Bilbo

Don't get me wrong, bands like The Crusaders are great at what they do. I am just not a big fan of it. Personally. I think the difference is in the drummer. Jazz Funk is mostly very ordinary back beat stuff which I find uninspiring as a general rule.

Mole hill, mountain. Cannot see what the offence is. Should try talking to the guy.

I completely agree. Jazz Funk, for me, takes the best bit of Jazz, the surprises, and replaces it with predictability. Jazz Rock, yes. Jazz Funk, not really (don't hate it, just wouldn't listen to it as a first choice).

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1478991460' post='3173238'] Dave Holland did that [/quote] Dave Holland has recorded two solo double bass albums) Emerald Tears and One's All) and one solo Cello album (the latter after he had a heart attack and couldn't play bass).

I keep meaning to post stuff on here but I am so busy all of the time nowadays and find I am rarely in front of a PC.

Is that West Side Story available on a DVD. I want it now! I LOVE that cd.

I guess its the same as painting. Here is a picture of a face - can you do something with it that makes it fresh. Chord sequences are only a part of the deal. The arrangement, timbres, vioces, melody, rhythm etc etc will all conspire to create a whole that is greater thatn the sum of it's parts. THAT is the Art of it. Being original is, in some ways, easier than sounding fresh using old material.

Jess Christ Superstar is the toughest pad I have ever had to read.

Charlie's wife was my boss for a year. I met him socially but never visited the shop :-D

Bailey was important to me. As a young rocker, I was already investigating fusion and some of the more exceptional players like Jaco and Jeff Berlin when I saw a video of Weather Report's Domino Theory tour. I was watching VB and noticed that he was moving around the neck a lot and there was one point where he played something low down and the jumped up to the top of the neck to play fill before going back to the low end. I vividly recall saying to the drummer friend I was watching the video with 'I need to know where the notes are so I can do that'. And so began my exploration of theory, reading etc. So, arguably, Bailey inspired me to learn. It doesn't seem much now but it was an epiphany for one of Cwmbran's leading exponents of HM bass.... Doom doom doom doom....

I am in. https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/fly-away-home

I have no Beatles recordings but they did some great stuff. Like the Beach Boys, you may not have them high on your play list but you have to acknowledge the contribution that they have made.

There is another AJ thread somewhere. He's the man.

Tessitura.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFqx9fPeftU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T50H1aL6hb8

I can't narrow it down but it is great fun to try. Jaco's opening lines on 'In France They Kiss On Main Street' off Shadows and Light are the first lines I heard by him with Joni and still move me. Percy Jones on 'Product' was why I bought a Wal and John Giblin's work on 'April' figured highly also. With Jimmy Johnson it was his work with the Wayne Johnson Trio that captured my interest and 'Grasshopper' was the first track I heard and adored (and still do). Jeff Berlin has not interested my for years but his work on Buford's 'Feels Good To Me' was exquisite, especially 'Either End Of August'. As for pinnacle; there are too many variable for me to home in on one thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUCKZFaAUFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGRx5Ja2stc

[quote name='jazzyvee' timestamp='1476800762' post='3157353'] Hard choice but Stanley Clarkes bass line on Duel of the Jester & the Tyrant from the return to forever album Romantic Warrior is pretty close to the top [/quote] Good choice. I transcribed that 1,000 years ago (long lost chart). Can still sing the whole bass part (that's the value of transcription)

I always thought of him as a 'celebrity' rather than a musician. He was a friend of Boy George IIRC and found his way into the limelight by association. I know only of that one song. Nevertheless, I thought he was a strong personality and challenging in a positive way. Definitely too young to pass in that way.

If you go to my soundcloud page, all of the electric basses on there are my Wal. I find it versatile enough to cover almost anything. The only thing I can't cover on it is slapping as I don't like the slap/Fretless mix. Otherwise, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Latin and Country; the Wal has it all covered.

My journey to Jazz was basically borne of a frustration of never being able to find decent singers for the Rock bands I tried to form. The interest in instrumental music took me from Prog to Cozy Powells Over The Top to Colloseum to Brand X and Bruford to Weather Report to Miles to Coltrane to the world.

Deeply talented but I don't like the noise he makes. I don't like a lot of hugely popular stuff though so what the flying fcuk do I know

Mine is a lovely sounding guitar and solid in every respect. It was made in Nashville on 28th March, 2000. The pedigree is there but it has stayed in it's case for far too long and I need a new quality acoustic. I have realised that I am never going to be a great Jazz guitarist so don't feel that I can justify keeping it as an ornament.

Wal Fretless...

You guys.....

That was where I saw the £2k+ prices.