Members Thunderbroom Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 I'm not much for jazz, but there was a free show in Chicago and an acquaintance of my wife's (and mine to some extent) was in the band. The band consisted if 6 folks...drummer, percussionist, bassist (the guy I know), pianist, and two horn players. I'm not sure what I thought about the whole thing because I'm not into jazz, but I must say the bassist was phenomenal. I figured Mike would be good as he's been playing professionally for over 30 years. His bass was kinda weird though. It was an EUB but the upper 1/4 - 1/3 looked like an URB. My wife and I have decided to go and check him out at one of his regular gigs at the Green Mill. Edit: I just found out he posts on TB. Way cool!! I also found a link to the site for the bass: Link That's Mike playing in the video at the bottom of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kaesh Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Jesus, what a monster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted January 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 Jesus, what a monster Yeah...he didn't get even remotely as crazy as that video last night but I was still like . According to a bio that I've read about him, he's played every major jazz festival and major jazz club in the world. I believe it. This is how he earns his living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted January 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 [YOUTUBE]ci27xPmQ4-w[/YOUTUBE] Just thought I'd embed the video here. Mike starts the song off with a solo. This is the group that he plays with regularly but not who I saw him with last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 I am not a jazz vocal fan, but I love Patricia Barber. And a big part of that is the bass playing. He is indeed a monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted January 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 I am not a jazz vocal fan, but I love Patricia Barber. And a big part of that is the bass playing. He is indeed a monster. So you've heard of her/him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted January 30, 2010 Members Share Posted January 30, 2010 I heard them on XM station Beyond Jazz* quite a few times. I'm the least likely person to be a rabid fan of a jazz vocal group, but I am. They do some outstanding jams that I can really "connect" with. The version of Mourning Grace they played was just killer. Good stuff. *Before the XM / Sirius merger and they took away all my favorite stations and I'll never forgive them for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted February 1, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 I'm bumpin' this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 nice... and playin bill withers edit: duh that's not larry graham...why'd i think that?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thunderbroom Posted February 1, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 nice...and playin larry graham Is he in your league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassius Posted February 1, 2010 Members Share Posted February 1, 2010 Is he in your league? Not sure what my "league" is. He's got a gig and i dont. He sounds good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members W33nie Posted February 2, 2010 Members Share Posted February 2, 2010 wow, it sounds really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members neilster Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 love it:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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