Made a short video of my latest collaboration on Wikiloops:
It shows that I haven’t used many effects, just a bit of eq and compression. It also shows the Wikiloops page of the track, and our cat who took a rest (which is what cats do best) 🙂
Enjoy…
Take a rest
What a nice track from Offfocus (Pat) – and today I could finally play along a bit, and re-upload it:
This track is embedded with the friendly permission by the creatives on wikiloops.com.
And that’s just him and me in this version, until now:
As always. thanks for listening.
Update, from the same evening: got a first remix already, some keys from “ecsponger”. And he also renamed the track to “Tranquility Base”:
This track is embedded with the friendly permission by the creatives on wikiloops.com.
That makes it the following list of musicians so far:
And thanks again for listening 🙂
John Goldsby’s “The Jazz Bass Book” is a deep dive into Jazz history
On Saturday I got this fine book of John Goldsby, about whom I wrote a few days ago already.
And his book is indeed a deep dive into Jazz history; I’m learning so much. You can spend an awful lot of time with all the players he covers there, and you’ll discover a world full of surprises if you take that time and listen to some of them – which I recommend as much as reading the book itself.
Yesterday for instance I mentioned Scott La Faro to a colleague (and I think also to my brother in an email to him) – and Scott’s outstanding work is possibly best represented on this recording (1:22h but well worth your time, as this was just ten days before the young genius died in a car accident):
And of course this album is on my big dealer’s wishlist since I heard it – a must have for bass players as well as for lovers of fine music.
Like I said: worlds are opening, this book is like a ride through jazz history in a jet plane. Just like a first semester course on your typical music university. Cannot say more than Ron Carter in his foreword:
I’ve enjoyed this book and will delay further research on the history of jazz bass until John Goldsby writes another.
As always, thanks for reading.
Hagelslag & Donata Jan
“Hagelslag” is a Dutch word for “sprinkles“, as the German Wikipedia explained it to me. And it’s also the name of a band, which is new and fresh, and I simply love what they’re doing – do we have something like a European Snarky Puppy here? (Edit, from one day later: no; after listening a bit more to them, they’re no Snarky – far from it. But they’re Hagelslag, and I still like what they do)Their arrangements are surely clever, and they’re cool and groovy – listen:
Saw one of theirs yesterday already, and in that video they’re in Hervé Jeanne’s studio (the bass player of the late Roger Cicero and others), accompanied by Donata Jan and four other great singers:
Like I wrote above: young, fresh, innovative, and groovy like no others – love it. I’m sure we’ll hear some more of these young ladies & gentlemen.
Hope you liked this as much as I did… and as always, thanks for reading / viewing / listening.
How good they are…
I’m currently listening to a lot of music again. Saturday I got John Goldsby’s “The Jazz Bass Book”, and wow I’m so amazed at what I hear even in songs which I thought I knew already (and in some cases played when I was younger).
Here is for instance Reginald Workman, about whom John writes (on page 114, in the chapter “Coltrane and Beyond”:
In 1961, Coltrane let Davis go and hired one of the technically most gifted bassists on the scene at that time, Reggie Workman…
As an example, here’s Wayne Shorter with “Footprints”:
I’m speechless – this is a gold mine…
Have you heard Lauren Pierce already?
I recently stumbled over a video in notreble, where one of the commenters said that she’s a rock star. Always eager to hear fellow bass players, I had to have a listen of course. And later I played it to Zuleikha & Mitchie on the TV set as well:
Impressive, hm? Here’s the original, played on the violin by the composer himself:
So nice…
A Film About Kids And Music (English Subtitles)
Someone has uploaded Joan Chamorro’s and Roman Tort’s award-winning documentary on Youtube, including English subtitles (which you’ll have to allow in the Youtube player to see them):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mZ3JQEZVC8
I have reported about it before because it’s awesome, and I’ve bought it. And I’d recommend to do the same in case you like it, and can afford it – a project like this is just worth being “sponsored” a bit even if only with the price of a DVD. Find their stuff at the projects’s page or at the big shops like Amazon if you like.
Enjoy. I still love that movie.
Meet John Goldsby
Just a short blog note before I have to start work – and just because I was talking about John to my brother yesterday, and to a colleague today. So here’s a short portrait, an interview, and a free lesson as well as a link to a book John wrote:
And his book “Jazz Bass Book: Technique and Tradition” is on my personal wishlist, it’s also mentioned in the interview above.
Enjoy. And thanks for visiting.
Second snow
No, it’s not snowing here – in fact it almost looks like spring right now. But this is a track which I just uploaded back to the ‘loops:
This track is embedded with the friendly permission by the creatives on wikiloops.com.
List of musicians, so far:
Thanks for listening. Musicians, come and join us at Wikiloops; it’s fun!
One from Snarky, and some from Cologne
And together they make my video of the day:
I like that piece from Bill anyway, also in his very good recording with Snarky Puppy and some guests (like strings). But the WDR Big Band is in my opinion one of the best in the world, and always worth a listen. Thanks for publishing this, guys!
Edit: … and here’s another one from that fabulous Big Band, with Lucy Woodward. Enjoy…
That old line from Roger Waters (“the root of all evil”) just made my day… and so did the performers who are all awesome.