who's that bass player?

[Myo]

Just trying to find out who played bass on the harvey mason album dancing in the street. any ideas? I'm sure I found some of his music once before but I've forgotten his name and I'm getting nowhere with google.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-j9C97y1xE&feature=PlayList&p=7BA7215ECC08BB78&index=9&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-j9C97y1xE...laynext_from=PL[/url]

[tombboy]

[quote name='Myo' post='674140' date='Dec 4 2009, 01:28 PM']Just trying to find out who played bass on the harvey mason album dancing in the street. any ideas? I'm sure I found some of his music once before but I've forgotten his name and I'm getting nowhere with google.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-j9C97y1xE&feature=PlayList&p=7BA7215ECC08BB78&index=9&playnext=2&playnext_from=PL"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-j9C97y1xE...laynext_from=PL[/url][/quote]
Paul Jackson and Chuck Rainey [url="http://www.soulandfunkmusic.com/album/harvey_mason/marching_in_the_streets"]according to this site.[/url]

Edited December 4, 2009 by tombboy

[chris_b]

Info from the Youtube vid....

"From Marching In The Streets 1975. Easily the greatest album ever by funky drummer Harvey Mason -- and quite possibly the only one to live up to the rhythmic complexity that Mason brought to countless other fusion sessions for other groups in the 70s! The tracks are all spacious and snapping with brilliantly funky touches -- a sound that resonates with Mason's contributions to Johnny Hammond's Gears album, but which comes off slightly differently here, thanks to a stronger focus on the drums. Keyboards are still a prime element of the set -- played here by Herbie Hancock, Dave Grusin, and Jerry Peters -- the latter 2 of whom helped out on arrangements for the record -- and other players include an all-star lineup of 70s jazz funk legends such as Blue Mitchell, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Hubert Laws, and others."

So my guess would be Paul Jackson.

[Stu-khag]

loving this track!

[obi 2 kenobi]

Most definitely Paul Jackson.....very recognisable style

[Myo]

[quote name='chris_b' post='674185' date='Dec 4 2009, 02:10 PM']Info from the Youtube vid....

"From Marching In The Streets 1975. Easily the greatest album ever by funky drummer Harvey Mason -- and quite possibly the only one to live up to the rhythmic complexity that Mason brought to countless other fusion sessions for other groups in the 70s! The tracks are all spacious and snapping with brilliantly funky touches -- a sound that resonates with Mason's contributions to Johnny Hammond's Gears album, but which comes off slightly differently here, thanks to a stronger focus on the drums. Keyboards are still a prime element of the set -- played here by Herbie Hancock, Dave Grusin, and Jerry Peters -- the latter 2 of whom helped out on arrangements for the record -- and other players include an all-star lineup of 70s jazz funk legends such as Blue Mitchell, Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Hubert Laws, and others."

So my guess would be Paul Jackson.[/quote]



Thanks peeps. I did type all of the above names into google and not one bassist came up.... maybe just a bad google day or something. This stuff is heavily influencing my style at the minute. Can't get enough!

[Pete Academy]

Definitely sounds like Paul Jackson.

And get a load of this:
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFcpBB4Yy_M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFcpBB4Yy_M[/url]