BetaFunk Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwFI0WUmkM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted January 3, 2014 Share Posted January 3, 2014 [quote name='RoRi' timestamp='1388326288' post='2320755'] Haakon Graf, Per Mathisen & Erik Smith [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YR_vgQ2JZ4[/media] [/quote] That is a wonderful bass tone there. [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Some iffy intonation, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 More Aznar. Beautiful [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-031gqsVI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-031gqsVI[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1389214276' post='2331555'] More Aznar. Beautiful [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x-031gqsVI[/media] [/quote] You're not paying attention Bilbo. I posted that before Christmas especially for you! Edited January 8, 2014 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bassman7755 Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1389213944' post='2331547'] Some iffy intonation, though [/quote] Bass obviously wasnt tuned properly . Seriously though its pretty shocking on some of those high notes, but in fairness Ive never worked out how people hear themselves well enough live to intone fretless properly, cant imagine doing it without IEMs or something. Edited January 8, 2014 by bassman7755 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1389218615' post='2331630'] You're not paying attention Bilbo. I posted that before Christmas especially for you! [/quote] I cannot always see the videos posted here as I look at Basschat primarily in work and on a Kindle HD, neither of which allows me to even see the embedded videos let alone watch them. Thanks for thinking of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 The Impossible Gentlemen - Play The Game. Steve Swallow, Adamm Nussbaum, Gwilym Simcock and the astonishing Mike Walker. What a band! What a tune! What a performance! Energy, ideas, swing. Monster! It is on Spotify - go!! Now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1389253324' post='2331835'] I cannot always see the videos posted here as I look at Basschat primarily in work and on a Kindle HD, neither of which allows me to even see the embedded videos let alone watch them. Thanks for thinking of me. [/quote] I'm only joking Bilbo. I knew you'd like it though. I have a few CDs by Pedro Aznar. I also saw him with Pat Metheny and i heard a podcast where PM was telling how he had advertised for a percussionist and went to South America to audition them and of course found Pedro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 Remember these bright young things (get the hair!!)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhtSbptacb0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1390486523' post='2345934'] Remember these bright young things (get the hair!!)? [/quote] That's THE classic PMG line-up for me. All of the PMGs have been good but nothing beats the Metheny/Mays/Egan/Gottlieb quartet for me. I saw them with that line-up at the 1978 Bracknell Jazz Festival and still remember PM on stage with that guitar hanging around his back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I like this clip of the classic PMG line-up because it features a bass solo from probably my favourite bass player Mark Egan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsRG2vVlfrs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 We have just finalised our March/April line-up for our Jazz East at The Fludyers project in Felixstowe. I am going to get to play with Roger Beaujolais, Georgia Mancio, Josh Kemp, Alan Barnes, Pete King and, get this, in a sax-bass-drums trio with Dave O'Higgins!! I love Jazz, I really do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 I was just listening to The Impossible Gentlemen's latest CD and it occured to me that the relative ages of the individual members is incredibly wide. Steve Swallow is 74, Adam Nussbaum is 38, Mike Walker 50 and Gwilym Simcock 33. That is a a 41 year difference between the oldest and the youngest members. And the music is still incredibly cutting edge. I love the fact that this music is still accessible to people at an age when other genres would seek to dismiss them as yesterday's men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaGrOtTeN Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) Keep the links coming .... MORE LINKS! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaTyHFo3kns[/media] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC46M1JCJv0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dehp7rQgrzo Edited February 11, 2014 by MaGrOtTeN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetaFunk Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 (edited) [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1392125554' post='2364994'] I was just listening to The Impossible Gentlemen's latest CD and it occured to me that the relative ages of the individual members is incredibly wide. Steve Swallow is 74, Adam Nussbaum is 38, Mike Walker 50 and Gwilym Simcock 33. That is a a 41 year difference between the oldest and the youngest members. And the music is still incredibly cutting edge. I love the fact that this music is still accessible to people at an age when other genres would seek to dismiss them as yesterday's men. [/quote] Adam Nussbaum is 38? He must have been a mere toddler then when i saw him in the 80s with the Gil Evans Orchestra and John Scofield's group. Edited February 11, 2014 by BetaFunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 58 (mistype). Which freaks me out a little as I had John SCofield Lps with him on from 1980. I hadn't realised until now that he was only 25 when he recorded those!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 [sub]Anyone going to see PM Unit band, Hammersmith in June?[/sub] [sub]Going with my son, stalls, near centre row B.[/sub] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whynot Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Unity that is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 11, 2014 Author Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Ian Shaw - Alone Again (Naturally) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8UbNFnYWw8 Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle Link fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Glasgow Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 [quote name='BetaFunk' timestamp='1390491397' post='2345993'] That's THE classic PMG line-up for me. All of the PMGs have been good but nothing beats the Metheny/Mays/Egan/Gottlieb quartet for me. I saw them with that line-up at the 1978 Bracknell Jazz Festival and still remember PM on stage with that guitar hanging around his back. [/quote] I would have loved to have seen that band live! I really love those early PMG records. Those videos from back then are great too, that band had such a great vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Glasgow Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 [quote name='Bilbo' timestamp='1392200082' post='2365776'] 58 (mistype). Which freaks me out a little as I had John SCofield Lps with him on from 1980. I hadn't realised until now that he was only 25 when he recorded those!!! [/quote] Wow that is pretty scary! Those early Scofield records are amazing! My favourite is probably 'Out Like a Light'. That was a really great sounding trio. Steve Swallow's playing on that record (and on 'Shinola') is really great! I love the way he plays chords behind John's solos. Steve's solo on this track is really beautiful! (I love the repetitive phrase he goes into at the end, really cool ) [media]http://youtu.be/frreUA3A0Yk[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 That Dave O'Higgins trio gig is this coming Sunday. Scary stuff as I fear it will show up my 'inconsistent' intonation. Can anyone lend me a double bass with frets?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 JUst got hold of a great cd by Chris Speed called Really OK. It is a sax/bass/drums trio featuring a bass player who is new to me called Chris Tordini. Monster sound, great ideas. Makes me want to get my bass out and play (always a good sign). Check it out if you get the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoRi Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Sharay Reed [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djr5Z2HSZME[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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