Yves Carbonne is the first and currently the only one bassist who is playing 10 and 12 strings sub-basses, those basses are Legend X and Legend XII by Jerry Drozd. The 12 use a new B string tuned at 15,4 hertz. This cd is a bass and voice project with the collaboration of the singer Guillaume Eyango, there's a lot of nice melodies here.
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Seven Waves
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For Bromberg, the magical and mercurial Pastorius was to the electric bass what Jimi Hendrix was to the guitar. On this tribute, Bromberg extends and elaborates on Pastorius's unique blend of jazz fusion, world, and soul influences. Bromberg skillfully reinterprets Pastorius's brilliant bass lines on the acoustic and electric bass and changes up the groove on a number of his compositions. "Continuum" and "Three Views of a Secret" are redone with Afro-Caribbean tinges and a funky big-band feel. The two versions of "Teen Town" rock with hip-hop-friendly backbeats, while "The Chicken" and "Come On, Come Over" recall Pastorius's love for the rhythm & blues stars Sam & Dave. The tour de force of the CD is "Slang(ish)," a solo spotlight where Bromberg shows off advanced string-tapping skills that would have made his idol proud.
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Jaco
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Thirty plus years in the trenches providing the rock solid backbone for some of the brightest stars in the business; Michael Jackson, Anita Baker, Luther Vandross, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Roger Daltrey and Marc Anthony to name a few has provided Sekou Bunch rich opportunity to draw influence from rock, jazz and R&B all of which he stirs into an intoxicating and satisfying brew on Level. Bunch's feel and complete mastery of his instrument become readily apparent in the opening strains as he takes the receiver on a vibrant and scintillating ride. One you'll surely not want to get off. You'll be surprised while listen to track 3 "Take Five/In Three"....the classic Take Five but played in 3/4 time signature.
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The Next Level
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New album (release at 2007) from Brian Bromberg...one of bass virtuoso mastering both acoustic and electric bass. In this album, Brian mainly uses acoustic bass, performs 6 Jobim's hit song, such as Wave, Desafinado, The Girl from Ipanema, and the other 6 songs are his own tunes with Jobim's bossa style.
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In the Spirit of Jobim
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Soloing is much more than how many notes you can play. Every so often the bassist actually gets to solo over the changes of a song, or gets to take a few choruses over a blues. This is the most challenging form because it requires the bassist to be musical, so here are some tips from the great Stuart Hamm to think about when you are faced with this challenge.
Quoting the Melody
This is a standard part of soloing you should be familiar with. "Quoting" means restating or interpreting the original melody. You can transpose it to another key, change the phrasing of it, or bass-icly do anything to it so that the listener will reminded of (or will recognize) the melody, without your actually playing it note for note. This will give your solo, and the entire song, more continuity
Rhythmic Phrasing
This consist of taking a certain rhythm and using it with a variety of notes. It can be of any length but the idea is that by repeating this phrase, you will build tension and excitement. A well thought-out solo uses tension and release to get its point across. Listen to Yes's "Close To The Edge" suite which is built entirely on tension and release.
Moods
Your solo should be about feeling and moods, not merely notes. Practice soloing over a standard blues form and see how many different moods you can create. Try to play a chorus that sounds happy. Make one sound sad. Play one that sounds angry and one that sounds like you are in love. This sounds a lot easier than it is! Try this out on other people and see if they can guess what emotion you are trying to express. Don't be afraid to over-exaggerate...it's a great way to learn.
Now for the killer. Using he same idea, play choruses using only one note. Neil Young is famous for this. That's right, you can play a whole chorus with just one note and make it sound happy, sad, angry, lovely, frustrated, etc.
The great thing about this particular exercise is that it forces you to use things like dynamics and phrasing that often get lost in a furry of notes. you may think this exercise sounds silly, but try it and you will see how difficult it actually is.
Charlie Moreno is an incredible bassist from Barcelona. He achieved a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music and furthermore, he had the chance to learn from music masters such as Russell Malone, Gary Grainger, Yellowjackets, Dave Weckl, Tom Kennedy, Richard Bona, Richie Goods, Victor Bailey and Victor Wooten, among others.
Island Style is his second solo album. You should check this album and listen to how's he soloing and grooving, his solo on track 2 "Still Waitin' Blues" almost makes me frustrated to learn, and his bassline at track 5 "Whatcha Bona Do?" transforming Richard Bona's style to his own type. Must have album.
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Island Style
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Arya Setiadi is one of Indonesian awesome bassist, his playing is Victor Wooten alike, slap, tap and any kind of bass guitar technique. This is his first solo album which he did almost everything by himself, enjoy and you'll see why I became huge fans of his bass playing.
p.s : Arya already agree to share his work on internet, I already asked him. This album was indie distributed, so maybe it'll be difficult to find at major cd store
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