Bilbo

Tony Kofi. Monster.

The secret is in the fermatas!

The language people are using make me think folk think the cello in my piece was 'played'. I repeat that it is a VST and was 'typed' in.

Thanks, guys. My only objective is to give the image a soundtrack. I seem to have achieved that so am happy enough.

Bars 97-103!! Monster. (3.39 - 3.53 on the youtube version).

That Liebman article is gold dust.

13 votes. It's pathetic.

Wow. You can die happy now

Here to stay. They might be Marmite but Marmite is still around

Thanks, Mum.

Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Percy Jones, John Giblin, Jaco, Jeff Berlin, Jimmy Johnson, Marc Johnson, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden... but nowadays it is not bass players but composers.

I remember many years ago a pianist friend referrng to the strained nature of the double bass and the way in which it sounds like a singer reaching for a note just out of reach. This creates a tension that the absolute accuracy of the electric doesn't share. Absolutely accurate intonation is rare and that nearly but not quite adds something to the mix.

[quote name='mtroun' timestamp='1380124058' post='2221199'] 'Trio 2000+1' (though the piano player on that record may get on your nerves!) [/quote] Just a bit..... chuffin' irritatin. Ruins the album for me.

Stop it, the pair of you, or I'll start deleting posts

Reel it in guys. Swallow is a master musician who cannot be easily defined by one track. Try Shoe Dog, Alfie or Away, 3 tracks he has done with John Scofield. The secret is not to be able PLAY the solos but to be able to CONCEIVE them. There are few as musical as Good Citizen Swallow.

Wow! Have the book but this is fantastic.

Cool!

My first 'proper' bass was an SB700. 1981, IIRC. Recorded all my Heavy Metal stuff on it. My brother still has it hung on the wall in his studio. It is a piece of s***

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1379945682' post='2218527'] Ian Paice on brilliant form on the title track, what a way to start an album! [/quote] He shines throughout that album.

I got my arse kicked last night. By a girl. Did a trio gig with pianist Kate Williams. Great tunes and great arrangements but some seriously tough charts including Dienda by Kenny Kirkland (its in the Chuck Sher Real Book if you want to see it), a chart from Eliane Elias and one from Michel Petrucciani. Her website is here: http://www.kate-williams-quartet.com/

Deep Purple - Burn. Had forgotten how good the album is.

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1379369674' post='2211991'] jazz on Radio 3. I keep trying, but I still don't get it [/quote] Stop trying and just let it in.

You and me both, Skol. Trying to get a date for completion as we type. Next month is all but a write off for me BC-wise as my new studio arragement is to be an outbuilding that is not yet built!! October's entry could be a Zoom H1 recording of me humming an idea!!

Some lovely instruments on display here. I doth covet.