Hector Posted May 13, 2012 Share Posted May 13, 2012 Been really getting into his playing recently: beautiful lyrical solos! Only other person I can think who "speaks" on the bass like that is Red Mitchell..... [url="http://youtu.be/UxGWT5ko8Lo"]http://youtu.be/UxGWT5ko8Lo[/url] [url="http://youtu.be/AFPMjiqx_OI"]http://youtu.be/AFPMjiqx_OI[/url] Anyone else a MM fan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtroun Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 His playing is sublime. Being based in the UK in the 1980s he had made quite an impact on the straight-ahead jazz community at the time. I'm lucky enough to study with both Nick Weldon and Simon Woolf: Nick played with MM quite a bit and has some interesting stories about him; while Simon studied at various times Michael Moore, Red Mitchell and Peter Ind, you can certainly see the positive effects in his playing! It's definitely a rare gift to have that kind of melodic inventiveness, I hope I can get there one day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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