paulconnolly Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yes he of the famous Hollywood actor/director dad. Caught him on BBC breakfast news this morning. All seemed rather pleasant. How do fellow Basschatters rate his stuff and what bass is he playing in this video? [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-506PjBrKEA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-506PjBrKEA[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysh Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) I like him and this seems to be one of his Carvin signature basses. edit: or his gibson bunny brunel signature. Edited April 29, 2013 by krysh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 What I've seen of him in interviews and live performance he seems a very pleasant chap, very unaffected, and very talented too. So to summarise; really nice, good looking bloke with plenty of talent and the son of a very famous and well regarded actor. Don't you just hate him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Not heard much of him (I have just put him on Spotify) but he seems a reasonably credible artist, as they say. To be blunt, there is no doubt that he has some reflected kudos (and possibly funding) from his Dad but his father is a closet jazz pianist and passionate jazz fan and I suspect he would not have let young Kyle 'play around' with being a Jazz musician if he wasn't going to do it properly. And, to be brutally frank, I suspect a lot of the Jazz musicians who he would have had contact with would have give him short shrift if he couldn't cut it. What I am hearing as I type, I don't rate that highly (material-wise) but that is not his fault, it just doesn't do it for me. It is perfectly credible, as I said, and he can play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassPimp66 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I like him and you can't go wrong with Manu Katche on drums! [size=4] [/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 [quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1367247908' post='2063111'] you can't go wrong with Manu Katche on drums! [size=4] [/size] [/quote]EVER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulconnolly Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 [quote name='BassPimp66' timestamp='1367247908' post='2063111'] I like him and you can't go wrong with Manu Katche on drums! [/quote] Which of course backs up Bilbo's quote. I had heard of him but hadn't realised he was a bass man (my bad ). Will check out some more of his stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 This track sounds like one of those musac CDs that you used to get free with stereo radio cassette players back in the day. I mean, he seems very proficient and all that - but can't really listen to more than 30 seconds of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I've seen him live, thought he was excellent, both the material he played with his band throughout the evening, and his entire personna, very natural, very unaffected, and annoyingly 'cool' as a bandleader (jealousy clearly has something to do with that). He wrote the themes to both Letter from Iwo Jima and the other one of those two films for his dad, and they are pretty darned good film soundtracks as it goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51m0n Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 This may float your boat a bit more Bilbo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zmi2LJqfrQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I did hear his most recent album. Seemed pleasant enough 'background music' type stuff. However I'm probably the last person on earth to be making a sensible critique of jazz albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 I think his 'Metropolitain' album is his best. In my top 10 albums of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Heard him on 5 live this afternoon not my cup of tea but he seems like a nice guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 (edited) [quote name='51m0n' timestamp='1367251489' post='2063172'] He wrote the themes to both Letter from Iwo Jima and the other one of those two films for his dad, and they are pretty darned good film soundtracks as it goes... [/quote] Yep, both excellent. He is a very good Bassist, and likes his 60/70's [Cop theme] type grooves when on electric. Garry Edited April 29, 2013 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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