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Interesting article:
Bass on top: the Genius of Paul Chambers By David Yearsley
Available here:
Bass on Top: the Genius of Paul Chambers - CounterPunch.org.
“It has been said that the best definition of ‘swing’ can be found in any two adjacent notes played by Paul Chambers: unerring but never clocklike, he made jazz time tangible. There is always intention behind his sublime, subtle distortions anchored in absolute reliability.”
Specifically concerning Paul Chamber’s bowed solo in Yesterdays (Bass on Top): ”tour de force of arco playing” “an elegiac presentation of the Melody from Chambers” “vibrant and virtuosic” “soul searching soloist."
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07-27-2021 11:09 AM
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If I made a track like Yesterdays, I would never approve it. I would send myself back to the woodshed. And that's as a hobbyist. If I were teaching someone and they played like that, I would tell them yeah no, don't play that in public. You need to get your left hand technique together so you can play in tune like any competent instrumentalist. So PC had a shortcoming, so what? He was basically a kid and did a great job on the playing that he focused on.
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Originally Posted by joelf
Those two sentence apply to the initial criticism as well as the follow-up criticisms of the criticizer.
E.g. can one say they looked-for-the-good in the initial criticism?
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Aside: is there any currently active jazz double bass player known for arco soloing?
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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There are quite a few, but I don’t think anyone is regularly singled out for it.
There’s a good course on it at DiscoverDoubleBass.com
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
Passed in 2016.Last edited by gcb; 07-27-2021 at 03:45 PM.
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Yes yes yes. The Christian McBride clip is what I'm talking about dang it. It doesn't have to be all grave like classical but you still have to have command of vibrato to phrase well melodically at slow tempos and more importantly, to play in tune. Plus it just sounds nice, doesn't it? Wouldn't you rather hear that pretty music instead of the bass sounding like it's dying?
Last edited by Clint 55; 07-28-2021 at 01:00 AM.
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Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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John Clayton
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Originally Posted by gcb
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07-28-2021, 04:18 PM #37joelf GuestOriginally Posted by Clint 55
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Originally Posted by gcb
I sure haven't found it anyway.
He is an endless fountain of melody.
He is an ass-kicking modern accompanist.
He makes incredibly challenging things sound easy.
And everything he does in music happens in the moment.
Thank you again maestro.
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Dave Holland
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