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"Almost like me" Odean Pope Trio feat Gerald Veasley (el-b) and Cornell Rochester (dr) (LP Moers Music 01092)

although me not being a fan of electric bass in jazz overall, here certainly is some incredible playing by Gerald Veasley, best augmented via (this album`s track) "Almost Like Me".......like one blogger once remarked "This ist the album Jamaaledeen Tacuma should always have recorded".....

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The memorial service for Kenny was appropriately brilliant. A stellar line-up with the cream of British jazz including Evan Parker, John Taylor, Dave Horler, John Marshall, Martin France and Chris Laurence and Stan Sulzmann. The were eulogies, all very moving and highly personal tributes from Stan Sulzmann, Evan Parker, Dave Horler and John Taylor. Norma Winstone was in fine voice throughout and there were some notable solos from Henry Lowther, John Paricelli, John Taylor, Stan Sulzmann to name just a few. The service lasted two hours with much more music than prayer and I suspect the church (St James, Sussex Gardens in London's Lancaster Gate area) hadn't seen such a capacity audience since Christmas. The music - all Kenny Wheeler pieces, naturally, with the emphasis on larger ensembles - was sublime (no other word for it) and illustrated perfectly the genius that was Kenny Wheeler. The concert ended with a vocal piece by the London Vocal Project led by Pete Churchill which was remarkably effective. Finally and most movingly, the service concluded with a poignant recording of Kenny playing a terrific solo, the notes of which reached far up into the roof. This was a fitting tribute to a much-loved and highly respected jazz musician whose many works will live on. Thnx for sharing

Do like Black Unity, Karma, Thembi (as mentioned, THE bass solo) and Live at the East from the Impulse days His later efforts didnt do a lot for me, omitting this release from 1981 on Theresa one track (former vinyl A-side) titled "You've Got To Have Freedom" out of nowhere burns like in the "good old days", to a vast extent also due to the propelling rhythm section John Hicks+Walter Booker+Idris Muhammad...wish this track would go on and on and on.....

worth the entry ticket for Cecil McBee`s majestical side 2 opener "Love" alone......

back then a hilarious attempt by DG to market Ms. Mutter "the sexy way".....

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 ?