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That’s an interesting read. I thought I read that LJ was the Bassist, but that was on Wiki, so not to be trusted I suppose. Strange one, as it really does sound like a Stingray Bass as well. It does say Abe Laborial here as well. https://forum.amcorner.com/threads/rise-herb-alpert.14758/

Miming to the original track. 'Soul Train' very rarely had anything live. Also, why would Herb wanna play the same duff note again? 😂 (Louis Johnson playing Bass on the recording)

Sad news. R.I.P.

That’s James Gadson. He was the guy back then, he certainly did a lot of sessions in the 70’s and 80’s. I think he was still gigging locally in the LA area up until a couple of years ago. A nice little read about his career here. http://www.drummerworld.com/drummers/James_Gadson.html

Yeah, some lovely stuff.

I am no better at maths, I am just the messenger boy...Lol....

Yeah, the pattern changes all the time, but he is saying that the pulse is always on the 3rd 8th note (not random). It’s only maths really, and I think it sounds like it (just my opinion of course). 😄

No doubt, we know that they are both very good players, but I just can't get into the (Trio Combo) Bass Ostinato with the Drum/Sax impro over the top (although great internal clock from Foley). Someone kind of summed up what was happening in 'Love Supreme'... "The rhythms... make sense. If you count 8th notes (or 16ths, not sure, depending on metre) over foley's bassline and count every third note, Chris Dave uses that as his pulse (his quarter note)".

I think he has been unwell for a while. Very sad. R.I.P.

The second part of that Bass higher register phrase/riff reminds me of the guitar line in 'January by Pilot'...Well a little bit....😀 Good stuff.

Terrific groove from David Hungate and Jeff Porcaro (love the swing 16's Hi-Hat pattern).

Buddy Rich in all his glory at Ronnie Scott's. Love him or hate him, he could deliver to the audience. His solo starts at 3:00. I must say, I think the band sound great (also a wonderful arrangement).

@lowdowner If your Flute reading in treble clef became second nature, you will be familiar with rhythms. They won't change in Bass clef. The only thing different in the Bass clef will be the register/octaves. You just need plenty of practise with Bass Guitar/Double Bass charts. Read, read and read on a daily basis. There are a ton of accurate, transcribed Bass charts here (Link below). Get stuck in and work your way through them. They are free.....😀 https://freebasstranscriptions.com/transcriptions/ Example PDF. ABBA-Dancing-Queen-2018-edit.pdf

Please don't say that when you have had one too many... 😀

Thanks for posting, I enjoyed that. Very honest with humour in there. It seems Paul Page wasn’t the only touring Bassist for IH who got spooked. Look at the first post in this video. 😂

Thanks for posting. I totally forgot about that concert. A trio of masters.... Petrucciani is brilliant on this. Such a shame he was taken so early.

The Joni Mitchell album, 'Both SIdes Now'. Oh my word, terrific big boy arrangements from Vince Mendoza.... And top, top playing from the musicians from both sides of the pond.

I thought some of the Rock Star six stringers prefered it in A Minor ?

Buddy Rich made a career out of drum solos in excess of 30 seconds with packed audiences there to see it. John Bonham solos were loved. Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd are two of a long line of known drummers that keep the audience happy with solos. What about those big, Hollywood, televised 'Drum offs' ? Krupa vs Rich. Love it, or hate it...One thing is for sure, where there is a Drum solo, there is an audience..... What was it that Thomas Beecham said? "The English might not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes..." He must have been talking about drum solos.

One from a poster... "Japanese cover of an American band's song about Africa, played on traditional Japanese and Trinidadian instruments... what a time to be alive!"

Absolutely.... It doesn't have to be limited to just the Drummer either. Trading fours and picking out, or picking up on the previous players four bar phrases (on the fly), requires good ear skills. Mind you, I have seen and heard some spectacular train crashes because of people getting lost, or coming in on three......

Yes, seems it was in his dream. The story is up on Wiki. “After hearing Anita's version, Cash claimed he had a dream where he heard the song accompanied by "Mexican horns". Cash stated, "I'll give you about five or six more months, and if you don't hit with it, I'm gonna record it the way I feel it."[citation needed] Cash noted that adding trumpets was a change to his basic sound.[8] When the song failed to become a major hit for Anita, Cash recorded it his own way, adding the mariachi-style horns from his dream. This sound was later used in the song "It Ain't Me Babe", which was recorded around the same time. Mother Maybelle and the Carter sisters are prominently featured in the Cash recording singing harmony. Cash tinkered with a few of the original phrases in Anita Carter's version of the song.”

I think you are making it sound harder than what is, Scalpy. It’s actually very structured and disciplined. The arranger, Peter Newberry transcribed it down to a tee. His scrolling score is below. GM midi sounds, but the notes and time signatures are all there.