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Contextual by Petros Klampanis… We all know that there was a double bass well before the electric bass was an idea lingering in the back of someone’s mind. This instrument is the precursor and source of our shared “voice” at this time in history. I admit that I am always impressed when I hear a [...]
This month’s transcription is the final half of Jimmy Garrison’s Bass line from “Crescent”, off John Coltrane’s album Crescent. It starts at 4:21 as noted at the top of page one. As always, we’ll be comparing everything to the major scale by the numbers. If you are already familiar with this analysis technique, then go [...]
Even at the earliest of ages, it was clear to those around him that Pat Hicks was destined for something great. In his memoir “Trading Fours: The Golden Years of Musicians Institute” (ISBN 1452898049), the Los Angeles based music man explains how he achieved the American dream and started the famed Musicians Institute in Hollywood, [...]
Terri Lyne Carrington, Mosaic… For those of you not familiar with drummer Terri Lyne Carrington, let me update you quickly with a few of the people she’s worked with; Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, George Duke, David Sanborn, George Duke, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Diana Reeves…nuff said? I recommend this CD to the bass community for [...]
Trading Fours by Pat Hicks is a step back in time chronicling the beginnings of the Musicians Institute. This is a great and historic read about the early days of the Institute with a plethora of great stories and one liner’s from legendary figures that is worth checking out. He speaks of the Institute’s origins [...]
Cecil McBee “Saxophone Summit – Seraphic Light”For the first time since Michael Brecker’s all too early departure, Joe Lovano and Dave Liebman have reconvened the Saxophone Summit to pay homage to the also dearly missed John Coltrane. In addition, Alice Coltrane had passed within days of Michael Brecker. I would argue that, not since [...]
That’s a very important question don’t you think so? Well, I think the same, so in this month’s article I will mention very briefly the subjects that I consider the most important for a bassist to learn. Obviously the intention of this article is just to serve as a guide for your study and not [...]
As far as I know, every society has some form of music. Music is universal, however its meaning is not. Music, through a Universal phenomenon, gets its meaning from culture. Different cultures interpret it differently. With the term culture, I connote the whole way of life of that specific group of people, learned and transmitted [...]
Have you ever stayed up all night, watched the sky lighten, and felt that all was well with the world? Not only that, but also that things were going to keep getting better? And then savored that feeling as long as you could, even through morning rush hour, when the world got ugly again? The [...]
Rob Allen Deep 4 Chambered alder body Hawaiian koa top Bolt-on 5 piece birdseye maple/ebony neck Lined gaboon ebony fingerboard Fishman undersaddle piezo pickup Master volume with 2 band EQ Labella “Deep talkin bass” tapewound strings 34” scale Tung oil/polyurethane hand rubbed finish Hipshot ultralight tuners It’s hard to explain one of Rob Allen’s basses [...]
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