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👍 I've just finished watching the whole concert and it's pretty impressive!

Dave Weckl and Tom Kennedy...

If you like Latin flavouring in your music, this Tony Succar concert is worth a listen. The musicianship, vocals and particularly the arranging (all cover versions), really is top draw all round:

By the sound of it, the stoned people were not capable of pressing the recording device. I reckon the house cat walked across the recording device looking for Cat Nip. If there is a video of that - It would go viral on TikTok.

Yep, I agree... I found his phrasing is more lyrical. I've now started hunting for more of his fretless playing. Please post up anything you think might be worth a listen, HZ, because I haven't really heard much of his Fretless work.

I didn't want to start yet another HF thread so I will use this thread. A couple of tracks with Hadrien using Jaco's Bass of Doom:

Also during that period, he played on a couple of tracks from the album, 'Transition'. A Collaboration album between Buddy Rich & Lionel Hampton' Both tracks feature a Bass solo, and the credits list two Bassists, the other being 'Bob Cranshaw'. I found this on a 'ChatGPT' search, but it's anyone's guess who is playing what. There also seems to be a Phaser FX on the solos. Personnel Details: Both Anthony Jackson and Bob Cranshaw are credited as bassists specifically on the tracks “E.G.” and “Fum”, and George Duvivier plays bass on the rest of the album en.wikipedia.org. The two tracks in question—E.G. (composed by Mike Abene) and Fum (credited to Jack Wilkens/Wilkins)—each feature both Jackson and Cranshaw sharing bass duties, including bass solos en.wikipedia.org. So the bass solos on “E.G.” and “Fum” were performed by Anthony Jackson and Bob Cranshaw, not George Duvivier. If you’d like more information about their individual playing styles, other performances, or how they collaborated on these tracks, I’m happy to help! Solo starts at 6:44. Solo starts at 5:55.

This live track, 'Howie's Tune', didn't make it onto the album.

Often overlooked, but he managed two years in the Buddy Rich small band (Septet) between 1973 and 1975. The link below is the remastered full album, 'Very Live at Buddy's Place':

I thought the English loved noise? ** “The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes”. Sir Thomas Beecham

Marcus and Dave Weckl on the same gig. Something that doesn't happen that often.

Mike Stern band with the wonderful Jeff Andrews on Bass:

Ozzy and Rick Wakeman were good buddies:

He did come out with some classic lines... Ozzy, "We started off as a Rock band messing with drugs, but we ended up as a drug band messing with rock".

What about the trill in the iconic melody of 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'? It's all part of the eerie mood of that theme. Especially in that opening motif.

One Cannon, that's not overplaying in the 1812. Below is an example of overplaying in the 1812: 1812 Overture: "In the sections that contain cannon shots, actual cannons are sometimes replaced by howitzers, tanks, fireworks, recorded cannons, a piece of staging, usually hit with large wooden mallets or sledgehammers as used in Mahler's 6th Symphony. Bass drums, and gongs/tam-tams are also regularly used as cannon substitutes or adjuncts in indoor performances!"

He certainly plays well. I believe he studied at The Royal Northern College of Music in the early 70's.

A very cool version of his big 80's hit. Wonderful groove, good band, great vocals all round, and some nice Bass playing from Nashville Bassist, Jacob Lowery: An interview with Jacob:

A great find with an interesting story.

Freebie alert...Honeycomb Bass OD App. I haven't tried it yet but will give it a whirl a bit later: Honeycomb Bass OD | Free Bass Plugin | Canvas Audio

This just popped up on YouTube... Recorded last weekend, the Marcus Miller concert at TSF Jazz Chantilly Festival 2025 (ARTE Concert):

That sounds about right. The switching on the back is pretty much the same on both the Mk1 824s & 624s. I was concerned the 624s might not have enough bottom end, but because they were ex-demo, the chap in the shop said I could try them for a couple of days and if I didn't like them, he would give me a full refund. My studio room is also on the small side. They were fine and worked a treat (and still do):

The old Mackie's are great sounding nearfields. I have a pair of the smaller version, which I still use - Mackie HR624's (Mk1). I got mine the year they first came out in the UK, the end of 2002 sometime. I've got so used to them sound and reference wise, I don't want to change them. If I remember correctly, I paid £700 (ex-demo). They were about a grand brand new. Originally, I wanted a pair of 824's, but I couldn't find a pair anywhere and didn't want to wait for new stock to come into the country. The HR824's were released a couple of years earlier. About £1200/1300 (once again, If I remember correctly). Enjoy!!