Appreciate the bass! They anchor the rhythm and add lots of colour when the leader throws them a solo. One of the greatest jazz bass solos I ever saw was at a tribute to Larry Crawford, where a band from California was doing a set, and when the bass player’s solo started (it was a 6-string, fretless electric bass), the band left the stage and sat in the audience while this guy wailed for something like a full 5 minutes. Incredible.
As for myself, I play an upright acoustic…washtub.
As a jazz lover, I often play it streaming. Whenever I’m in the next room and I think the stream has suddenly stopped and I need to go restart it, I discover that it’s just in a bass solo.
I had the honor and privilege of meeting the late, great bassist Milt Hinton when I produced a TV interview with him back in the 90s. He talked about working with Jelly Roll Morton, and then later with Dizzy Gillespie, and how they would go up on the roof of MInton’s after it closed and, together, they’d work out the structures, riffs, and progressions that became bebop.
tudza Premium Member about 5 hours ago
They are very entertaining.
crosscompiler Premium Member about 4 hours ago
Paradoxically, this inane question begs a moment of silence for Scott LaFaro and what might have followed Debby’s waltz.
Seth down about 4 hours ago
William Parker & Tatsu Aoki & Kent Kessler make it worth waking up in the morning.
cdward about 3 hours ago
They’re awesome.
blunebottle about 3 hours ago
Appreciate the bass! They anchor the rhythm and add lots of colour when the leader throws them a solo. One of the greatest jazz bass solos I ever saw was at a tribute to Larry Crawford, where a band from California was doing a set, and when the bass player’s solo started (it was a 6-string, fretless electric bass), the band left the stage and sat in the audience while this guy wailed for something like a full 5 minutes. Incredible.
As for myself, I play an upright acoustic…washtub.
Pedmar Premium Member about 1 hour ago
As a jazz lover, I often play it streaming. Whenever I’m in the next room and I think the stream has suddenly stopped and I need to go restart it, I discover that it’s just in a bass solo.
Pedmar Premium Member about 1 hour ago
I had the honor and privilege of meeting the late, great bassist Milt Hinton when I produced a TV interview with him back in the 90s. He talked about working with Jelly Roll Morton, and then later with Dizzy Gillespie, and how they would go up on the roof of MInton’s after it closed and, together, they’d work out the structures, riffs, and progressions that became bebop.
Slowly, he turned... 6 minutes ago
If you don’t understand, I can’t tell you.