On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Brad Fuller <bradallenfuller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Loki Davison <loki.davison@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi all, >> I recently bought a double bass and am loving it. Fun to play and >> amazing sound with fingers and bow. I will be looking for a teacher >> soon but first and foremost i'm looking for some good stuff to listen >> too! I'm really enjoying Willie Dixons stuff and a few tracks by >> Freundeskries (german hiphop) and Donovan. What else is good? I'd love >> to here tracks in a range of style both bow and fingers. >> > > Loki, > > It depends on what you would like to pursue first. Is it jazz, for instance? > Unforutnately, there are a small number of classical pieces written > for the bass and even less recorded. You find a lot of information > about jazz bass players. For instance, Scott LaFaro (who died young, > but can be found on recordings before his death in '61.) Get the Bill > Evans Village Vanguard sessions. Heck, you can also hear him on > youtube, but the recordings aren't so good. I could give you a list of > jazz players to pursue, but first what is your focus? > > brad > Well... the key issue with what i want to pursue is, it's not Jazz ;) Blues, soul, reggae, hiphop, rock, folk. I understand the importance of Jazz as many of the artist i love are inspired by and love Jazz but i'm just not that into it myself yet. Though i do quite like Willie Dixon's stuff like bassology that's a bit more bluesy jazz or jazzy blues ;) I guess Jazz is fine as long as it's somewhat corrupted/mixed by some other style ;) I think i'd like to start out in areas i'm more comfortable in and expand out to Jazz/classical. ;) Loki _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
