Clarky Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 Its been posted before on BC but I don't think I have ever seen such an infectiously enthusiastic display of double bass playing. This always makes me smile and it just inspires me. What a dude http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFTqVHEJZ0A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisnameistaken Posted November 10, 2012 Share Posted November 10, 2012 I like the way his hand is still counting 2 and 4 when he's playing 1 and 3, he's feeling it even when he's just playing on his own. I'd never heard of him until I bought my first DB but he has influenced my playing. I don't think I understood economy until I went back to square one with DB, but since I started appreciating that approach I think my musicality has improved a ton. I don't play a lot of notes any more and it gives me more time to think about which ones I am playing and where and how. Guys like him are a gold mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah thomas Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 What a fantastic clip - a masterclass in under five minutes! I'm watching it daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvin spangles Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Hi is indeed. He spanned all the periods in the development of the bass. From early slap style to modern. He could pretty much play any style. RIP The Judge. Worth checking out his recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 Watch this motherf*ckers. I just did. Its so inspirational. If I have half his joie de vivre in my doting years I will be one happy dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bassman Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 I love it when he slaps, it still sounds like a bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 And according to things written about him, he was an exceptionally nice guy too. But then again, it shines through in his playing: just sublime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 His books are superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted April 5, 2013 Share Posted April 5, 2013 Never heard of him before but that was really good! How can he chat and play at the same time!? Gonna have to get me one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted April 5, 2013 Author Share Posted April 5, 2013 [quote name='Myke' timestamp='1365200027' post='2036801'] Never heard of him before but that was really good! How can he chat and play at the same time!? Gonna have to get me one! [/quote] I cannot underemphasise how much this clip fills me with enthusiasm when I am losing interest in playing bass. Such a lovely, infectiously charming and accomplished bass player Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsyjazzer Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Milt Hinton--'The Judge'---One of the greats of jazz DB. So swinging, so solid. That's how it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero9 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Nothing more can be said, it's all there Amen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Line-Stories-Photographs-Hinton/dp/0877226814/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365513040&sr=1-2&keywords=milt+hinton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 As well as being a great in-demand jazzer in his time he played the intro to The Drifters' Under the Boardwalk as well as a lot of early Neil Sedaka hits. Quite a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggiesnr Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 That was brilliant. One thing that stood out for me (and resonates with my bass playing) is how he kept it low, only rarely did he go up the neck and into thumb position, for me keeping it low means I have my own space to use and to be creative. I just wish I could be a fraction as creative as him. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted April 25, 2013 Share Posted April 25, 2013 Low is where it is at. If we wanted to play high we would be playing <snigger> 'cellos <snigger>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted April 26, 2013 Share Posted April 26, 2013 That's what they did back then; he'd probably never heard of thumb. And note how his left hand technique is far from 'classical'. There's a bit of a debate about when jazz players started to go 'legit' but LaFaro and his generation got a lot of the credit. If I may modestly mention, my technique is very much old school, looks like a train wreck today but is strangely effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerryTheBass Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Infectious & inspiring. Beautiful. Impossible to watch without smiling - just like him. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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