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I play electric and uptight jazz bass. While what you describe is possible for some genres, not knowing keys and the fretboard the same way you know keys on the
by iainctduncan 6mo ago
I play electric and uptight jazz bass. While what you describe is possible for some genres, not knowing keys and the fretboard the same way you know keys on the piano is a non starter for jazz. All the competent jazz guitarists and bassists I know have this down cold. It's table stakes in my world.
- defrost 6mo ago> uptight jazz bass mah man . . . too much of that loosey goosey stuff.
- iainctduncan 6mo agoLol I have to admit, I do play "uptight bass". The Freudian thumb slip got me, ha Relaxing on that thing is hard! :)
- defrost 6mo agoRiP Eugene Wright - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs
- iainctduncan 6mo agoI adore those albums with Paul Desmond and Jim Hall. So killer.
- defrost 6mo agoI too like the albums of which you speak, they are a little tangential to the piece I linked above which was a sneaky Double Take Five misdirect. apologies.
- aanet 6mo agoHah. Bass player here, too. Although I only play the electric. Haven't had a chance to do the upright (or uptight even!). Needless to say, I only play rock / blues stuff, though I do love listening to Jazz. Brubeck is a perennial fav of mine.