Pbassred Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 If you had to suggest one CD which summed up upright bass what would it be? Not necceseraly a famous bassist's album or the flashiest playing. Just examples of how UB fits ( or artisticly melts) into a band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 First one that popped into my head was Miles' "Kind Of Blue", but double bass is used in so any contexts its a bit pointless to try to come up with one wihout further qualification. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 (edited) Art Pepper's album "Today". The bass playing throughout the whole album is stunning but there's a bass solo on "Patricia" which stops my heart every time I hear it. I think the bassist is called Paul Chambers but whoever he is, it's the best Double bass playing I've ever heard On investigation, Paul Chambers died 12 years before this album was recorded, so I'm not sure it was him anymore..... Edited August 9, 2007 by Old Horse Murphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 This is an excellent idea for a thread. I shall try to think of something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrkelly Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 One of my favorites is Brad Mahldau's Art of the Trio, vol.3: Songs. Its a sublime album, definitely one the that band's best. Larry Grenadier on bass providing the usual solid bottom end with piles of tone. They also do a great cover of Radiohead's Exit Music for a Film. Well worth checking out if you haven't heard it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaphappygarry Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Kind of blue beautiful album Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 And that is Paul Chambers, who was a phenomenal bassist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alun Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 "We Get Requests" by the Oscar Peterson trio ( with Ray Brown on bass). Although not a CD, there is a great DVD of Oscar Peterson at Montreux in a trio with both Ray Brown and Neils Henning Orsted Pederson on bass - mind blowingly good! Cheers, Alun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Ones-Blanton-Ellington-Brown/dp/B000000Z03/ref=sr_1_16/203-4522687-5327951?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186787272&sr=8-16"]this[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey D Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I agree with alun, although, if you want a bit more (lots more) flash CHOPS by Joe Pass and NHOP is a close 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alun Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 [quote name='Mikey D' post='44639' date='Aug 12 2007, 10:59 PM']I agree with alun, although, if you want a bit more (lots more) flash CHOPS by Joe Pass and NHOP is a close 2nd.[/quote] Yup, that's a classic too. Only reservation I have with that one is that NHOP seems to be using a magnetic pickup and the bass is quite electric sounding. The playing is still phenomenal though. Cheers, Alun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bassman Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 [quote name='Pbassred' post='43264' date='Aug 9 2007, 01:51 PM']If you had to suggest one CD which summed up upright bass what would it be? Not necceseraly a famous bassist's album or the flashiest playing. Just examples of how UB fits ( or artisticly melts) into a band.[/quote] Scott Lafaro with Bill Evans, "Waltz For Debby" or "Sunday At The Village Vanguard". I can't decide which one, or could it be Oscar Peterson "Night Train" with Ray Brown? Or Isreal Crosby with Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing Or maybe Christian McBride "Gettin To It" Or Major Holley with Kenny Burrell on "Midnight Blue" Or Oscar Pettiford Or Whims Of Chambers etc. Sorry I can't suggest just one, but what about a thread for recommended listening, or swaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) [quote name='bass_ferret' post='44061' date='Aug 11 2007, 12:06 AM'][url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Ones-Blanton-Ellington-Brown/dp/B000000Z03/ref=sr_1_16/203-4522687-5327951?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1186787272&sr=8-16"]this[/url][/quote] Link seems a bit flakey. This Ones For Blanton by Duke Ellington and Ray Brown. Just piano and bass. Recreation of some of the lost duets with Ellington and Jimmy Blanton, who revolutionised jazz bass playing in 1939. Edited August 14, 2007 by bass_ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jecklin Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 I'm going to throw some things in from left field: The album that made me decide there and then I was getting a doublebass was Dim Lit. the debut album by the modern jazz group Polar Bear (2004, Babel). Tom Herbert is on bass with a very nice tone and very tasteful playing. Good lines to cop too. Also the album boasts the drumming skills of Seb Rochford which is reason enough to give it a listen. For something a little more out there get a copy of The Sealed Knot live at the Red Hedgehog (2006, Confront) You'll spend a long time trying to work out exactly what sounds are coming from the bass and it serves as a good reference to extended techniques on the doublebass. Note if you aren't a fan of improvisation/texture/noise/modern composition then this may not be for you. For those more inclined to adventures in sound the trio of Doublebass (Mark Wastell), harp and drums is very exciting stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Any single CD with Danny Thompson on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 [quote name='wateroftyne' post='46019' date='Aug 15 2007, 07:52 PM']Any single CD with Danny Thompson on it.[/quote] Good call. I'm a huge fan of Danny Thompson and some of the stuff he recorded with John Martyn is breathtaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamster Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 [quote name='Mikey D' post='44639' date='Aug 12 2007, 10:59 PM']I agree with alun, although, if you want a bit more (lots more) flash CHOPS by Joe Pass and NHOP is a close 2nd.[/quote] Arse - that's the one I was going to suggest. I used to listen to and play a lot of Joe Pass in my jazz days, but my mind was most boggled by NHOP. Hamster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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