DaveFry

Was she a victim of the 432Hz Police ? 😮

Just dropping this here for educational purposes ....

The Real Book has Autumn Leaves in E minor . Most jazzers call it in G minor because the definitive recording ( Bill Evans ) is in G minor . Therefore I would recommend learning it in G minor for an exam because if you play it in E minor they will know that you have only learned it from the Real Book.

I was expecting the ghost of Vivian Stanshall to materialise and announce : " Double Bass " .

Music that highlights other instruments . Two versions of the same jazz standard * : *Tune from the 1959 film " Black Orpheus ", worth seeing to get the flavour of the ballad .😉

No electric bass guitar in this current Seattle band .

A Cuica is a Brazilian drum with a rosined stick attached the middle of the underside of the head . By pulling the stick through the fingers of one hand whilst varying pressure on the head with the other , it can be made to talk .

Deep joy . - Also seek Harry Nillson's " The Point " album . A version of the cartoon featuring the songs had Dustin Hoffman narrating , another had Harry's pal Ringo . This version seems to be narrated by someone else : Similar plots , in that the subject undertakes a journey of discovery ....

Look for Allen Toussaint as producer . New Orleans Funk . Lee Dorsey Ernie K. Doe

I have just found the source of my recollection of Leland Sklar's fret mods . https://www.bassplayer.com/artists/lee-sklar-reflects-on-his-career ( About halfway down the page , look for mandofrets )

I seem to recall Leland Sklar had mandolin frets installed on one of his basses , if that helps .

Keyboard Chat :- Where you can wander all over the place , inventing new phrases going over the bar lines , making the casual listener think you've really lost it this time , but still sticking to the form of the standard ..... with your ( 10K+hrs )left hand as the rhythm section !

Keyboard Chat , where you could post examples of bass players giving keyboard players space , maybe . Maybe not .

Stacked piano chords from '72 , a year before Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters album ( 39:28 ) 26:12 Reminds me of " Revelation " by the Yellow Waistcoatswithsleeves and Robben Ford

Herbie Hancock's method : (4:15) ...and how he discovered it via Buster Williams , bassist in his band , in 1972 : (11.04 )

Ron's answer to the question at 45:59 reminds me of a passage in Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance where Robert Pirsig wrote that when on the road he would check the bike over every morning . He had done it so many times that just the act of laying out his tool roll on the seat had become the ritual that readies his mind to see the state of the machine as it really is . With peace of mind gained about the equipment he is then able to enjoy the moment .

Learn the melody ( in a key to suit your voice ) to Somewhere Over The Rainbow without looking at your hands . Finding one's voice on the instrument is like a wave that lifts up and carries forward .

Ray Cooper was taught by Professor James Blades OBE , who also taught Carl Palmer and Evelyn Glennie . * * and .... me . ( I had one lesson when he visited Jersey in the 70s )

That particular track was used in The Comic Strip Presents South Atlantic Raiders Argie Bargie , as the soundtrack for the scene just after Robbie Coltrane saves the airplane . Jeff had a small role in the film as a passenger asking for mushrooms . ( Lemmy had a bigger part .)

They don't even call it a " bass drum " any more . Now its " the kick " .

Get your ears round this then .... Played on the beach , made from driftwood , fencing wire , a coffee tin , pebble etc

More Sly & Robbie 1983

Joe Cocker's 1982 album " Sheffield Steel " featured Sly & Robbie . Here is a track written by Andy Fraser :-