazz Program on Cable not knowing who was on D/Bass and caught my first vision of Red Mitchell performing a 1 hour concert with the Oliver Jones Band and, was SO MOVED by this Bassist I had to come straight up stairs from my music room, get on line and rave to you lot on T/Bass on just how wonderful a Bass Player that Red was and, how much he had moved me by his playing ABILITY AND SHOWMANSHIP! and I still say that!!!!!
 
#208
powermans said:
OK Paul, For a start, I never said anywhere that Red was intentionally setting out to be a showman they are your words...and further more, I objected to your statement to me Quote " Red was not a showman power. The only thing on Reds mind was.... Music"Unquote. as if to infer that I should not have a comment on the subject! It was the way you said it that I didn't like! OK, I feel better now,

And in closing, I might add that when I STARTED this topic off some 206 Threads back on June 4 2004,
this Thread has refused to lie down and, keeps re-surfacing every now and then as someone else finds another Red Mitchell Gem to share with us fellow Bassists.

Back on June 4 2004 I just tuned into this Jazz Program on Cable not knowing who was on D/Bass and caught my first vision of Red Mitchell performing a 1 hour concert with the Oliver Jones Band and, was SO MOVED by this Bassist I had to come straight up stairs from my music room, get on line and rave to you lot on T/Bass on just how wonderful a Bass Player that Red was and, how much he had moved me by his playing ABILITY AND SHOWMANSHIP! and I still say that!!!!!
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Hey mate, as we say in America: Dude.......chill!!!
 
#218
Damon and I were just talking about Red on another site. If you notice, Red uses every finger on both hands to pull off those double and triple stops. Even the fingernails on his right hand.
That's Red's old Kloz bass. As if he needed it, it's the most responsive bass i've ever come across. I played it when Red was still tuning in 4ths.
Brilliant...thanks Damon!!
 

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