Bilbo

Alphonso Johnson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tUTsZ78xIw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upDUqCjx6A8 Another Squire special.

This is a Zoom H1. Simplest device, great sound for referencing. Anything live on my Soundcloud page is recorded in the same way. https://m.soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/unit-seven

[quote name='ubit' timestamp='1449669702' post='2925795'] I like Tom and Jerry. Does that count? [/quote] No. That's more like Stravinsky. There is plenty of modern Jazz that does not sound like it did 50 years ago but which IS Jazz, as opposed to fusion, Jazz Funk etc. Go find it. You will enjoy the journey!!

Great. Only no-one here has referenced much Jazz These guys are all fusion, jazz funksters. Another 30 years and you will discover real Jazz!!!!

[quote name='chardbass' timestamp='1449518618' post='2924315'] This x100. I was a bit of a fan boy though in the late 80s- listened to him so much in those days and, I might say, my playing probably suffered as a result. I was all back pickup and staccato notes! I rarely hear him now but I heard this the other day and it moved me so deeply. Simply stunning. [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpaFTPmp2Pw&feature=youtu.be"]http://www.youtube....eature=youtu.be[/url] [/quote] That was beautifully arranged

Respect to him for not pushing it further than is credible. End of Rush? Who knows?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPtqRjirC6o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0bcRCCg01I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz0b4STz1lo

[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1449508460' post='2924185'] I have his back catalog because i thought i was missing out. Listened to it once [/quote] If you have only listened to it once, you are missing a lot. I have been listening to Jaco on and off for 30 years. His touch and phrasing, his ideas, his tone, his concepts - all of it literally set the hares running. He had some lows (his stuff with Brian Melvin, Jon Davis and Birelli Lagrene was all a bit poor) but so much of his stuff 1976 - 1985 was sublime. I remember playing Donna Lee to a sax player and he said 'he's the real deal'. He is not copping licks, he is properly blowing. Word of Mouth, Joni, Weather Report etc etc. Just a massive, massive presence. Anyone who cannot hear the strength of his playing is making choices that are based on a different aesthetic. He was an absolutely unique voice who stands repeated listening decades after the fact. I don't listen to Jaco as a fan boy; I don't like everything he played on by any means. Nevertheless, I just hear him every now and again, shake my head and smile. He was the real thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XauOTo-BKSY

I voted myself into 9th place

I got my second royalty cheque for the book this week. My 7 year effort has so far earned me about £350! They have sold 619 copies!! In truth, I don't mind. I am just thrilled that it is out there.

Your review of mine kind of hit my concept right on the head, Dad. 'That which a tree would sing to itself'.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1448548798' post='2916366'] (p.s. I have voted for both of you in the past)! [/quote] Try not to let it happen again. It will only end in tears.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOm34SVz2K8 1986

Having been watching the world of bass for over thirty years, I feel qualified to state that there are always innovations and there are always new things happening. What is interesting is the direction of travel in terms of WHERE those innovations can be found. A lot of new ideas are difficult to access in the mainstream as 'innovation' is, more than ever, a niche market. The 'faster, harder, longer' brigade are always there; I call them 'the jugglers', making more and more noise with different techniques, slapping, tapping with increasingly complex patterns, different parts of the body etc etc. It sometimes feels like a bit of freak show (the guy who dresses as a schoolgirl etc) but there are a lot of people with interesting ideas that are grafting away in the corners of the internet or in genres that seldom cross anyone's path accidentally. I think every instrument has aperiod where the innovations are spectacular and fast paced but, as things move forward, the innovations become more nuanced and subtle. What interests me at the momemnt is where the bass is going to find itself in terms of it's use by composers. The whizzy playing is starting to eat itself (I can't watch bass soloists who are just being clever for the sake of impressing other bass players - it is so utterly futile and obvious to the listener. Clever but no artistic merit. What we need is beautiful and in context.

I learned the 1,000 years ago. It is a finger cruncher absolutely but it is fundamentally a waste of time to learn it. You will probably never play in a band where the pianist can do it Seriously, i have never played it with anyone and never heard it played by anyone other than that Marcus Miller 'I can do Jaco with my THUMB' version. Learn some Parker heads or something

I spotted that but it was a double bass so it didn't apply!!!

Here is mine. I struggled to come up with something this month but, today, it came to me. What would a tree sound like if it wanted to sing? I didn't want it to be a song because a tree would not sing a song. I wanted it to sound more organic than a song form so I improvised a theme with myself singing along to add that 'voice' to the sound. I think what I came up with reflects my idea so I am happy with the result. What I am thrilled about is the sound of the recording. It is totally dry. This is what it sounded like when I pressed record and then played it back. https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/let-the-wood-speak-let-the-wood-sing.

Maria Schneider Orchestra at Cadogan Hall this evening. Magical. And Liam Noble is no slouch either.

I made up a playlist of recordings I have done with my 1986 Wal Custom Fretless over the last 15 years or so (older one's aren't on my computer), just for the sake of evidencing its versatility. I have loads more but it had reached 46 minutes and I thought I was beginning to waste MY time, never mind yours!! https://soundcloud.com/robert-palmer-1/sets/wal-bass

Filed another mill. off the C and G strings last night. Gently does it!!

I have a Ben Bastin endpin. It has made me more popular in general and, unless I am mistaken, a little more attractive to women.

Don't know the maths and will check he measurements when I can get to it. My issues are the fluency of phrasing and stamina at tempo. I am working so hard all the time that I can feel myself flagging long before the end of a gig. Also thumb position playing is very difficult with a. 'high' action.