bassace Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Some good guitar and bass here. Enjoy! > [url="http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/joe-pass/happy-birthday-joe-pass.html"]http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/joe-pass/h...y-joe-pass.html[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Joe pass is the master of jazz guitar along with django and wes you cant go wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey D Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The Joe Pass and NHOP duets are possibly some of my favourite videos ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Academy Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) I used to watch the Oscar Peterson show in a previous life (when TV was quality) with Pederson on DB. I wasn't really a jazz fan as such, but I was mesmerised by his playing. Edited January 15, 2010 by Pete Academy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 And to give an alternative (possibly philistine) perspective - most jazz, now as always, just sounds like a load of noise to me. I know there's some great players who operate in that particular musical environment because even I can tell that they have good technique, and they play an awful lot of notes an awful lot faster than most guys can. But, you know what, to me that's exactly what it sounds like - a load of notes; narry a tune or melody to found within a country mile of most free form jazz improvisations that I've ever heard. Most of it is little more than self indulgent musical masturbation...(Puts pith helmet on and ducks below parapet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 [quote name='Bass Culture' post='713625' date='Jan 15 2010, 12:27 PM']And to give an alternative (possibly philistine) perspective - {SNIP} ...(Puts pith helmet on and ducks below parapet).[/quote] I think that critique is fair so far as this piece goes. While most of the stuff I play and listen to gets characterised as 'jazz' by other people, I would never characterise myself as a 'jazz fan' precisely because of stuff like this. This is the kind of stuff (though an extreme example) that I think gives a lot of people a negative perception of Jazz. It has to be said ... the musicians demonstrate an INCREDIBLE level of skill that I couldn't hope to obtain if I lived for another 100 years and practiced 8 hours a day. But to be honest I don't think I want to. I can't detect in that video any of things that make music meaningful for me. Certainly no groove, also no melody, barely discernable harmonic movement, and it's hard to tell where the 'one' is at times. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Can I articulate my appriciation for this? f*** me ..... sorry, that's the best I can do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 [quote name='BigBeatNut' post='713785' date='Jan 15 2010, 02:20 PM']Certainly no groove, also no melody, barely discernable harmonic movement, and it's hard to tell where the 'one' is at times. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Andy[/quote] Whereas I didn't get that at all- I thought it was bloody brilliant. That kinda summarised what I like about jazz. Ain't music great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBeatNut Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 [quote name='velvetkevorkian' post='714760' date='Jan 16 2010, 12:49 PM']Ain't music great? [/quote] Whatever floats your boat. We're all friends in the fraternity of bass, are we not ? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarcher Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 [quote name='bassace' post='712705' date='Jan 14 2010, 04:13 PM']Some good guitar and bass here. Enjoy! > [url="http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/joe-pass/happy-birthday-joe-pass.html"]http://jazzonthetube.com/videos/joe-pass/h...y-joe-pass.html[/url][/quote] Cheers pal. Really enjoyed that. Brought back a reminder of seeing Alex Dankworth playing with Martin Taylor at the Wigmore Hall sometime ago. To those of you that didn't get it don't worry,it'll probably get you later,and then you really will be able to appreciate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted January 17, 2010 Share Posted January 17, 2010 Bonkers! In a good way obv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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