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A great tune and both versions hit the spot with me. Earl Klugh's version has Louis Johnson on Bass, Steve Gadd on Kit and of course, Dave Grusin's lovely subtle string arrangement.

I was only jesting... It was more a tilt at the thread or post @ambient started last year and his dads Power Drill (or other tools from his shed). Which I can't seem to find....honest, M'lud.

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I would keep the the Precision, get my hammer and chisel out, and drop a Jazz Bass pup in near the bridge....sorted. 🤣

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Tom Scott - APPLE JUICE: Tom Scott - Saxes and Lyricon Eric Gale - Electric and Acoutic Guitar Hugh McCracken - Electric Guitar Marcus Miller - Bass Richard Tee - Keyboards Ralph MacDonald - Percussion Steve Gadd - Drums Dr.John - Vocal on "So White and Funky" (1981 CBS)

I've worked in Newcastle on various shows over the years and have always had a great time there. The people are great and I still have a few Geordie musician friends to this day. In London, back in the 80's, my flatmate was a Guitarist (from the Byker area) and he had studied music at CAT before moving down to London. I used to travel up there quite a lot with him for social shenanigans. Rockshots (Formerly Scamps, I think) and The Broken Doll were two of my favourite haunts. Christ, they were right old places...🤣 I have nothing but great memories of the place. Particularly a certain mad, Geordie vocalist girlfriend, I was with during that period.

Keep On Stepping' is another good 'In The Pocket' track that he played on. There is a transcription and YouTube audio in the link below: https://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=424 The bands Website: http://www.fatbackband.com/johnnyflippen.html

If anyone is interested, the Bassist with the Fatback Band back then was, 'Johnny Flippen'. He could certainly groove a bit.

How many times a day do you do this, Chris? Is it an OCD thing or is it some kind of stress reliever?

I've always liked Marcus' playing since I first heard him on the Lenny white and Dave Grusin albums back in the late 70's/early 80's. I find him to be be very musical and a top, top groover. He's a good writer and arranger as well with an excellent knowledge of what other Instruments are all about. Scott did great, he asked a lot of questions some (many) of us always wanted to know over the years. Marcus was very honest and humble with his replies. He cleared up a couple of things as well. Enjoyed the video and thanks for posting the link, BB5.

Nah, it's not free Jazz. It's defiantly 4/4 with bar lines.

The middle sounds like F F# G on the Bass? That original video (Reggaebass posted) sounds sharp as well which doesn't help when transcribing. This video below is better you can hear the verse riff easier as well over the D minor.

Laurance at Ronnie Scott's. Dave Weckl on Drums:

I was waiting for the Key change, but there wasn't one. So, it must be 'new' music. **

Apart from the Sleigh Bells, it was all recorded on Synths. I think most know about the infamous LinnDrum track and the Snare fills (). I think the Synth/Keyboard work was all done on a Roland Juno. George Michael played all the parts himself; I believe.

Although on a Desktop/W11, I run Nuendo 12 (same audio engine as Cubase 12) on an 11th Generation Intel i7 Quad Core Processor (8 Threads) with 32 gigs of Ram. I use a USB Steinberg UR22C USB 3 Interface, and everything runs absolutely as smooth as it gets. All my third-party/vendor VSTi's and VST's run with no problems on W11. With the specs of the ÚLTIMAS 1600, you will have zero problems with Cubase.

Lol... Well, I said, "The cheapest I've seen it advertised was around £350." If you would like to advertise your system, I can then say, "The cheapest I've seen it advertised was, in 200." 👍

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Yes..!! It's very good. The price might put people off though. The cheapest I've seen it advertised was around £350.

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R.I.P.

Obviously not better than the original, but a terrific arrangement with good singing and playing from all involved. The arrangement has some nice twist and turns as the tune progresses.