MASSIVE HEADLINE - ANTHONY JACKSON IS HUMAN!!

[Bilbo]

I have transcribed loads of Anthony Jackson but today, after listening to him for 40 years or more, I have finally noticed a mistake. At 5:09 on this big band video from 1994, in the tune 'Why Not', AJ hits a wrong note. I couldn't believe it. 'kin lightweight!

 

There is hope for me yet!!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88-Xz5fUFKg

 

Edited March 11 by Bilbo

[TheRev]

I thought there were no wrong notes in jazz?

[Bilbo]

Let me have this one, Rev......

[Killerfridge]

I'm fairly sure he either flubs a line, or plays a simplified version of some of the unison line somewhere near the start of Not Yet by Michel Camilo. Probably was a choice he made though, but still

[TimR]

The real question is... which note do you use for the transcription...

[SICbass]

17 hours ago, TimR said:

The real question is... which note do you use for the transcription...

That is just ice-cold. Bilbo won’t sleep for a month trying to decide that.

[Bilbo]

Bilbo slept like a log. I found a mistake in a Geddy Lee performance the other day. It's in the transcription - I can't just change notes willy nilly. That way lies chaos! AJ's boo boo was live, though, so no possibility of fixing it in the mix! 

[SICbass]

What a relief.

[Hellzero]

I've been listening to this live video many times, it's so groovy, but I never noticed this mistake.

 

But this are good news: Anthony Jackson is human! 😉

[Bilbo]

'I will not be beaten by a machine'.

 

[lowdown]

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... 

🤣

 

[Bilbo]

I would have left them to it.

[lowdown]

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':

 

 

[lowdown]

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

 

 

[lowdown]

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.