Here's to the slow guys

[Bilbo]

With all the whizz-bang gunslingers out there playing bass, I just wanted to give credit to the guys who play their Jazz slow and with consideration. Few can say as much with so little as Charlie Haden and Steve Swallow. Deep notes and [i]deep[/i] notes. Kudos also to Jim Hall, Thelonious Monk, Stan Tracy, Bill Frissel and Paul Motian; musicians with real depth to their playing and who never chose to hide behind a flurry of notes.