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Double Bass YOU - on youtube (DB forum thread)
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Last night of the tour in Philly. The video and sound quality of this one are both great. I take a more aggressive solo than usual - I tend to just try to get my licks in during ensemble playing rather than "taking a solo" like this but it does happen!
First time the faculty sextet ever played a note together in this configuration as we welcome our new director of jazz studies Dave Clark into the fold during a studio class at the U. last week.
Not as abstract as My Romance but I love Dave's playing since I heard him with Jerry a few years ago and as usual, you guys all jell well. Send me the chart? I've been trying to assemble a good chart for years ever since I transcribed a Barny Kessel trio recording. Took me a long time to transcribe his chord soloing but well worth it. Terry's different than Dave but still great, and Craig, What? "little" shedding?!? Gabe was so inside until his solo and then he didn't disappoint but you kept inside during his "perturbations". And I hear you quickly going into TP but sticking pretty closely to the melody but I have to figure out your pull offs sometime because they really groove and good use of the entire neck and range of the DB. I'm looking forward to many more to come!
Thanks Tom! Up super late or super early? 
We didn’t have a chart per se, we just all knew the tune. I imagine it’s just the standard changes, or as near as we could agree on them being in the moment.
We recorded four tunes last Friday, so I imagine there will be more to come. We are just getting to know each other, but I do recall that we took the last tune WAY out, which was fun. I’m really looking forward to exploring what this group can do.
We didn’t have a chart per se, we just all knew the tune. I imagine it’s just the standard changes, or as near as we could agree on them being in the moment.
We recorded four tunes last Friday, so I imagine there will be more to come. We are just getting to know each other, but I do recall that we took the last tune WAY out, which was fun. I’m really looking forward to exploring what this group can do.
I'm an old man; always in bed early but my wife woke me up coming to bed, so... I'm looking forward to more of you and Gabe lighting the traditionalist's hair on fire.Thanks Tom! Up super late or super early?
We didn’t have a chart per se, we just all knew the tune. I imagine it’s just the standard changes, or as near as we could agree on them being in the moment.
We recorded four tunes last Friday, so I imagine there will be more to come. We are just getting to know each other, but I do recall that we took the last tune WAY out, which was fun. I’m really looking forward to exploring what this group can do.
BTW, I'm an old man, but an old man running 8 1/2 minute miles these days, so... catch me, young'ins! Not my 6 1/2 minute miles in my 30s nor my 70 milers in my 20s but I'm happy with it. Gets my heart beat up to 180 bpm. Still working on losing that last 10 lbs which is stubborn but is being conquered.
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I found a couple of cuts from this old session I did for Dallas trumpeter Rodney Booth.
(I wasn't bowled over by the mix, or the bass sound, but what're you gonna do? The band was good and the arrangements nice.)
(I wasn't bowled over by the mix, or the bass sound, but what're you gonna do? The band was good and the arrangements nice.)
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Not YouTube, but we don't have a social media section so I don't know where else to put it. I had a couple videos on Instagram which the algorithm seemed to like. Maybe the real people on here might like it as well.
Another one with our new faculty. Craig Wagner's guitar work on this is particularly incredible!
...and now for something completely different. This is a 9 movement suite composed by Gabe Evens for Jazz Quartet entitled "The Search For Happiness". The movements are short and are set to artwork by Malaysian artist Khairul Azmir Shoib in this playlist. Recording and performing this music has been one of the highlights of 2023 for me, so i'm happy to share it, even if we don't appear in person in the video:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjksffO-iXgYYgzBtHD33fa7VaQVgxWf7&si=7U33G_amig813eP5
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjksffO-iXgYYgzBtHD33fa7VaQVgxWf7&si=7U33G_amig813eP5
And speaking of completely different, here is a clip from a gig last week at a really cool local venue. The set list was all over the place, but this clip is about as close to "trad" playing as I ever get and I thought it was fun. It was also the first gig I had played with my old buddy Gary Claude on drums in over 20 years. Good times!
The alto & DB duet lifts that performance. It expands the context for the rest of the piece.
IME it takes players a long time to develop the confidence to recognize that their own silence is a legitimate musical option.
IME it takes players a long time to develop the confidence to recognize that their own silence is a legitimate musical option.
I enjoyed the performance. Everyone played great! You did the 1 5 thing for a bit and then you slipped into octaves and tenths which I really liked but Louis or Jamey wouldn't recognize and be like What? I think that means that you cannot play unlike you, which also means complete authenticity. An admirable place to be, IMM.
Man, there’s something so satisfying about modern alto players channeling Benny Carter…
Totally agree. Laying out is a very underutilized orchestration device, along with dynamic contrast.
Thanks Tom, and also very true. What's bred in the bone will out in the flesh in the end. Might as well own it!
True. But speaking of "being unable to play unlike you", that's just how Dave sounds. He is who he is, always. Some people over the years have criticized him for it, but I'm not one of these. I think he is just himself, and I admire that. If you want Brecker or Trane, hire someone else. But if you want soul and grease and no pretensions...
Lovely performance! Trombone in jazz is probably my favorite brass instrument.
I want to point out that this video provides us "students" with some great shots of Chris' technique. Check out his right hand which looks a lot like John Goldsby's and is one of the loudest and assertive tones I've heard. And his left hand demonstrates the things he recommends, fingers rarely leaving the strings, relaxed hand shape, and I particularly cheer everytime I see him use his thumb below the octave. Over the years, I've found watching good bassists play to be some of the best instruction on good technique and I consider myself lucky to have seen John Goldsby, Lynn Seaton, Rufus Reid, and Chris play many times.
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