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Double Bass Who are the hot new cats? (DB forum thread)

#21
sludgelord3000 said:
And Matt Brewer's sound is definitely right on. Have you seen him live?
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I saw Matt Brewer in trio with Lee Konitz and Joe LaBarbera. It was maybe the best jazz concert I have ever seen. He had no amp & no lead sheets.
Garcia-fons is great. Even bassists like Christian Weber, Reuben Radding, John Edwards, Dominic Lash & Olie Brice if you have not heard them are worth tracking down.
 
#22
damonsmith said:
I saw Matt Brewer in trio with Lee Konitz and Joe LaBarbera. It was maybe the best jazz concert I have ever seen. He had no amp & no lead sheets.
Garcia-fons is great. Even bassists like Christian Weber, Reuben Radding, John Edwards, Dominic Lash & Olie Brice if you have not heard them are worth tracking down.
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I personally think Garcia-Fons is an alien from another planet but that's another story. ;)
 
#23
Ben & Yasushi for the thread win? Really enjoyed that. Haven't even watched the other links yet, B&Y was the first one I clicked on.

Love Garcia-Fons, but while off the radar I wouldn't call him a hot new cat – more like he's an established alien, as per Pedro's comment.


Any love here for Simon Fisk?


Hot new cats... I've got a sunburn, does that count? :confused:
Joshin', just a perpetual noob here... [slinks away, tail between legs, off to watch/listen to the rest of the Lynx, uh, links]

Oh yeah, almost forgot this hot cat...

Cheers,
FF
 
#24
pedro said:
I personally think Garcia-Fons is an alien from another planet but that's another story. ;)
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In some ways he is just about as good as he needs to be - he studied very closely with Rabbath and has basses and bows custom made for him, and set up just so.

Not to say the instrument makes the man, but a lot of his work has to do with a very good set up, a high C and super-responsive bow.

You can practice all you want, but that level of spiccato isn't going to happen with a $200 bow!

It doesn't make him any less inspiring, though.
 
#25
damonsmith said:
In some ways he is just about as good as he needs to be - he studied very closely with Rabbath and has basses and bows custom made for him, and set up just so.

Not to say the instrument makes the man, but a lot of his work has to do with a very good set up, a high C and super-responsive bow.

You can practice all you want, but that level of spiccato isn't going to happen with a $200 bow!

It doesn't make him any less inspiring, though.
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I'm sure he has a great set up but I'm also convinced like every other great player he would sound fantastic on anything.
 
#26
Feral Feline said:
Ben & Yasushi for the thread win? Really enjoyed that.
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I wouldn't say that at all. They are amazing players, for sure, but there are no fresh ideas there AT ALL.
I love the clip and I love great bass playing. Contributing to a higher standard of playing the instrument is great, but it is not the same as pushing the instrument to places it has yet to be.

I think we need to hold out for players like Garcia-Fons, Mike Majkowski and others who are really bringing something new to the table along with great chops.

If we just want great technicians , we can have a thread called "Who got a masters in bass from reputable program in the last 10 years"!
 
#28
damonsmith said:
I wouldn't say that at all. Contributing to a higher standard of playing the instrument is great, but it is not the same as pushing the instrument to places it has yet to be.
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Sure but be fair damon: you're the one wot brought in this boundary-pushing criterion. Thread topic is hot new cats, not hot new Birds...

(couldn't resist)
 
#32
Not sure where the cut off point is for 'new', but John Hebert is the young-ish bassist who most excites me - in a massive variety of contexts, from standards with Fred Hersch and Rich Perry, the astonishing Andrew Hill album Timelines and any number of younger groups with the likes of Ingrid Laubrock, Mary Halvorsen, Russ Lossing, Tony Malaby...
 
#37
PaulChambersFan said:
Hey, could we really consider people that have been on the scene for 10-20 years to be "hot new cats"?
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well, according to the latest Downbeat poll the likes of Mark Dresser (b 1952) Greg Cohen (b 1953) and Drew Gress (b 1959) are all still rising stars!
mind you they've got Badal Roy as a rising star of percussion, he'll be 70 in a couple of years and first played with Miles 41 years ago...
 
#38
oliebrice said:
well, according to the latest Downbeat poll the likes of Mark Dresser (b 1952) Greg Cohen (b 1953) and Drew Gress (b 1959) are all still rising stars!
mind you they've got Badal Roy as a rising star of percussion, he'll be 70 in a couple of years and first played with Miles 41 years ago...
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I'm still not sure why they changed it from "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" to "Rising Star." Especially when I see names like those above in the "Rising Star" ranks. Those cats are their own category, but if you must label them, TDWR is far more accurate....
 
#39
Are we talking about the age of the material or the musician? Because nobody mentioned is playing material newer than Barre Phillips or Mark Dresser (I know he was mentioned).
Are we just looking for a bunch of solid post-David Holland playing by young guys?
I mean, that is great, and I love it but there is a ton of it. Most of the people who post here can do that.

One of my very favorite TB posters who plays in that vein is Marc Piane. He has forward thinking lines and to my ear is on the level of Hebert, Matt Brewer and other great players like that.

If it is just the bass players birthday we are worried about the 16 year old playing Giant Steps wins.
 
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