What Pino Lines Would you Study/Transcribe?

[Minimalist]

How do you study somebodies taste for music? I am asking seriously. What I admire most about Pino is not just what he plays, but more so what he doesn't play. But to throw in a name that hasn't been mentioned yet, check out his work with Stephan Eicher.

 

[rtslinger]

Every Time you go Away, Paul Young
and I love were he got the idea from and how he brought it to life
and in this interview he quickly credits the real artist

 

[garp]

Pino's solo in Murder is exquisite.

+1. I’ve listened to it so many times that it’s now permanently etched into my brain.

Mickey Feat was the bassist for the “About Face” tour when I saw it. He did an admirable job of reproducing Pino’s lines.

 

[SteveCS]

If you can play D’Angelo’s “How Does It Feel” as laid back (it’s SOOOO behind the beat!!!) and tasty as the record version then you are a bad bad man and can probably play anything.

Just a bit too far behind for my tastes - almost sounds like it was offset in the box rather than played that way. To my ears I think it sounds much better and cuts a much deeper groove when it tightens up towards the end. That said, the style, genre and projected personality don't float my boat in any way so what I think really doesn't count for toffee.

 

[Hectobar]

Tears for fears badmans song. No question. About 1:30 in it gets going.




Manu Katche playing drums is equally killing. So much so I got into Manu’s solo album. I’m not sure it is a great album but the playing sure is.

 

[Sonicfrog]

This is a timely thread!

I’ve been wanting to get good at fretless for the longest time, and even though I’ve had a nice Cort fretless forever, I never put much time into it. Well, I just got a Steinberger 5 string fretless and have been doodling on like a mad dog. I’m loving the suggestions here.

I had no idea Pino played on Gilmour’s About Face album. I was one of the few who bought it way back when. I’ll have to revisit it. I also had no idea he was the player on the fantastic Gary Newman stuff. I was aware that he was the bass on Pete Townsends White City album and had been meaning to get around to it. I don’t think it’s Pino, but there’s some great fretless on some of Joan Armatradings songs, and Richard Page does some nice understated fretless on the Go On album. The 80s were an incredible time for bass, fretted or fretless.

 

[superheavyfunk]

Hi all,

Thought this might be a fun discussion. I want to take a deeper dive into studying Pino's work so I'm trying to come up with a list of maybe 20 or so tunes to dig into.

I'm looking at:

New York Minute, Don Henley
Every Time you go Away, Paul Young
Good Love is on the Way, John Mayer

Looking to expand the list. What else would you put on there? What are some classic Pino lines worth digging into?

Ben

The entirety of D’Angelo’s Voodoo album and anything else the Soulquariums did is chock full of amazing Pino lines

 

[BigBadBen67]

If you can play D’Angelo’s “How Does It Feel” as laid back (it’s SOOOO behind the beat!!!) and tasty as the record version then you are a bad bad man and can probably play anything.

I love his playing on that album. But man do you need a good drummer for what he does there. I play with one guy solid enough that I can get away with moving around in the pocket pretty dramatically. That's super fun. A lot of the other drummers I play with end up trying to follow me around and the whole groove just falls apart.f

 

[BigBadBen67]

Almost everything from the first three Paul Young albums.
Get Here - Oletta Adams
And my favorite: New York Minute - Don Henley.

Yeah, definitely New York Minute. I didn't know that was him on the Oleta Adams but I'll put that one on the list just because of how much I love the song!

 

[BigBadBen67]

Wow. Thanks for all the replies! This is great stuff.

 

[BigBadBen67]

This is a timely thread!

I’ve been wanting to get good at fretless for the longest time, and even though I’ve had a nice Cort fretless forever, I never put much time into it. Well, I just got a Steinberger 5 string fretless and have been doodling on like a mad dog. I’m loving the suggestions here.

Fretless is great just on its own, for the tone it gets you. But working with a fretless is also a great practice tool. I try to do most (or at least more than half) of my daily practicing fretless, especially if I'm shedding new tunes. I find that if I can get something up to speed on a fretless it's significantly easier to play on the fretted. And because fretless forces good technique, at least with regards to fretting hand finger position, it makes you play fretted with better technique.

 

[NKBassman]

Subbed for inspo.

I'll add: John Mayer Trio - I Got A Woman.

 

[NKBassman]

I'd also recommend checking out his work with D'Angelo.

I've never been able to get into D'Angelo . Can you recommend a particular album?

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

If you can play D’Angelo’s “How Does It Feel” as laid back (it’s SOOOO behind the beat!!!) and tasty as the record version then you are a bad bad man and can probably play anything.

That’s Raphael Saadiq on bass for “How does it Feel” not Pino.

 

[BigBadBen67]

Subbed for inspo.

I'll add: John Mayer Trio - I Got A Woman.

Yeah, if I'm being honest I love the work he did with John Mayer and Steve Jordan more than anything else. I'll probably spend a lot of time in that territory!

 

[BigBadBen67]

I've never been able to get into D'Angelo . Can you recommend a particular album?

Voodoo is the one that really broke through. It's worth a listen, though it's a bit of an acquired taste. I like it, but if I'm being honest it's like some jazz where I like it more as an intellectual thing than something I actually love to listen to.

Now I could listen to the John Mayer Trio all day . . .

 

[WG Plum]

I've never been able to get into D'Angelo . Can you recommend a particular album?

I like Black Messiah.

 

[NKBassman]

That’s Raphael Saadiq on bass for “How does it Feel” not Pino.

haha. love this track the most so far. I'm now starting the album over from the beginning.
The Paul Young stuff is not my vibe at all.

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

26794553[/URL], member: 148083"]haha. love this track the most so far. I'm now starting the album over from the beginning.
The Paul Young stuff is not my vibe at all.

Bought Voodoo the first week it came out. Atomic bomb album for me personally.
The songwriting is completely insane.
D plays everything on that album ( unless where it’s mentioned other players are on some tracks) people tend to forget that. Add the fact that ALL VOCALS and arrangements are by D also. Mind blowing

/classic album

 

[NKBassman]

I like Black Messiah.

Enjoying this album so far.