molan Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I'm sitting here in a vaguely mellow Sunday night mood & listening to Laura Nyro's last album - Angel in the Dark - which has some great songs, both original & classic covers. Bass duties are mostly covered by Freddy Washington & Will Lee & I've been really impressed by Will Lee's near perfect studio tone that just fits some of Nyro's songs so well. There's a couple of intros where the bass is really high in the mix &, to my ears, the recording of the bass is near perfect, plenty of depth but with crisp highs & some nice finger noise so you know it's all live & not nastily processed. I've seen him featured in Bass Player & stuff but never really listened to him before. I'll have to dig some more of his stuff out Quite liking the look of his new signature Sadowsky as well: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risingson Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 He's had a lot of practice, I'd guess he's probably one of the most widely recorded bassists of all time. When I had the opportunity to talk to Paul Turner from Jamiroquai a while ago he told me that when he filled in for Will Lee with Paul Shaffer, Will turned up at the end of the night and was really complementary of his playing, despite how nervous Paul was when he spotted him in the wings. His new Sadowsky looks great... I bet it plays like a dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I have been a big fan of Will Lee for years... He is quite an established session vocalist as well. seen him live a few times...He gets a huge sound. Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingrayfan Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) I love that Sadowsky ad: "the last two years have been a period of intense collaboration, experimenting and prototyping ...." And the result? ...a Fender Jazz copy! Edited March 29, 2009 by stingrayfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 [quote name='stingrayfan' post='449088' date='Mar 29 2009, 11:26 PM']I love that Sadowsky ad: "the last two years have been a period of intense collaboration, experimenting and prototyping ...." And the result? ...a Fender Jazz copy! [/quote] But I think its the other way around these days... Fenders are Cheap nasty versions of the Sadowsky... Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 The number of times I've heard a great bass line/sound on an album, looked at the sleeve notes and oh look, It's Will Lee... That Sado looks gorgeous. Wonder if they do it as a 5 with a maple board..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutToPlayJazz Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 Lovely looking bass, but I do wish the Americans would learn to spell! "Honored"?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William James Easton Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 ha ha willy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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