Vincen Garcia

[Burns-bass]

Seriously incredible playing. If you’ve not seen him, worth checking out.

 

As well as the feel and the note choose it’s the clarity of it all. This is a solo gig where he’s paid to basically bust out all the tricks but it a band he’s much more restrained.

 

I couldn’t listen to an album of it, and it’s not really something I’d want to do, but I’m glad he’s out there doing it - and with a huge smile and sense of humour.

 

 

 

 

[Beedster]

Like you @Burns-bass, am album would be too much, but that clip brought a smile to my face 👍

[simonlittle]

I’d definitely recommend checking out his album Ventura from a couple of years ago. Some great tunes and obviously some incredible playing too.

 

 

[Mrbigstuff]

The stamina required to play like this over a set is incredible. Both physical and mental! The Cory Wong gigs weren’t short either.

[chris_b]

I haven't enough grey cells to remember an arrangement like that!!

 

Great playing and very melodic, which makes a change from the usual technical slap fest.

[Burns-bass]

19 minutes ago, chris_b said:

I haven't enough grey cells to remember an arrangement like that!!

 

Great playing and very melodic, which makes a change from the usual technical slap fest.

Agreed. Some of it is prog-rock-esque.

 

I just love his huge smile and sense of fun. 

[simonlittle]

32 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

I just love his huge smile and sense of fun. 

Same here. It’s very infectious. 

[MacDaddy]

2 hours ago, Burns-bass said:

I couldn’t listen to an album of it, and it’s not really something I’d want to do, but I’m glad he’s out there doing it

 

Absolutely this! 😁

[Dad3353]

The drummer's no slouch, either. 

[uk_lefty]

3 hours ago, simonlittle said:

I’d definitely recommend checking out his album Ventura from a couple of years ago. Some great tunes and obviously some incredible playing too.

 

 

+1 to this. It's a good album, very musical, and not just a bass assault on the ears, there is fast playing and obviously the bass is the star instrument, but it's done well IMO.

[SICbass]

That fill at 1:34 is very reminiscent of the marimba-esque instrument at the beginning of Rikki Don’t Lose that Number. (nerd alert)

[Quatschmacher]

On 11/06/2025 at 19:08, SICbass said:

That fill at 1:34 is very reminiscent of the marimba-esque instrument at the beginning of Rikki Don’t Lose that Number. (nerd alert)

More nerd alert, the intro to that particular SD track is a direct lift from Horace Silver’s “Song for my Father”.

[SICbass]

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

More nerd alert, the intro to that particular SD track is a direct lift from Horace Silver’s “Song for my Father”.

I did not know that. It sounds, to my ears, like a series of arpeggios stemming from some sort of scale that I could not identify.

My guess would be that Mr. Garcia is more likely citing Horace Silver than Steely Dan.

Edited 12 hours ago by SICbass

[Quatschmacher]

12 minutes ago, SICbass said:

I did not know that. It sounds, to my ears, like a series of arpeggios stemming from some sort of scale that I could not identify.

My guess would be that Mr. Garcia is more likely citing Horace Silver than Steely Dan.

Just to clarify, it’s that root-fifth bass line in the piano that was lifted (the bit after the marimba bit). I think there is an edited version of the Dan track which omits that marimba opening; this might have been the first version I heard so in my head the Horace Silver bit was the intro. It was sometime after, when I got the remastered CD that I learned of the part that precedes that. 

Edited 12 hours ago by Quatschmacher

[Burns-bass]

5 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

Just to clarify, it’s that root-fifth bass line in the piano that was lifted (the bit after the marimba bit). I think there is an edited version of the Dan track which omits that marimba opening; this might have been the first version I heard so in my head the Horace Silver bit was the intro. It was sometime after, when I got the remastered CD that I learned of the part that precedes that. 

SD not my thing either, but they were super smart lads and steeped in jazz history. Probably helps when you assemble some of the greatest musicians ever to play on your tracks.

 

Got a long road trip today. Might do some Dan for the road.

[Quatschmacher]

1 hour ago, Burns-bass said:

SD not my thing either, but they were super smart lads and steeped in jazz history. Probably helps when you assemble some of the greatest musicians ever to play on your tracks.

 

Got a long road trip today. Might do some Dan for the road.

I played in a band and the drummer kept on at me for years saying I ought to check out Steely Dan as he thought I’d like them. I resisted for ages, until quite some time after that band finished. Then when I finally did check them out, I wish I’d done so sooner!

 

Anyway, Vincent Garcia is a great player and his album is worth a listen. 

Edited 11 hours ago by Quatschmacher

[Burns-bass]

40 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said:

I played in a band and the drummer kept in at me for years saying I ought to check out Steely Dan as he thought I’d like them. I resisted for ages, until quite some time after that band finished. Then when I finally did check them out, I wish I’d done so sooner!

 

Anyway, Vincent Garcia is a great player and his album is worth a listen. 

I really do think they’re a drummers band. We listened to the Royal Scan for 3 weeks across Europe in 2005. Id sort of had enough by then. 
 

Will check them out again. I’m a huge Chuck Rainey fan.

[HeadlessBassist]

Yes, I've been watching Vincen for a while. Particularly when he got the Cory Wong gig for the European Tour. He's the seriously brilliant all-rounder we all aspire to be, and also very entertaining to watch.

 

 

[Burns-bass]

2 minutes ago, HeadlessBassist said:

Yes, I've been watching Vincen for a while. Particularly when he got the Cory Wong gig for the European Tour. He's the seriously brilliant all-rounder we all aspire to be, and also very entertaining to watch.

 

 

Found out his solo band is playing in London on the 18th of August. Sadly I can’t make it.

[Quatschmacher]

25 minutes ago, Burns-bass said:

I really do think they’re a drummers band. We listened to the Royal Scan for 3 weeks across Europe in 2005. Id sort of had enough by then. 
 

Will check them out again. I’m a huge Chuck Rainey fan.

Pretzel Logic and Aja are brilliant albums, though Royal Scam is my favourite. 

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, Quatschmacher said:

Pretzel Logic and Aja are brilliant albums, though Royal Scam is my favourite. 

Likewise.