6 Jun
2008
6 Jun
'08
12:01 a.m.
Hi all,
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Loki
6 Jun
6 Jun
12:16 a.m.
On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 12:01 +1000, Loki Davison wrote:
Hi all,
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Eberhard Weber.
he actually plays a modified electric (but upright) bass, but still
worth listening to. for an introduction to the possibilities, check out
"Pendulum" or "The Colors of Morning". Pendulum is all solo, but
multi-tracked.
also Miroslav Vitous on ECM. on other labels he often played electric
bass guitar, but on ECM there's some gorgeous work on acoustic.
the bass player from Oregon can also be pretty inspirational, though he
sometimes fades away into the background.
and of course Ron Carter, who despite his ability to play electric bass
guitar with the best of the (well, almost), always insisted that
acoustic double bass had a quality that could never be replicated.
for something entirely different, check out "Ruby Vroom" by Soul
Coughing. an amazing sound (partly thanks to tom waits' producer tchad
blake) with the upright bass front and center in a
groovy/funky/psycho/rock/godKnowsWhat kind of setting. years ahead of
their time, and never really replicated.
4:23 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 10:15:43PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote :
On Fri, 2008-06-06 at 12:01 +1000, Loki Davison wrote:
Oregon is sometimes pretty cool. But the sound's not always on top.
You've got to hear to Renaud Garcia-Fons. This man is totally awesome,
one of the best double-bass player, if you ask me.
I don't want to describe his music, as it could seem a bit boring or
pretentious, but, actually, it's very BEAUTIFUL (there's no other word)
and virtuous!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXt6htVi3C4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRq9VWuhiqk
(I haven't seen those videos, as I'm under Linux 64bits, and flash
doesn't exist for me, and I don't want to make some wrapper things)
In a very other way, Trevor Dunn (my teacher)'s Trio Convulsant, which
lies somewhere between bop and punk (not in the way of punk jazz,
though!) is seomthing I like very much!
Hi all,
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Eberhard Weber.
he actually plays a modified electric (but upright) bass, but still
worth listening to. for an introduction to the possibilities, check out
"Pendulum" or "The Colors of Morning". Pendulum is all solo, but
multi-tracked.
also Miroslav Vitous on ECM. on other labels he often played electric
bass guitar, but on ECM there's some gorgeous work on acoustic.
the bass player from Oregon can also be pretty inspirational, though he
sometimes fades away into the background.
and of course Ron Carter, who despite his ability to play electric bass
guitar with the best of the (well, almost), always insisted that
acoustic double bass had a quality that could never be replicated.
Sure, Ron Carter is great. Seems to be a bit worse than he was, though.
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8:47 a.m.
Aurelien <orl(a)ammd.net> writes:
You've got to hear to Renaud Garcia-Fons.
Seconded -- he's very impressive. One of my major influences as a
bassist was Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen's work, particularly when
he's accompanying a vocalist; "Those Who Were" is great. There are
some fun double-bass parts on some of Roni Size's albums too.
For the philosophy of playing the instrument, I would recommend
reading Patrick Süsskind's "The Double Bass"... ;)
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9:12 a.m.
Adam Sampson wrote:
... One of my major influences as a bassist was
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen...
Oh yeh, sorry I forgot to mention him. I recently
watched a YouTube
video of a very young NHOP accompanying a much older (but still
brilliant) Bud Powell. Nils was really impressive even then. Truly one
of the giants.
Best,
dp
11:26 a.m.
Am Freitag, 6. Juni 2008 13:12 schrieb Dave Phillips:
Adam Sampson wrote:
I also especially like the tune Adam mentioned. NHOP was such a great player.
Maybe have a look at some of the Medeski, Martin and Wood stuff, too.
And btw: Get a teacher soon. There are some principles to follow that can
spare you a lot of hassle.
Have fun! Great choice!
- Burkhard
... One of my major influences as a bassist was
Niels-Henning Ørsted
Pedersen...
Oh yeh, sorry I forgot to mention him. I recently watched a YouTube
video of a very young NHOP accompanying a much older (but still
brilliant) Bud Powell. Nils was really impressive even then. Truly one
of the giants. 
12:23 p.m.
Don't forget Eddie Gomez ..... in some Bill Evans albums ... Steps Ahead,
Chick Corea Three Quartets ... etc etc etc
Josep
12:41 p.m.
holborn wrote:
Don't forget Eddie Gomez ..... in some Bill Evans
albums ... Steps Ahead,
Chick Corea Three Quartets ... etc etc etc
I saw him with Jack Dejohnette many
years ago, in a group that included
Lester Bowie on trumpet and John Abercrombie on guitar. Bowie and
Dejohnette surprised everyone with a duet on those little end-blown
Hohner keyboards (I called them keyharps). Not quite as weird as seeing
Ed Blackwell play a saw solo with Mingus, but still pretty strange stuff.
Gomez, another titan. Man, he was so smooth.
Best,
dp
12:55 p.m.
Dave Phillips wrote:
...those little end-blown
Hohner keyboards (I called them keyharps).
Melodica?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica
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1:04 p.m.
Atte André Jensen wrote:
Dave Phillips wrote:
Yep, that's the item.
That whole show was odd. The band was amazing, but hardly anyone showed
up to hear them. They were scheduled for two shows, but after the first
the organizers asked everyone to stay at no charge for the second show
(at Ohio State Uni, no less). So I stayed and saw the group twice in one
day, for the price of a single ticket. :)
Best,
dp
...those little end-blown Hohner keyboards (I
called them keyharps).
Melodica?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodica 
2:43 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Loki Davison <loki.davison(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Loki,
It depends on what you would like to pursue first. Is it jazz, for instance?
Unforutnately, there are a small number of classical pieces written
for the bass and even less recorded. You find a lot of information
about jazz bass players. For instance, Scott LaFaro (who died young,
but can be found on recordings before his death in '61.) Get the Bill
Evans Village Vanguard sessions. Heck, you can also hear him on
youtube, but the recordings aren't so good. I could give you a list of
jazz players to pursue, but first what is your focus?
brad
3:53 a.m.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Loki Davison
<loki.davison(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Well... the key issue with what i want to pursue is, it's not Jazz ;)
Blues, soul, reggae, hiphop, rock, folk. I understand the importance
of Jazz as many of the artist i love are inspired by and love Jazz but
i'm just not that into it myself yet. Though i do quite like Willie
Dixon's stuff like bassology that's a bit more bluesy jazz or jazzy
blues ;) I guess Jazz is fine as long as it's somewhat corrupted/mixed
by some other style ;) I think i'd like to start out in areas i'm more
comfortable in and expand out to Jazz/classical. ;)
Loki
Hi all,
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Loki,
It depends on what you would like to pursue first. Is it jazz, for instance?
Unforutnately, there are a small number of classical pieces written
for the bass and even less recorded. You find a lot of information
about jazz bass players. For instance, Scott LaFaro (who died young,
but can be found on recordings before his death in '61.) Get the Bill
Evans Village Vanguard sessions. Heck, you can also hear him on
youtube, but the recordings aren't so good. I could give you a list of
jazz players to pursue, but first what is your focus?
brad
6:21 a.m.
Loki Davison wrote:
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun
to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Scott LaFaro
Ron Carter
Jimmy Garrison
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus
Ray Brown
Tommy Potter
Bertram Turetzky
Gary Karr
The first group lists primarily jazz giants, the next two fellows are
classical greats.
If you like Willie Dixon's work you should check out the Muddy Waters
recordings with Big Crawford.
I'd throw in Jaco Pastorius and Billy Sheehan, even though they were/are
mainly electric players.
Best,
dp
6:31 a.m.
On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 04:21:16AM -0400, Dave Phillips wrote :
Loki Davison wrote:
Yeah, Charles Mingues is awesome! Gunslinging Bird is one of my
favourite jazz big band albums (he's not playing on it, though).
I recently bought a double bass and am loving it.
Fun to play and
amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher
soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen
too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by
Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love
to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers.
Scott LaFaro
Ron Carter
Jimmy Garrison
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus Ray Brown
Tommy Potter
Bertram Turetzky
Gary Karr
The first group lists primarily jazz giants, the next two fellows are
classical greats.
If you like Willie Dixon's work you should check out the Muddy Waters
recordings with Big Crawford.
I'd throw in Jaco Pastorius and Billy Sheehan, even though they were/are
mainly electric players.
??? Did they play Double-Bass at any time? By the way, I won't put both
of them one next to the other!!!
Best,
dp
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8 Jun
8 Jun
3:47 p.m.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:21 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
Scott LaFaro
Ron Carter
Jimmy Garrison
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus
Ray Brown
Tommy Potter
Bertram Turetzky
Gary Karr
Great list, Dave!
Also, don't forget the great Paul Chambers. Even if you're not
a big jazz fan, by all means check out the classic Miles Davis
record, "Kind of Blue".
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5:37 p.m.
Also, don't forget the great Paul Chambers
If you're gonna go that far then definitely check out Jimmy Blanton.
He basically invented walking bass. For swing, I think his feel
absolutely can't be topped. Seriously, over PC Ray Brown, Oscar
Petiford. If you are interested in the role of bass as a rhythm
section instrument (as opposed to a super-chops/soloist) then it's
good idea to check out some drummers/great-rhythm-sections.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Jack O'Quin <jack.oquin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:21 AM, Dave Phillips
<dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
Scott LaFaro
Ron Carter
Jimmy Garrison
Oscar Pettiford
Charles Mingus
Ray Brown
Tommy Potter
Bertram Turetzky
Gary Karr
Great list, Dave!
Also, don't forget the great Paul Chambers. Even if you're not
a big jazz fan, by all means check out the classic Miles Davis
record, "Kind of Blue".
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10 Jun
12:28 a.m.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Peter Hartmann
<peter(a)hartmanncomputer.com> wrote:
Thanks for all the info! Will spend some time checking out all of
these. Apart from willie dixon, anyone in the Blues world of note?
Do any blues or rock double bassist use a bow? Jazz?
Loki
Also,
don't forget the great Paul Chambers
If you're gonna go that far then definitely check out Jimmy Blanton.
He basically invented walking bass. For swing, I think his feel
absolutely can't be topped. Seriously, over PC Ray Brown, Oscar
Petiford. If you are interested in the role of bass as a rhythm
section instrument (as opposed to a super-chops/soloist) then it's
good idea to check out some drummers/great-rhythm-sections.
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Jack O'Quin <jack.oquin(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:21 AM, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Scott LaFaro
>> Ron Carter
>> Jimmy Garrison
>> Oscar Pettiford
>> Charles Mingus
>> Ray Brown
>> Tommy Potter
>>
>> Bertram Turetzky
>> Gary Karr
>
> Great list, Dave!
>
> Also, don't forget the great Paul Chambers. Even if you're not
> a big jazz fan, by all means check out the classic Miles Davis
> record, "Kind of Blue".
>
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