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inspire thy...
11-25-2005, 05:40 PM
I mainly play metal, but i love the sound of jazz bass. What are some good jazz songs that anybody can play or has heard that makes there spine tingle.
Cheers!
Jabawanga
11-25-2005, 05:52 PM
listen to some jaco..good stuff.
Jody LeCompte
11-25-2005, 05:52 PM
DC-10 - Audio Adrenaline
Naveed Afzal
11-26-2005, 10:42 AM
Well you can learn to walk, or you can play longview by greenday... if you are lazy.
Standard time!
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Miles Davis - So What
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle
Weather Report - Havona
Although some of these are borderline "jazz". Now HaVIC will come in here and expose my ignorance.
rhinestone04
11-27-2005, 09:28 AM
that makes there spine tingle.
Not sure that you'll find any "spine-tingling" jazz.
slickric3462
11-27-2005, 09:40 AM
Standard time!
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Herbie Hancock - Chameleon
Miles Davis - So What
John Coltrane - Giant Steps
Charles Mingus - Boogie Stop Shuffle
Weather Report - Havona
Although some of these are borderline "jazz". Now HaVIC will come in here and expose my ignorance.
those songs might be a little out of his reach if he cant even read a chart or atleast arpeggiate through them...you might want to start out with blue bossa or autumn leaves....there there two easiest that come to mind.
HaVIC5
11-27-2005, 10:29 AM
Yeah, Giant Steps isn't exactly in the realm of a jazz novice, and Boogie Stop Shuffle and Havona aren't that standard. The others are good suggestions, though.
The thing is that with jazz, unlike rock, you can't really refer somebody to a specific bassline that you can download and learn. Jazz bass is improvised around a comprehensive set of rules that governs most jazz playing. 95% of swing basslines follow what is called a "walking bass" pattern, where the bassist improvises a steady quarter note rhythm outlining the basical chord shapes. The line can be arpegiated or ascend/descend chromatically or diatonically, or any other myriad of ways, but it takes practice to do correctly and to know what the song requires at a given moment during the improvisation.
Yeah, Giant Steps isn't exactly in the realm of a jazz novice, and Boogie Stop Shuffle and Havona aren't that standard. The others are good suggestions, though.
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He didn't really say he wanted to play them, I just like to listen to them. And those might not be standards, but I threw them in because they still have great bass.
If you want some standards try... Summertime or Birdland.
Naveed Afzal
11-27-2005, 12:08 PM
Satin Doll :)
Yeah, Giant Steps isn't exactly in the realm of a jazz novice, and Boogie Stop Shuffle and Havona aren't that standard. The others are good suggestions, though.
The thing is that with jazz, unlike rock, you can't really refer somebody to a specific bassline that you can download and learn. Jazz bass is improvised around a comprehensive set of rules that governs most jazz playing. 95% of swing basslines follow what is called a "walking bass" pattern, where the bassist improvises a steady quarter note rhythm outlining the basical chord shapes. The line can be arpegiated or ascend/descend chromatically or diatonically, or any other myriad of ways, but it takes practice to do correctly and to know what the song requires at a given moment during the improvisation.
Don't listen to him. He's OBVIOUSLY not the most jazz-tastically gifted player on this forum.
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