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Double Bass Wasn't RED a GREAT Player?

#142
A few months back I managed to find a copy of that record with Red and Jim Hall live at Sweet Basil in '78. Hands down it's been my absolute favorite record and hasn't been knocked out of top spot on the rotation yet. I never seem to tire of hearing those two guys play...

I've got the Hawes stuff -- I'm gonna look up some of the other stuff you guys have been talking about. Maybe we can get something like a compete discography happening via this thread!
 
#143
Marcus Johnson said:
The infamous duo album with Jim Hall is the best, IMHO. Infamous, as in "in-famous"....hard to find.
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I've been on the hunt for that record for about six months. I found one copy that was scratched to hell and unplayable. It makes it even worse that virtually everyone on this site raves about it. Someday...Someday.
 
#144
I found mine -- on CD, yet -- via the GEMM online music service. I'd never heard of it before, but a friend of mine in San Francisco who's a music fanatic hipped me to it. Some record store in Florida had a copy and I managed to snag it.

GEMM seems to be like that part of amazon.com that aggregates small-time retailers under one website.

It's an awesome record, what can I say?
 
#146
Okay...I play this CD occasionally, but I haven't in awhile, so I was sort of wondering, "is it really THAT great?" The answer is yes, it really is (I'm listening to it right now). What a beautiful recording. I once contacted Red's widow, Diane, to check on the possibilty of re-releasing it, but she said there was no plan to do so. That is a shame.

This thing is so beautifully recorded. Two masters at the top of their game. This album is at the top of my desert island list.
 
#147
Marcus, if ya like that one, you should check out the Live at Basil's Warne Marsh/red Mitchell that was recently re released on Fresh Sound New talent label (out of Spain, but good US distribution).

My teacher is telling me about an older quartet recording of Warne and Red (and I don't know who else) from when Warne was living in California...
 
#155
Pcocobass said:
I just started transcribing some Red from the Hampton Hawes record, "Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes." KILLING!

I'm gonna start a little transcription project on Red, so if anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate it!
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That's a great idea, Pete, go for it.
If you're transcribing his solos, I do have one suggestion;

Double stave manuscript paper.;)
 
#156
Damn,

I don't know what I'm getting myself into! Are any of the aforementioned solos in 5ths tuning? If so, have any of you guys transcribed one of these fifth solos and learned it in fourths tuning? I'd like to know what that was like... I also own the records "Presenting Red Mitchell" and Hampton Hawes "The Seance."

I was thinking about getting a cello and learning some of his fifths stuff on that an octave up, so I see how it's supposed to lie...
 
#158
Pcocobass said:
Is that with Lee Konitz? My friend played some of that for me and it was really unbelievable! What a driving pulse he creates all by himself!
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I don't know of a second duo record with Lee Konitz. The one I have is "I Concentrate on You" which is a Cole Porter tribute. The first time I heard it I couldn't figure out what was going on because I had never heard anyone play like. I thought maybe there was a new instrument that I didn't know about and Red played that.
 
#159
Pcocobass said:
Is that with Lee Konitz? My friend played some of that for me and it was really unbelievable! What a driving pulse he creates all by himself!
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No, it's this one:

WARNE MARSH AND RED MITCHELL
It's You Or No One (J.Styne-S.Cahn)
Gone With The Wind (A.Wrubel-H.Magidson)
Everything Happens To Me (M.Dennis-T.Adair)
Cherokee (R.Noble)
Sippin' At Bells (C.Parker)
Easy Living (R.Rainger-L.Robin)
These Foolish Things (J.Strachey-H.Link-H.Marvell)
Topsy (E.Durham-E.Battle)

Warne Marsh - tenor saxophone
Red Mitchell - bass
 
#160
About Red's bow. He tried to get a Gene Ammond's sound with his bow work. He loved Gene Ammond's solos.(this happened while he was living in Sweden) Quoting from Red "this young drunk picked up my bow and was using it as a baton, supposedly conducting the band. It happened three times. I finally said to him that if he did it one more time I"m going to kill him. I thought that cooled him down. But when I came back from break the bow was gone and I haven't played with the bow since. That was the bow of my life. Bows are like women, each one is unique. Mine was a French bow made by Pfretschner."
 

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