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A classic from Frank and top, top playing from the band. And that arrangement from Johnny Mandel is quite something.

Robben Ford and the HR Big Band live a few weeks ago:

There is a lovely moment in a Grover Washington Jr. live video, where AJ and Steve Gadd stare each out over a misplaced 16th note accent. Steve Gadd thought AJ was the culprit. He clearly didn't... 🤣

I'm pretty sure the studio version was played by Freddie Washington. Lee Sklar did a tour or two with Phil Collins.

My thoughts as well.

I didn't know Nick other than posts on this board, but I stumbled across this terrible news on Facebook. It was very sad to read. R.I.P.

This is a documentary on YouTube from one day of the studio sessions for the Netflix comedy film, 'Bank Of Dave 2'. Media composer, Christain Henson', videoed some bits and pieces, including the scoring and him getting stressed out. It's about 35 minutes long. There is a bit of swearing here and there:

You can get around that. Just don't pass the Wine... 😂

Andy Pask as well... Andy Pask Bassist

D Link to the show in question: Sing Street musical set for 2025 London run | West End Theatre

Two giants of groove, soul and disco music (Scott Edwards also played on a fair amount of TV themes out in LA). The number of chart-topping tunes they played on certainly gave Jamerson and the likes a run for their money. Incredible achievements by both, and they both had a terrific feel for the above genres. If you played in a disco band back then, you would almost certainly be playing plenty of their Bass lines. I learned so much by transcribing and playing their contributions in various bands I was in during that golden period.

Both Cubase and Studio One have their own Drum VSTI's which come with Midi patterns and various styles that you can use or customise. You can also program your own rhythms and grooves. They are sample based so you can also drag and drop/import any external drum audio files you may have to make custom kits. All versions of Cubase have Groove Agent 5SE. Cubase Pro14 also has a drum machine and a pattern editor. Studio One has Impact XT and a pattern editor.

Lovely stuff as always, Peter. It's also worth checking out Peter's arrangement of 'Every Breath You Take' on his YouTube channel. The technique, the tone, the feel, it's all very impressive and good on the ears. 👏

Netflix: The Quincy Jones documentary 'Quincy' is a decent watch.

'Magic7 Reverb' by Wave Alchemy - It's a free VST and it's based on the Bricasti M7 reverb. Very light on CPU and sounds very good. Magic7 | Free M7 Reverb Plugin

For anyone who uses the free 'Valhalla Supermassive' Reverb/Delay VST, it has just been updated to version 4. Valhalla Super Massive - Valhalla DSP

Ray Brown creating on the spot during Quincy Jones' production of 'Killer Joe'.

The bouncy groove and rich tone on 'Everything You Want' (01:46:47) is great!

Yes, that's a great album... If I remember right, Chuck Rainey plays electric on one track as well, 'Love and Piece'? Some top, top players (and singers) on that album. Walking in Space - Quincy Jones

A great album. Interestingly, Lalo Schifrin is the Piano player on that album. Also, a 'Taste of Honey' was only available on selected releases of the album.

I've been having a Quincy day today. I think I'm gonna need a bigger day: Neil Stubenhaus on Bass...

Everything? Your opinion, of course. But that's a huge claim, considering the colossal amount of composing, writing, arranging and producing he accomplished over seven decades. I can think of one track in this very thread where there isn't a Violin or Viola in ear shot.