tobiewharton Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Hello to all gospel players out there! I'd love to hear from fellow players who'd like to share some hints and tips about gospel music, technique and gear. There's a lot to talk about! Cheers, Tobie Quote
ambient Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 There's a guy I'm teaching who is hugely into gospel music. Guys he recommended to me are the following - Fred Hammond Sharay Reed Andrew Gouche - I knew about him already. Darrel Freeman 😊 Quote
tobiewharton Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 Cheers Ambient! All these guys are incredible players, Fred being a prolfic writer too. He also has that incredible ability to play complex, sycopated lines whilst singing. Have you listened yourself? If so, what did you think? Quote
xgsjx Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 There's also Abraham LaBoriel. Fantastic bassist. I've never heard Fred, gonna have a listen later on. Quote
tobiewharton Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 Yes xgsj, he is a legend indeed. I've mostly heard his jazz and I'm not too familiar with his gospel playing, besides his work with Ron Kenoly. I shall dig a bit deeper...Enjoy Fred! Quote
bubinga5 Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Is Abraham a Gospel player.? I'm not sure. For me, the best Urban Gospel Band ever.. New Direction.. can't remember the bassist's name but his playing is supreme. there first album is a gospel bassist lovers dream. the bass playing is out there. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RzXOJl3xXo[/media] Edited August 7, 2015 by bubinga5 Quote
tobiewharton Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 Bubinga5 - I was thinking the same with Abe Laboriel. Will check out these guys. Do you play yourself? The guys who are standing out for me at the moment are Justin Raines (Israel Houghton, amongst others) and Maurice Fitzgerald (Kurt Carr, amongst others). Quote
JapanAxe Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) [quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1438983766' post='2839267'] not sure what you mean. Gospel. ? [/quote] [quote name='tobiewharton' timestamp='1438984112' post='2839275'] Yes, gospel. [/quote] Edited August 7, 2015 by JapanAxe Quote
ambient Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 There are lots of videos - youtube and otherwise re gospel bass. I was watching some with my student. It's a little ironic the prevalence of the tritone substitution in gospel. Quote
bubinga5 Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 ha ha. sorry. i did laugh to Japan Axe's post on my own behalf . the classic is a 2-5-1 progression. its so great if you have a good hear to play around. Quote
tobiewharton Posted August 7, 2015 Author Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) As with everything on YouTube, there's gold and there's tripe. It seems to be getting better and better though, as I suppose is to be expected. Why is the prevalence of the tritone substitution ironic Ambient? Edited August 7, 2015 by tobiewharton Quote
Panamonte Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 Tritone a.k.a. diabolus in musica, 'the devil's interval'. Quote
ambient Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 [quote name='tobiewharton' timestamp='1438987012' post='2839304'] As with everything on YouTube, there's gold and there's tripe. It seems to be getting better and better though, as I suppose is to be expected. Why is the prevalence of the tritone substitution ironic Ambient? [/quote] Ah, the tritone which used to be called the devils interval or diabolus in musica was banned by the church, nowadays it's used widely in gospel music. Quote
TrevorR Posted August 13, 2015 Posted August 13, 2015 [quote name='tobiewharton' timestamp='1438982907' post='2839260'] Bubinga5 - I was thinking the same with Abe Laboriel. Will check out these guys. Do you play yourself? The guys who are standing out for me at the moment are Justin Raines (Israel Houghton, amongst others) and Maurice Fitzgerald (Kurt Carr, amongst others). [/quote] Wouldn't say Abe Laboriel is particularly pegged as a gospel player, esp given his broad session rep and smooth jazz output. However he has done a fair bit of gospel playing with the likes of Andre Crouch, Ron Kenoly and Alvin Slaughter. Must say that I love all his playing but mostly listen to his first two solo albums and his stuff with Koinonia. Quote
tobiewharton Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 Great groove and feel: [size="2"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygQx2mOxkkM[/size] Quote
gelfin Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 (edited) Gospel bass humour. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNi32F62wi0&list=FLfS79IRfLroEMm_5FoJqy-g"]https://www.youtube....LroEMm_5FoJqy-g[/url] Edited August 18, 2015 by gelfin Quote
ChunkyMunky Posted August 18, 2015 Posted August 18, 2015 Norm Stockton has a bunch of awesome DVDs out. I learned loads from them! Quote
tobiewharton Posted August 18, 2015 Author Posted August 18, 2015 Norm's a great player isn't he? And an engaging teacher. Quote
ML94 Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) Thaddeus Tribbett is another gospel player I would recommend. There's a video on YouTube where he plays with Robert Glasper (a little distorted though). Also, Alan 'Snoop' Evans. He plays on fred hammond's 'awesome god'. Incredible playing on that. Edited August 19, 2015 by ML94 Quote
bubinga5 Posted August 19, 2015 Posted August 19, 2015 Tamela Manns. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D9qiofzdWg Quote
tobiewharton Posted December 9, 2015 Author Posted December 9, 2015 Some great playing here: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHgTlbXuAgI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHgTlbXuAgI[/url] Quote
blue Posted December 10, 2015 Posted December 10, 2015 Those Gospel guys piss me off. They're so damn good. Blue Quote
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