timloudon Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) My Double Bass teacher told me to go and watch this set of [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8QazNAZjhM&feature=channel"]youtube videos[/url]. I just can't get over how good he is! I just thought I'd share it, although I imagine a lot of you have already seen this. Edited March 24, 2009 by timloudon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Yes he is. Jimmy Blanton was even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timloudon Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 I'll check him out too then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 You wont find much on you tube - [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/players:jimmy_blanton"]see here[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Hey cheers for this it's awesome.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 He used to go over to a young Paul Chambers' house and give him lessons. He da man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 He's the man I'd like to be. Every note in its place and a huge tone. This came, so tis said, from having quite a high action and plucking very strongly with a single finger, either first or second sometimes alternating but never together(?) - check out on U Tube. When he played in the Oscar Peterson trio he and Ed Thigpen used to work out some nice patterns to play behind the piano. Try to catch him on Have you met Miss Jones? for some exquisite playing. I'm not sure how James Blanton can be compared. He was certainly a trail blazer and if his life had not been cut short at 24 who knows what he would have become, but Ray's the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 My copy of Ray Browns 'bass methods' arrived today, seems a really useful book, covers many scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote name='WarPig' post='443984' date='Mar 24 2009, 05:17 PM']My copy of Ray Browns 'bass methods' arrived today, seems a really useful book, covers many scales.[/quote] I was looking at this is the book, is it just standard notation no bass tab for the less gifted?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote name='steviedee' post='444032' date='Mar 24 2009, 05:54 PM']I was looking at this is the book, is it just standard notation no bass tab for the less gifted??[/quote] All standard notation. Its given me a well needed kick up the bum to learn to read music better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I just bought it I'll probably learn one of the lines in forty or fifty years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bass_ferret Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [quote name='bassace' post='443948' date='Mar 24 2009, 04:40 PM']I'm not sure how James Blanton can be compared. He was certainly a trail blazer and if his life had not been cut short at 24 who knows what he would have become, but Ray's the man.[/quote] Thats easy. Duke Ellington and Ray Brown recorded This One's For Blanton just before Duke died. This is a duet - just bass and piano. This has many of the same songs that Ellington recorded with Blanton (the original duets) but finding the Blanton versions is not so easy. I have a 3 CD set called Never No Lament that features a few of the Ellington/Blanton songs but it was real hard to get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) I've got the Ray Brown method book too. It's worth it for the terrifying thumb position photos and great tailoring! I find Rufus Reid's book more useful, but Ray's suits are sharper! I get the impression Ray would have been a pretty hard taskmaster as a teacher, but it'd probably pay off... Edited March 24, 2009 by Beer of the Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alun Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 [url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oscar-Peterson-Trio-DVD/dp/B0002VF5B6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1237930677&sr=1-4"]THIS[/url] is well worth finding - Ray Brown and Neil Hennig Orsted Pederson at their best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJ Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 [quote name='bassace' post='443948' date='Mar 24 2009, 04:40 PM']He's the man I'd like to be. Every note in its place and a huge tone. This came, so tis said, from having quite a high action and plucking very strongly with a single finger, either first or second sometimes alternating but never together(?) - check out on U Tube. When he played in the Oscar Peterson trio he and Ed Thigpen used to work out some nice patterns to play behind the piano. Try to catch him on Have you met Miss Jones? for some exquisite playing. I'm not sure how James Blanton can be compared. He was certainly a trail blazer and if his life had not been cut short at 24 who knows what he would have become, but Ray's the man.[/quote] +1. The trio, in various guises, also backed Ella Fitzgerald I believe and that stuff is just lovely, swingy goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassace Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 [quote name='TPJ' post='444810' date='Mar 25 2009, 10:38 AM']The trio, in various guises, also backed Ella Fitzgerald I believe and that stuff is just lovely, swingy goodness[/quote] He was married to Ella for a time. Incidentally, are you guys into Spotify yet? It's not been mentioned much on BC but is a free resource from which you can play tens of thousands of tracks through your computer. I put Ray into the search and there is a lot of his stuff, even more if you also search for Oscar P and others he played with. On his listings there are quite a few tracks with him leading a big band on cello! I wonder if he had it tuned in fifths (correctly) or fourths. I dimly remember having this LP in my younger days. Get into Spotify. There's a lot of Ray on You Tube as well. You may have gathered that I'm a fan of his! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviedee Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Just got Spotify today I'll give it a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyalfa Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I got into Ray Brown rather belatedly last year after a tip off from someone on Head-Fi forum. If you like him, it may be worth chacking out Ron Carter, Christian McBride and Paul "Kind of Blue" Chambers. These are the guys that persuaded me into the murky world of the Upright Bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarPig Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 [quote name='Andyalfa' post='445961' date='Mar 26 2009, 01:29 PM']Paul "Kind of Blue" Chambers.[/quote] His 'Bass on top' album is the thing that pushed me over the edge when deciding whether to start DB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) am i missing something or is double bass normally like that? seems to be alot of very bad note and rhythmic choices going on edit ; ahh watched some more videos changed my mind - definatly a genius ;< Edited April 4, 2009 by umph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basbende Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 For all you guys who dig Ray Brown: Check out Christian McBride, he is one of the very few musicians who first completely sounded like Ray Brown but later started to sound like himself with Ray's roots still there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBus Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Have a look at some of the youtubes of Jazz 625 with Oscar Peterson. This was shown recently on BBC 4 and Ray Brown was on for when there. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObhDNKrTxs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ObhDNKrTxs[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 That's what made me realise how incredible a bassist he was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest subaudio Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 [quote name='Alun' post='444395' date='Mar 24 2009, 10:39 PM'][url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oscar-Peterson-Trio-DVD/dp/B0002VF5B6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1237930677&sr=1-4"]THIS[/url] is well worth finding - Ray Brown and Neil Hennig Orsted Pederson at their best [/quote] Yep I bought this the other week, and havent quite been the same since, NHOP and Ray Brown on the same stage, awesome isn't the word ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Ray Brown is just beautiful to listen to. I think that Christian McBride is kind of a modern version of Brown-all the chops and with a funk influence aswell. You should all go and listen to Scott LaFaro too. His work with Bill Evans is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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