fpa@cvl.UUCP (Fred Andresen) (10/07/83)
My title isn't scorning those of you that have obviously
listened to jazz before and therefore have heard some
outstanding bass players.
It was designed to draw in and ridicule those that claim the
bass players of their favorite rock group are worthy of any
special attention. How many of them WRITE music for bass,
let alone play that music on an album?
If any musician is to judged or compared, it must be in the context
of the kind of music they play and their instrument. (All basses
do not look like 4-stringed electric guitars).
So lets qualify our admirations.
Electric Bass:
Me three for Jaco Pastorius for his sound and technique. He also has
some very nice tunes on his albums.
Acoustic Bass:
My biggest complaint is that no mention (maybe I missed it) was made
of
* * * Neils-Henning Orsted Pederson * * *
whom I consider
to be the best Acoustic bass player. After having listened to many of his
solos on albums (in particular 'Chops' with Joe Pass) with my jaw
hanging down in amazement and my ears burning, I finally went to see him
at Charlie's Georgetown in D.C. where he played with a bunch of other
Nederlanders and Phillipe Catherine (sp?) from Belgium. That's when my
eyes popped out in addition. Anyway, he's very good. And fast. And his
compositions are sweet and challenging. Somehow, I didn't mind the $30
it cost for me and my date.
- Fred
PS. I vote for net.music.jazzrao@utcsstat.UUCP (Eli Posner) (10/11/83)
Geddy Lee writes music for bass