I"m with Harvey-Berlin is Amazing
I also want to nominate Jerry Peeks.
Played with the Steve Morse trio for awhile.
First bass player I ever saw who tastefully used a whammy bar.
Oldmics
First names out of my head...
Chuck Rainey
John Entwistle
Leland Sklar
The Great Jazz Trio at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 2
Got this album yesterday and had a chance to listen to it a bit today.....fantastic! I can see why Ron Carter is held in high regard. the whole cd is really good, its hard to beat a really good trio when it comes to jazz, all the players are very talented. some great numbers in there ,I just wish it was longer. Will probably look into the other volumes, should probably be of equal quality/caliber.
Thank you much! :)
Tony Williams on drums?!?!!!
I was just listening to Stanley Clarke's self titled album (1974) and was just looking at the liner notes and I noticed right there, on drums...Tony Williams, is this the same Tony Williams that played with Miles & on the previous post (the great jazz trio) ???? Havent looked inside this album in a long long time.
Thanks
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I have enjoyed how the bass has transformed over the years.
Leo Fender had a hard time at first selling his electric bass.
The first bass player I listened to was Joe Osborn a west coast sessions player. He played with Ricky Nelson, Mom's & the Papa's, The Fifth Dimension, etc.
My first bass was a 1961 Fender Jazz base. The bass has slowly transform from rhythm supporting instrument to a lead instrument.
Maybe Les Paul should have not invented the electric guitar.
That way it would still be a back ground instrument and only lonely cow boys would use them. John
Hi Tom, since we both live in the Chicago area, what was the name of your band?
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32 years ago I played in a punk band with a bassist who played one of those sticks. But we didn't let him use it in the band.
I played in Rock bands, wedding bands and a soul band. The last band was the soul band, playing the soul music of the late 1960s changed how I played bass for ever!;)
Now days I play mainly in Church on the worship team. My playing supports the song, I work with the drummer to setup a good base rhythm for each song. There are many songs where the bass starts out the song and establishes the pattern for the song. John
Bass as a supporting insterment and a as lead at the same time.