kodiakblair Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Can anyone recommend some ? Gave a bass to a young fella in Ghana last month and he's asked me about doing Jazz fused Gospel. I haven't the foggiest so I'm hoping for some names he can check out on the likes of YT etc. Cheers KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Bass Players check out Dale Black, Sharray Reed, Maurice Fitzgerald, Reggie Young all monster bass players. Bands check out New Direction. The first album. Its phenomenal gospel music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Some artists that spring to mind are Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Kurt Carr and Hezekiah Walker. Don't know whether I'd exactly call it jazz infused gospel, more soul/r'n'b infused but it's heading in that direction - a more modern direction than traditional gospel. For (smooth) jazz in a Christian/gospel context I'd recommend Abe Laboriel's band (Koinonia - think a Christian version of Fourplay. Mostly instrumental and VERY VERY GOOD whether you're spiritual minded or not) or his solo/duo work with Justo Almario. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) [quote name='TrevorR' timestamp='1475253973' post='3144503'] For (smooth) jazz in a Christian/gospel context I'd recommend Abe Laboriel's band (Koinonia - think a Christian version of Fourplay. Mostly instrumental and VERY VERY GOOD whether you're spiritual minded or not) or his solo/duo work with Justo Almario. [/quote] I think I've still got a cassette of Koinonia somewhere! Edited September 30, 2016 by JapanAxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Fantastic. I'll pass those on to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 JapanAxe, if you're feeling nostalgic then a load of it is downloadable from iTunes etc. Still love the first two albums despite picking them up way back in 1986 (IIRC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Andrew Gouche http://www.andrewgouche.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobiewharton Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Busy, musical bass playing is an integral part of contemporary American gospel music. Add Marvin Sapp, Israel Houghton, Fred Hammond, Darwin Hobbs, Mary Mary, William Mcdowell and Donald Lawrence to the artist list above and you have a good overview. Andrae Crouch is considered the trailblazer for the modern sound, so he definitely needs checking out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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