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[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1329856345' post='1548687'] those 3 men and a dog might agree..!! [/quote] That would be a jazz festival..... with Van Morrison headlining the Saturday and Jools Holland the Sunday.

Didn't want one anyway

I prefer 'Smells Like Teen Spirit In A Small Pub'. Might call a tune that!

No

I knwo what you mean about some doublers being weak on one or other of the instruments (Dave Holland on electric!!) but there are doublers who excel (Brian Bromberg, John Patitucci, Christian McBride etc) and its a matter of personal choice whether you want to invest in one or other instrument to the exclusion of the other. FOr me, it was more a case of how much technique on electric have I got vs how much I need? I can whizz about in 15:8 but it is never required so I can afford to spend some time on the double bass. If I ever get a call from a Zappa tribute band, I can 'shed

To be fair, my taking the new bass up coincides with the recession, the closure of 1,000s of pubs and clubs and my decision not to take gigs with s*** players. Shot myself in the foot there, then

If you don't like playing it, don't play it. When the DB gigs come in, suggest someone else and then they may return the favour one day. I did 28 years on electric only and, since starting on DB, my gigs have gone down by about 75% so the 'DB will get you more gigs' argument is not as robust as one would like to think

I thought that Krall thing was on e of the highlights! Not the best piano playing but a nice edgy arrangement. That, the Alen and the Jamal thing. BUt Basie made me smile. What a band!

I have to say, its mildy harrowing to think that, some day soon, all those people who buy it will be thinking everything from 'Wow, What a fascinating book'.. to 'What a load of boring old tosh'. I'll be happy with something in between the two but, in short, once its out there, I guess I am fair game! A little scary.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1329908972' post='1549351'] 'Kind Of Blue' is my all-time favourite recording in [i]any [/i]genre. [/quote] Have you read this? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kind-Blue-Making-Miles-Masterpiece/dp/1862075417/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329909728&sr=1-1

Thanks for the tip off - first I have heard of it. My contribution to the book was finished last October/November so, whatever happens now is out of my hands. It had reached the point where my only desire was to see the book published so people wouldn't think I was making it all up!! Nice to see the publishers are on the case and getting it 'out there' well in advance.

I own more guitars than basses. Have always played both but use gutar only for writing and don't gig on it at all.

Some more recent stuff in the genres of South America...... This one features my debut as a backing vocalist (mine is the lower 'bop be che bop che bop') [url="http://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/chiclette-con-banana"]http://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/chiclette-con-banana[/url]

I refuse to comment on grounds that I might incriminate myself.

Where have you been, Dood? DId you also know that Ginger Spice has left the Spice Girls and The Beatles have broken up? +1 for that Dill Katz stuff. A BT live double LP was an early jazz discovery for me and Dill's bass was one of the things that caught my ear as a fledgling jazzer!

The Stranglers were the only punk band I was ever interested in because, 'attitude' aside, they were the only ones with good musicians. Greenfield, Cornwell and Black were as much a part of that sound as JJB but some of their stuff had some monster playing on it. Unlike The Clash (has anyone actually LISTENED to 'Police and Thieves' ?

I did an gig once, in Kenbworth, and the stage backed onto a set of French doors. My car was parked right outside (less that six feet away from where I was playing) and, when we finished the gig, I was loaded up and sat in the driving seat in 4 minutes. I have got out of shows quick but, because parking is often an issue and its a distance to the car park, I don't think I have ever got out any quicker than that. Can anyone beat it?

Me too. Love doing shows. Reading, one load in for 5 or more gigs, finish the gig and in the car in 2 minutes. Marvellous.

Some really nice piano players on there but, more to the point, there were some really nice bass players: NHOP w. Oscar Peterson, Stanley Clarke with Chick Corea's Return To Forever (didn't they look young?), Charlie Haden with Geri Allen and Paul Motian. But does anyone know the bass players with Ahmad Jamal (electric player with an Alembic) and Herbie Hancock (was it Ira Coleman with hair?). And did I spot Alec Dankworth playing an Aria SB1000 with his Mum and Dad on 'Wogan'?

I have the capacity to do that. Might give it a try.

I have to admit that my knowledge of many of the covers I do in function bands is superficial to say the least. Some of them are tunes I heard years ago and have some idea of the 'feel' that I picked up by osmosis. Other tunes are things where I have never heard the original. The drummer and I often laugh when we hear the original only to realise the grooves we play are nothing like the original. The punters are dancing, the other guys are happy. I am jazz musician. I make it all up as I go along.

Couldn't resist it and bought the Galper book as a Kindle book. So far so good! Have already learned some stuff that has effected the way I look at melody (I was composing today and was thinking differently from the off). Good call, Hector (very Worthy)