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Renaud Garcia-Fons - madman or genius?


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Its a good question!

I have a few of his cds/downlaods and there are elements of his playing that I like but some of his composing is quite immature and his soloing can get a bit repetitive. There is an immediacy about his playing; a WoW factor, but, like a lot of the players that have this, once the veneer wears off, there is not much underneath. Maybe as he matures he will make better choices.

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Genius might be a bit strong, but he's not far off!
There is so much great music in his recording/concerts. I love his use of odd meters, great feel, flawless intonation, extended techniques etc....
and although I don't like all his compositions many are fantastic.

I feel that love him or hate him he's a truly original voice on the instrument. Not many other bassists can say that.

I think it's a given that all of us will make better choices as we mature.

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Listening repeatedly to Alboreá, I'm finding myself quite taken by the playing of the other bassist (Yves Torchinsky) who is taking the traditional bass role... it's almost irrelevant what instrument Garcia-Fons is playing as he is simply "the soloist", well apart from those great accordion passages that put you mind of Amélie :). Torchinsky is playing some great jazzy lines underneath it all.

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[quote name='geoffbassist' post='1295209' date='Jul 6 2011, 09:19 PM']This is a great example.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wKtFUfmZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wKtFUfmZA...be_gdata_player[/url][/quote]

I really enjoyed that, thanks :)

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[quote name='geoffbassist' post='1295209' date='Jul 6 2011, 09:19 PM']This is a great example.

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wKtFUfmZA&feature=youtube_gdata_player"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2wKtFUfmZA...be_gdata_player[/url][/quote]

I have to say that lightning-fast pizzi technique - while impressive - leaves me a little cold, but following that link led me to La Silhouette which has some stunning arco playing...

I think arco is really his metier.

Edit: should really have listened all the way through before posting - after the first couple of minutes it gets really interesting!

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