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| | Jazz - encyclopedia article about Jazz. |
 | | Jazz, the 1978 record album by Ry Cooder. | | | Early jazz influences found their first mainstream expression in the marching band and dance band music of the day, which was the standard form of popular concert music at the turn of century. | | | At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former African slaves in the U.S. South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions, that evolved as black musicians migrated to the cities. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Jazz
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| | Jazz Police - The Bottom Line: Uncovering the Bassists |
| | Is the bassist echoing the piano or responding to the drums? | | | Is the bassist improvising over the melody or is it the melody itself? | | | From the most talented veteran to the student musician, bass players are the least appreciated in jazz, their solo efforts an apparent signal that there is a pause in the action, an intermission, the opportunity to start a conversation, order a drink, or otherwise take a breather from serious (or not-so-serious) listening. |
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http://www.jazzpolice.com/content/view/4705/2
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| | Jazz MP3 Links @ jazzreview.com |
| | This song is a prize winner in the Jazz category of the 2001 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. | | | Indeed, one of Berg’s hard-to-obtain, but as always outstanding, albums that he recorded in the 1990’s was The Will: A Tribute to Oscar Peterson. | | | This is a tune from Chris' debut solo CD "Now's The Time" which is a collection of jazz and pop standards artistically performed on chromatic harmonica with a smooth and melodic jazz improv. |
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http://www.jazzreview.com/mp3s.cfm
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| | Jazz Me News December 2002 |
| | And, to tell that story in music, the Jim Cullum Jazz Band welcomes back to the Landing stage the renowned Canadian-born tenor saxophonist Brian Ogilvie, who held the clarinet chair in the JCJB for several years. | | | Jazz, as a vocation, or avocation, has provided many unforgettable moments for its participants and listeners. | | | His creativity established goals for several generations of bassists who agree that the "Judge" elevated the bass from "back of the bandstand" to a feature role in modern jazz orchestras. |
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http://www.riverwalk.org/JMN/Archive/html/JMN12_01_02.htm
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| | The Jazz Bass Book by John Goldsby |
| | There have been many influences on jazz bassists (such as electric bass techniques, fusion music, Brazilian and Cuban music, world music, and modern pop music), but the basic techniques have not changed much since the influential '60s groups of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Bill Evans, and Charles Mingus. | | | Most important, they listened to the sounds of their dreams, and they spoke the jazz language through their instruments. | | | And the music that we consider totally hip today might sound dated in 20 years, if we don't consider the framework in which it was originally created. |
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http://www.john.goldsby.de/The_Jazz_Bass_Book.html
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| | deseretnews.com Dave Holland — front and center |
| | Last year, Holland outdid the many jazz greats who preceded him when he became the first musician ever to sweep four categories in both Down Beat magazine's critics and readers polls — jazz artist, jazz album (for his quintet CD "Not For Nothin' "), acoustic group and acoustic bassist of the year. | | | Holland is also part of the all-star collective jazz quartet ScoLoHoFo (with guitarist John Scofield, saxophonist Joe Lovano and drummer Al Foster), whose debut CD "Oh!" was released in January. | | | He won the Grammy for best large jazz ensemble for his CD "What Goes Around," and the group was chosen the top big band in the Down Beat critics poll. |
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http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,575040941,00.html
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| | Jazz Bulletin Board - acoustic bassists |
| | His Bethlehem album, variously titles "Oscar Pettiford" "The Finest" or "Another One" (all the same album in various guises) is one of my favorites, with a fine recording of one of his signature tunes "Bohemia After Dark". | | | December 20th, 2003 08:14 AM Rather than assault you with an exhaustive list of great acoustic jazz bassists, which would be very long indeed, I'm going to suggest that you start with two albums that offer the sound you dig. | | | You also have the bonus of hearing one of the most direct and appealing drummers in the genre (Erskine) and Garbarek playing his backside off on what many thought was his last 'jazz' album for many years. |
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http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/printthread.php?t=2855
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| | Larry Gray |
| | He's played with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and nearly every touring jazz dignitary, especially at Joe Segal's, where he was the longtime house bassist. | | | Gray, who switched from guitar to his present instrument at an unusually advanced age -- 20 -- has fantastic solo technique, but -- even more importantly, has a great sense of musical balance, whether the music be pre-bop or post-fusion. | | | You can hear them collaborating on Pickens' surprisingly good 1998 Yuletide album, A Jazz Christmas. |
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http://centerstage.net/music/whoswho/LarryGray.html
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| | Backbeat Books - The Jazz Bass Book |
| | Goldsby currently is solo bassist with the world-renowned WDR Big Band, based at the radio and TV station in Cologne, Germany. | | | Bassists get expert guidance on mastering proper technique, practice methods, and improvisation, plus new insight into the theoretical and conceptual aspects of jazz. | | | The first in-depth look at the wonderful world of jazz bass playing. |
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http://www.backbeatbooks.com/?n=Bass&c=4&p=0879307161&s=E8DEFC57-E7FF-F1E7-34106F5B8F1CA7BB
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| | Jazz at Lincoln Center - Newsflash |
| | With the release of his first album as a leader in 1987 (when he was already 38), Brecker started appearing more often in challenging jazz settings. | | | Marsalis made his recording debut as a leader in 1982, and since he has recorded more than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. | | | He recorded additional sets as a leader (in 1988 and 1990), teamed up with McCoy Tyner on one of 1995's most rewarding jazz recordings, and toured with a reunited Brecker Brothers band. |
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http://www.jazzatlincolncenter.org/jalc/news/archive/030318-news.html
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| | Fourplay Jazz - Nathan East |
| | Fourplay's 4 album entered the jazz charts at number one. | | | James, who worked for Warner Bros.' jazz AandR department, got them a deal with the label; a couple of months later, the group now known as Fourplay began recording their debut album. | | | Their first record, 1991's Fourplay, sold half a million copies and it remained at number one on Billboard's contemporary jazz charts for 33 weeks. |
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http://www.fourplayjazz.com/natehome.htm
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| | a l b a n y j a z z . c o m |
| | With Lincoln as producer and pianist, Sheri has turned out an deeply moving CD of her songs, "On the Wrong Side of the Raidroad Tracks," (Townhall Records THCD-61 www.townhallrecords.com). | | | In addition to Sheri on vocals, guitar and according and Lincoln on piano, the CD also features one of the Capital District's top two jazz bassists, Pete Toigo. | | | While the duo plays standards in a straight ahead jazz style, that description doesn't do their music justice. |
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http://www.albanyjazz.com/interview-lincolnmayorga.html
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| | Down Beat Magazine |
| | Other pages include Jazz CDs, Jazz Records, Jazz DVDs, as well as more Used DVDs and Used CDs pages. | | | Said one bassist, "This business of who is best on an instrument is a lot of nonsense, and most of the time, it’s impossible to say who’s best. | | | You’ll hear that such-and-such a bassist was up in Ray’s room, playing duets. |
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http://www.downbeat.com/?sect=stories&subsect=story_detail&sid=804
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| | Earshot Jazz Festival Concerts |
| | Of their recent CD, Jazz Times magazine said, "This is one of the most important jazz albums to appear in more than a decade." And the Washington Post said, "These Are the Vistas isn't just a breath of fresh air, it's a tornado. | | | The most versatile and tirelessly inventive drummer in progressive jazz, as experienced in improvised music as in jazz experimentation, leads an angular, enthralling quartet featuring Herb Robertson, the maverick Downtown trumpeter, and Ellery Eskelin, one of the most creative and eclectic of the saxophonists on that scene. | | | She blended it with everything from the classics to funk, and emerges as one of the most promising talents in modern piano jazz. |
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http://www.earshot.org/fest2003/concerts.html
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| | JS Online: Bassist Carter keeps filling in career |
| | Ironically, one of the most recorded bassists in history has no current CD contract. | | | Usually, at least once per night, come the "obligatory" longer solos for bassists and drummers. | | | The list of musicians with whom he's performed includes many of the leading names in pop for the last century's second half: Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, B.B. King, Lena Horne, Michel Legrand and Aretha Franklin, among others. |
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http://www.jsonline.com/onwisconsin/music/mar05/309831.asp
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| | JORGE PESCARA: GROOVES IN THE TEMPLE |
| | There is a vast legacy of jazz bassists whose distinct presence commands the voice of a song or the entirety of a disc. | | | They perform Bonfá’s delightful jazz waltz, “Sofisticada,” a song first heard on the composer’s 1970 album for RCA, THE NEW FACE OF BONFÁ (which also features Dom Um Romão and was recently reissued by JSR/BMG). | | | Following "Miles Miller," the bassist plunges headlong into the seminal rock anthem “Kashmir,” a favorite Led Zeppelin concert number first heard on the 1975 album PHYSICAL GRAFFITI. |
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http://www.dougpayne.com/jpnotes.htm
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| | ::: The Orchard ::: |
| | Released in 1998, this was the long awaited first solo release and exceptional CD by one of Jazz' premiere bassists. | | | Betts' third release is a delightful and dancing live date from February 2000 at the wonderful East Coast Jazz Festival. | | | An epicurean feast of jazz standards and a CD made all the more appealing by the pure |
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| | Jazz All About Jazz |
| | ALL ABOUT JAZZ: These improvisations are often the freshest aspects of a musical interpretation, simple, pure artistic intuition. | | | Whether on electric or acoustic bass, just listening to the converations between such brilliant bassists as Stanley Clarke, Gary Willis, Alphonso Johnson, Avishai Cohen and their fellow musicians, is enough to fill volumes on the subject of bass styles. | | | ALL ABOUT JAZZ: The title track features your vocal scatting in perfect unison with those infamous staccato basslines of yours and result in a very creative conversational technique. |
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| | Ron Carter Official Site of Jazz Bassist Ron Carter acoustic bass, walking bass, jazz master, jazz legend, jazz ... |
| | With more than 2,500 cds to his credit, Ron Carter may be the world's most recorded jazz acoustic bassist. | | | Ron Carter is among the most original, prolific, and influential piccolo bassists in jazz. | | | Carter has lectured, conducted, and performed at clinics and master classes, instructing jazz ensembles and teaching the business of music at numerous universities. |
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| | Vintage Guitar® magazine : Artist Pages |
| | I was always working in the studios, and you didn’t listen to music that much on the radio; there’s no time, and when you’re done recording, you want silence. | | | I profess to be ignorant of some of the younger generation, as I’m mostly listening to fine jazz these days, and I admire the jazz bassists, for the most part. | | | Overall, she has over 10,000 sessions to her credit, and individual recording dates can be documented from union ledgers (an assemblage of “who played on what song” is in the works). |
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| | Welcome to JazzWord |
| | He also worked in the studio with Stan Getz and Phil Woods, and his association with jazz continues with a recent CD he made featuring guitarist Kenny Burrell and singer Shirley Horn. | | | July 3, 2005 - Minority music at the best of times, jazz’s supposed marginality means that the role and function of record stores and record collectors isn’t properly appreciated. | | | In this bittersweet, but humorous article in the Village Voice, Francis Davis examines that unique subculture – of which he is a member – and discusses what it means for the preservation, spread and popularity of improvised music. |
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http://www.jazzword.com/nova/start.pl
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| | - SHOP.COM |
| | Jazz bassists play the foundation of the music; the power of the low sound radiates throughout the music and holds all the other musicians together. | | | Deep Down in Music also brings out the unique qualities jazz bassists must possess -- as the anchors of big bands, members of rhythm sections, composers, passionate soloists, and even leaders of their own groups. | | | Deep Down in Music: The Art of the Great Jazz Bassists |
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| | Jazz with Jerry Brabenec |
| | MP3s from jazz LPs of the 50s and other stuff of interest to jazz bassists. | | | I just found the web page of this distinguished Dutch bassist who generously posts a wonderful compendium of practice tips and exercises for jazz bassists! | | | Info on my musical activities in Ann Arbor, Michigan, usually as bassist with the Dave Swain's II-V-I Orchestra |
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| | Innergameofmusic.com |
| | The Bay Bass Band is a remarkable cross-over band of six outstanding professional classical and jazz bassists plus percussion perform jazz, blues, funk, contemporary, Middle-Eastern, Asian and African music to the delight of a wide range of youth and adult audiences. | | | He has recorded sound tracks for Salker Studios and played with the San Francisco Opera, California Symphony, the American Jazz Philharmonic and many Broadway theater productions. | | | Bay Bass Band Members are active performing in Bay Area symphonies including the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Opera and Ballet orchestras, and the San Jose, California, Santa Rosa, Marin, Oakland and Berkeley symphonies. |
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| | Lex Valk ~ My Biography |
| | Bassist Alexis Valk is a versatile performer equally at home playing jazz, classical music, or broadway shows. | | | His playing can be found on a number of CDs, including Noches Asturianas (Green Planet Records), and the Tom Borling BeBop Band release The TBBB Plays the Music of Eddie Lewis. | | | He plays national touring versions of Broadway shows that come to Houston and is active as a jazz performer, and has played with local artists Clayton Dyess and Marsha Frazier, (see jazz alliance) as well as a number of local big bands. |
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http://www.neosoft.com/~lexvalk/bio.html
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| | VH1.com : Eldee Young : Biography |
| | In 2000, he finally released his second solo release, an album with pianist Marshall Vente called The Long and Short of Jazz. | | | He was born in Chicago, IL, on January 7, 1936, to a musical family. | | | His session work earned him gold records for "The In Crowd" and "Hang on Sloopy," two huge hits from the '60s, while he found himself working less but still making notable guest appearances live and on record. |
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| | Blogcritics.org: William Parker - Luc's Lantern |
| | Parker adopts a more traditional jazz trio format on this album. | | | On Luc's Lantern Parker creates beautiful and harmonious music that is more modern than most of the jazz recorded today. | | | He often keeps the music bouncing along in the midst of utter noise and chaos. |
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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/04/21/124132.php
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| | Homespun Tapes - Jazz |
| | These three lessons will give you a solid grounding in all aspects of jazz piano, from the basics through advanced techniques. | | | These two one-hour DVDs are jammed full of powerful playing, slowed-down instruction and the wonderful personality of one of the premier artists of our time. | | | Learn to improvise and compose from a true master! |
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| | Jazz Gigs - Madison & Milwaukee |
| | One of my favorite musicians on the Milwaukee scene, Paul is a guitarist who is true to the jazz tradition. | | | THE SUNDOWNER is Milwaukee's most comprehensive listing of jazz performances. | | | THE CHICAGO GUIDE is an unbelievable resource for all kinds of music in Chicago, organized by category. |
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| | Scott LaFaro: Beacon For Jazz Bassists -- Updates |
| | This album is a compilation of selections from several LP recordings produced by Pacific Jazz Records | | | "The bassist who is incorrectly identified as Scott LaFaro [on the Hampton Hawes CD Bird Song] is in fact, Red Mitchell. | | | Corrected date of Getz and the 1961 Newport Jazz Festival from Monday 3 July to Sunday 2 July. |
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| | Poejazz - the Lou Malandra Trio presents poetry & Jazz |
| | The jazz industry recognizes Ron as "one of the most versatile and professional bassists in jazz." | | | And then, the Trio glides into a wonderful evening of muse and music. | | | Their CD, Out of our Silence, is a brilliant union of muse and music."...Carlos Lando, Program Director, KUVO Jazz Radio |
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| | List of jazz bassists -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
| | Noted (A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles) jazz (Someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)) musicians who play (Largest and lowest member of the violin family) string bass, (additional info and facts about electric bass) electric bass, or both. | | | Back to (A genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles) jazz. | | | List of jazz bassists -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
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| | Biography - Dave Holland |
| | In the following year, Holland embarked on an extensive tour with Betty Carter, Geri Allen and Jack DeJohnette and was recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in London (Feed the Fire, 1994). | | | By age 13 he had switched to bass guitar and formed a band that played at local clubs and dances. | | | Other than a brief period of piano lessons, he was largely self-taught, practicing with records featuring great jazz bassists such as Ray Brown and Leroy Vinnegar, and frequenting local jazz clubs. |
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| | WMU News - Nearly 1,000 bassists come to WMU campus |
| | The ISB is a forum for communication among bassists throughout the world and across a wide variety of musical styles. | | | "It is a tremendous honor to bring one of the world's great musical gatherings to Kalamazoo and WMU," says Tom Knific, WMU professor of music and director of the University's Jazz Studies program. | | | Ten world premieres will be presented, and a young bassists program will feature instruction by the convention's elite faculty. |
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http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2005/06/001.html
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| | Al McKibbon: Information From Answers.com |
| | Although he has recorded no albums as leader, he has always been highly regarded (among other signs of the regard in which he is held, he was the bassist for the Giants of Jazz), and continued to perform into the 1990s. | | | He is credited with interesting Tjader in Latin music while he played in Tjader's group. | | | Al McKibbon (born in 1919) is an American jazz bassist, known for his work in bop, hard bop, and Latin jazz. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/al-mckibbon?method=5&linktext=Al%20McKibbon
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| | Music: Holland-Days (Weekly Alibi . 11-02-98) |
| | Following Corea's turn toward more accessible music in the mid-'70s, Holland found himself collaborating with Paul Bley, Stan Getz and others before settling into Gateway with John Abercrombie and Jack DeJohnette. | | | In 1968, he replaced Ron Carter in Miles Davis' band, with whom he recorded Bitches Brew. | | | His intonation is unmatched and his deeply hewn understanding of music both from the musician's and composer's perspective has made him a vital musical force in contemporary jazz. |
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http://weeklywire.com/ww/11-02-98/alibi_blue.html
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| | Performance: KC Jazz Club - John Patitucci May 16, 2003 |
| | "One of the leading bassists in jazz" (Jazz News)—and a world-class virtuoso on both acoustic and electric bass—Grammy winner John Patitucci is as comfortable peforming fusion and jazz funk as he is with playing straight-ahead jazz standards. | | | Performance: KC Jazz Club - John Patitucci May 16, 2003 | | | Listen to an excerpt of John Patitucci - 'Bohemia After Dark' |
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| | Vancouver Jazz Forum - Any jazz bassists out there? |
| | Feb 1, 2005 04:52 PM Any jazz bassists out there? | | | I am a guitar player and have been jamming with a singer on standards. | | | Vancouver Jazz Forum - Any jazz bassists out there? |
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| | music |
| | We see that the class ic jazz big band and combo styles are from Paul Chambers. | | | Then the next step--larger than any progression in Jazz bass playing (even jazz as the art-form)--we see that bassist would clearly be Charles Mingus (since his influence to bassist is just a part, his influence went much further into the jazz community all together). | | | We see that the bassists in jazz have sounds rooted in these two leader in the art. |
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| | Jazz Conspiracy |
| | Featuring hip arrangements, contrasting moods and a variety of post-bop grooves, Jazz Conspiracy is a fresh new voice on Chicago's dynamic music scene. | | | The group's club and corporate dates feature a fierce dedication to the musical traditions and cultural integrity of jazz, mixing hard swinging originals with standard compositions. | | | Styles: Bands, Bassists, Composers, Jazz Artists, Pianists, Saxophonists, Small Ensembles, Swing, Trumpeters |
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http://centerstage.net/music/whoswho/JazzConspiracy.html
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| | Dictionary jazz |
| | -- a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New Orleans jazz but played by large bands | | | -- play something in the style of jazz | | | , nothingness -- empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" |
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http://www.dictionarydefinition.net/jazz.html
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| | Here and Now : 11/17/2003 |
| | James Isaacs looks at two Jazz albums: a tribute to Jaco Pastorius and a new release by Miroslav Vitous. | | | Investigators are trying to figure out what caused three people to die and more than 500 to become sick after eating at a restaurant outside of Pittsburgh. | | | Reaction continues in Turkey to the weekend bombing of two synagogues in Istanbul. |
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| | Jamey Aebersold Jazz - Anyone Can Improvise! |
| | Find Transcribed solos of popular jazz bassists as well as materials about creating your own bass solos. | | | Study exclusively with popular and effective methods of Bass Improvisation. | | | Find Transcribed bass lines of popular jazz bassists as well as bass line construction and methodology. |
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| | Sheet Music Plus - For Bassists Only: Jazz Trios, Quartets, Quintets (Ken Smith) |
| | Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete performance with soloist; then a second version with the accompaniment, minus you, the soloist. | | | Sheet Music Plus - For Bassists Only: Jazz Trios, Quartets, Quintets (Ken Smith) | | | For Bassists Only: Jazz Trios, Quartets, Quintets (Ken Smith) |
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http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/a/item.html?item=3364664&id=79590
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| | Intl. Society of Bassists |
| | Zayas, Nestor, Principal, Albany Symphony, GA, Freelance (orchestra, jazz): nesthico@yahoo.com | | | Sciarratta, Sandro, composer, jazz bassist in Italy: sonard@iol.it | | | Bass teacher and Jazz performer in Canada: Bassrazz@aya.yale.edu |
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| | TalkBass Forums - IU grad auditions |
| | Now if they could only get a similarly talented jazz guitar teacher... | | | I saw a recital by DaXun Zhang last week--the bassist who won the Young Concert Artist's Guild thing recently, the ISB solo competition, and loads of other awards, and he is simply stunning. | | | Others are not so certain--all of the major (and most minor) jazz programs have a dedicated bass teacher these days. |
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http://www.talkbass.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-159000.html
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| | Scott LaFaro: Information From Answers.com |
| | Growing up in a musical family (his father played in many big bands), LaFaro started on piano as a small child, started studying clarinet at the age of 7, played various reed instruments in High School and only took up the double bass at the age of 16. | | | He entered college to study music but left after less than two years to try his luck in the Los Angeles music scene. | | | Although he performed for only six years (1955-1961), his innovative approach to the bass redefined jazz playing, and inspired a generation of bassists who followed him. |
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