These are fragments of tunes previously-posted here, recorded in Raleigh, NC, with Scott Sawyer on guitar and Bobby Johnson on drums. They are in low-quality MP3 format. You can hear the organ and guitar just fine, but the drums suffer from the low-bandwidth files, which are not large. The material has been edited down to just a few interesting bits so one doesn't have to sit through a lot of junky stuff (the bulk of my performance!).
The focus here is on organ bass and comping. A good jazz organist must also be a good accompanist. These clips illustrate clearly many of the concepts mentioned in my bass tutorial, for instance, grace-notes in the left hand, and pedal-doubling. If you want to hear great soloing, buy a CD from one of the master players! And thank you for listening to my clips.
| Funk -
8
Counts for Rita
The old favorite from The Hamtech List, one more time. Flap your chicken wings. Groove-grindin' - Save
Your Love For Me
Jack McDuff's rocker,
Walkin'
the Dog
Swingin' - a portion of
soloing then backup on the standard, Old
Folks
Ballad - Blue
in Green
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Way up tempo - Jeanine
Jeanine, the
girl who put the "funk" in dysfunctional. This bit illustrates Groove Holmes'
stunning approach.
Very difficult
just to maintain the bass at tempo - it's in Ab minor!
Added from studio date - Frame For The Blues (Real Audio® streaming)
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