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Jack Bruce R.I.P

Jean-Jacques Avenel really shines here...this recording from 1983 features some outerwordly bassplaying.....

"Japan Suite" features some remarkable (and for his standards ferocious) playing by Gary Peacock

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I don't think I've seen any mention of Barre Phillips yet. So, yeah, Barre Phillips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFnzH5yGbws I believe Barre Philips was already mentioned, but thnx for bringing up this piece of "bass heaven"

me too ..... Francois Rabbath -- Bass Ball (1963) excellent choice - Francois Rabbath can really make the bass "sing"...my favourite being "Ode D'Espagne" from "Francois Rabbath Au Palais Des Sports" (Moshe Naim 12 003) 1971

good list my friend, so now please tell uns a special performance of the named bass players each !!

Well, if you insist ... With all due respect, I beg to disagree about Jamil Nasser. He is one of those who have managed to mar my listening experience here and there, specifically as an accompanist to Al Haig ("Strings Attached"). What's all that droning, booming, resonating bass background that distracts from the lead voices and at times even tends to collide with Jimmy Raney's guitar lines? Not always very sympathetic IMO. Granted that times and styles have evolved since the 50s but what's all that busybody bassing around when, as an accompanist, a somewhat more subordinate role is called for. Where are Ray Brown, Red Callender, etc. when it is all about getting a steady pulse and swing going? There is a time and place for everything and all this droning and resonating may be fine and quite appropriate in other settings, but there?? Or is it all the fault of what recording mix was fashionable in those days? No doubt Al Haig himself felt differently as he used Jamil Nasser often, but still ... Gary Mazzaroppi (with Tal Farlow) is another one in the very same vein (even more so, sometimes crowding out the guitarist) who makes it a bit of a displeasure searching out latter-day recordings by artists who I like immensely. No harm and insult meant, but the way they play there, those bass players just "get in the way" IMO. BTW, talking about dropping names - no interest in Curtis Counce? so basically different strokes for different folks but as this thread was about specific bass player performances I was highlighting solely his stance with the Ahmad Jamal Trio, where he is IMO a perfect piece of the "whole" picture......there is a recording of subject unit Ahmad Jamal Trio - Paris 1971 Ahmad Jamal TrioParis (France), Studio 104, Maison de la Radio June 25, 1971 "in the net" taped one week folowing their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival (the later saw release on Impulse via "Freeflight" and "Outertimeinnerspace") released, which even more showcases the power of subject unit and Jamil Nasser`s contribution to it.... Actually I don`t own any Jamil Nasser recording following his stint with Ahmad Jamal (funny enough I don`t own any Jamal recording following the break-up with Jamil Nasser and Frank Gant) for a reason, so probably we are not that much in disagreement at all....

.......Wilbur Ware was unfortunately not overly prolific and I agree that all his recordings are important, but again (hope not being too pushy...) if it would come down to 1 TRACK which stands synonymous for your appreciation of Wilbure Ware`s euvre, which one would you choose ?? Ok, I can get it down to three, from which I'll leave it to you to make the final selection. "The Man I Love" from The Chicago Sound. That arrangement has a "showcase" feel to it, like it was designed to be played in clubs by a working band as a more or less set piece, and it sounds to me like Ware plays it accordingly. So I get a kind of "community" feel to it that I really like. "Well, You Needn't" from Monk's Music - both the solo and the accompaniment show how Ware could swing you into bad health and move you ears into totally unexpected places harmonically with his logical yet still atypical substitutions. "By Myself" from Super Bass (also included in the Clifford Jordan/Strata-East Mosaic set) - 7:42 of solo bass over basic changes. As Stefan from SNL used to say, "This one has it all", only, like, in the best, the very best way. I feel funny for not including anything off the Rollins Vanguard date, or from the Grant Green trio side, but in the case of the Rollins, I couldn't pick just one, and besides, that's a perfectly triangulated trio, so...I will say though, that Elvin never again had a bassist so bass-icly propulsive until he got hooked up with JG. not that propulsive! These are just my first three that come to mind. Like I said, any others will do as well! thanx for disclosing your Wilbur Ware faves - "By Myself" really "has it all" and this also compared to most other bass players.........share your feelings reg. the Sonny Rollins Trio "Live at The Village Vanguard" recordings, as the in charge musicians work as a tight unit and this makes it virtually impossible to single out a track.....

unfortunately never released on CD...

excellent choice !! .......Wilbur Ware was unfortunately not overly prolific and I agree that all his recordings are important, but again (hope not being too pushy...) if it would come down to 1 TRACK which stands synonymous for your appreciation of Wilbure Ware`s euvre, which one would you choose ?? For my answer, see post #3. saw your original post, thnx for the reminder nevertheless !!!

.......Wilbur Ware was unfortunately not overly prolific and I agree that all his recordings are important, but again (hope not being too pushy...) if it would come down to 1 TRACK which stands synonymous for your appreciation of Wilbure Ware`s euvre, which one would you choose ??

Which is the (recorded) Wilbur Ware performance you would not like to be without ?

me too .....

JACKY SAMSON "Indian" (George Arvanitas "Live in Concert" Futura) - a real "left fielder" blossoming considerably within this trio..... ARILD ANDERSEN "Song For Joy" (Sheila Jordan+Arild Andersen "Sheila" Steeplechase)

GEORGE JOYNER aka JAMIL NASSER "Bogota" LARRY RIDLEY "Sketch of Melba" btw as obviously being a bass fanatic, I was hoping this thread would be mainly about specific bass performances (like obviously stated by the thread initiator) giving the reader a chance to (re)search these - and not turn into another name dropping rundown....just my 5 pence worth....

Hadn't seen that quote before. Sounds absurd to me also. I've only heard Ron Carter on recordings, so perhaps my opinion isn't a fair one, but he never struck me as having a big sound. I'm not exactly sure what he means by "more authority", but I'll take Jimmy Garrison over Carter if I had to choose. agreed....anytime.

Here we go...but overall IMO Dave Holland was in live settings much more impressive than via his records.....

Big Band+Quartet, but get the Wokshop thereafter

out of memory, so no particular order....know these more or less by heart..... ART DAVIS+REGGIE WORKMAN "Ole" (John Coltrane "Ole" Atlantic) RICHARD DAVIS "Nefertiti" (Phil Woods Quartet "Musique Du Bois" Muse) "Mojo" (Booker Ervin Quartet "Space Book" Prestige) "Summertime" (Eric Kloss "In The Land Of The Giants" Prestige) "Epistrophy" (Richard Davis "Now`s The Time Muse) JIMMY WOODE "Blues For Bud" (Hampton Hawes Trio "Blues For Bud" Black Lion) "Blues for F.P" (Mal Waldron Trio "Playes The Blues" Enja) VISHNU WOOD "Khadesha" (Randy Weston "Perspective" Denon) JEAN-JACQUES AVENEL "Eronel" (Steve Lacy Septet "Wee See" HatArt) "The Gleam" (Steve Lacy Trio "The Window" Soulnote) BOB MAGNUSSON "The Trip" (Art Pepper "Live in Japan Vol. 2 Storyville/Interplay) REGGIE WORKMAN "Samba De Orfeu" (Reggie Workman "The Works Of A Workman" Denon) BUELL NEIDLINGER "The Quiet Time" (Jimmy Giuffre "In Person" Verve) CHARLIE HADEN "Irene" (Hampton Hawes+Charlie Haden "As Long there is Music" Artists House) CECIL MCBEE "Love" (Pharoah Sanders "Thembi" Impulse) ISRAEL CROSBY "Broadway" (Ahmad Jamal "Alhambra" Cadet - you could pick virtually any other track from this recording........) STANLEY CLARKE "Bass Folk Song" (Joe Farrell "Moon Germs" CTI) JIMMY GARRISON "Impressions" (John Coltrane Quartet "Live in Stutgart 1963 private tape) "Intro My Favourite Things" (John Coltrane "At The Village Vanguard Again" Impulse) JIM HUGHART "Step Right Up" (Tom Waits "Small Change" Elektra) HENRY GRIMES "Woody`n You" (Sonny Rollins Trio "Aix-En-Provence 1959" Royal Jazz) BUSTER WILLIAM "A New Shade Of Blue" (Harol Land "A New Shade Of Blue" Mainstream) "Baby Man" (Mary Lou Williams Trio "Free Spirits" Steeplechase) "Outback" (Joe Farrell Quartet "Outback" CTI) DOUG WATKINS "Silver`s Blue" (Horace Silver Quintet "Silver`s Blue" Epic) AHMED-ABDUL MALIK "In Walked Bud" (Thelonious Monk "Misterioso" Riverside) CHARLIE MINGUS "Haitian Fight Song" (Charles Mingus "The Clown" Atlantic) "II B.S / Better Git It In Your Soul" (Charlie Mingus "Mingus, Mingus, Mingus" Impulse) DON THOMPSON "Take Five" (Paul Desmond Quartet "Live" A&M) WILBUR WARE "Little John" (Johnny Grifin "Way Out" Riverside) GEORGE DUVIVIER "Confirmation" (Bud Powell Trio "Plays Bird" Blue Note) "Blues Blue" (Sonny Clark Trio "Sonny Clark Trio" Time) "Beyond Recall" (Herbie Nichols Trio "Love, Gloom, Cas, Love" Bethlehem) "Blue-Shout" (A.K Salim "Blues Suite" Savoy) ANDY GONZALEZ "Little Sunflower" (Tito Puente All Stars "Live at The Village Gate" Columbia) N.H.O PEDERSEN "Moose The Mooche" (N.H.O Pedersen+Archie Shepp "Looking at Bird" Steeplechase) VIC GASKIN "Katanga" (Curtis Amy+Dupree Bolton "Katanga" Pacific Jazz) SCOTT LAFARO "Wrapp Your Troubles In Dream (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Hampton Hawes Quartet "For Real" Contemporary) REGGIE JOHNSON "Medina" (Bobby Hutcherson "Medina" Blue Note) CLINT HOUSTON "Stepping Stones" (Woody Shaw "Live at The Village Vanguard" Columbia) FRANCOIS JENNY-CLARKE+GILBERT ROVERE "Sequence Tenante" (Martial Solal " Sans Tambour Ni Trompette" RCA) PETER TRUNK "Don`t Stop Now" (Bobby Jones-Dusko Goykovich Quintet "Benefiz Live in Burghausen 1973" FDB) TBC

Although this label didn`t maintain a high standard reg their productions overall, I believe Black&Blue`s "John Hardee - A little Blue - The definitive Black&Blue Sessions" features some excellent perfomances by the late John Hardee.....

Page 1; post #14 thnx for keeping track - but the original posting was such a long time ago ....