Dave Bargeron on “And When I Die”
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Fantastic discoveries and reminders as I scroll through.
Charlie Hunter in any form, all day, erry day:
Recent find for me. The bassist, Dr. Emma Dayhuff, has several great projects.
How is it possible no one’s mentioned The Bad Plus?
I love the sultry groove on this whole album.
Thundercat? Bad Bad Not Good? Less bass forward - Kamasi Washington, and a bunch of soul jazz like the Meters and their antecedents: Parlor Greens, Budos Band.
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Thanks for all of these great suggestions! If possible, please post more of your fave tune videos to share. 
Very glad to be of service. I tried to pick performance vids per the thread’s original interest. The (sometimes hard to find) Bad Plus cover of Immigrant Song is an amazing bass assault. And truly, Charlie Hunter should be on everyone’s best bassists of all time list. I like the Pound for Pound album, and his new SuperBlue group.
Has this thread mentioned Mingus, Dave Holland, or Ron Carter?
Going back in the thread bit, I also used to go see Patricia Barber at the Green Mill. Whoever that was who brought her up, perhaps we were both there off the Purple Line stop at the same time. I loved going there Weekend nights after 2am to see the no-cover house band and whoever else showed up looking for a jam.
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It’s a good problem to have, but it’s hard to keep track of every artist posted here.
I created this thread so we could share jazz we love, especially (but not limited to) video performances, because it’s always special to actually see great performers play.
That said, it is tough to locate some players on video. But so many are out there for the finding. I’m looking forward to you posting some more.
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A fantastical modern take on Mingus (he’s one of my absolute faves)…
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Try and keep track of all the greats here…
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And I, you.
Adderly’s Autumn Leaves was in here several times. Always a rewarding album. Also, not sure I’ve seen Esperanza Spalding in this thread.
Now, I have module 7 lesson 2 to get to. after thinking of all these amazing basissts I aspire towards, I will remember I art mortal! 
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A hilarious, innovative and fantastic thrill. What a show person! I was lucky enough to see Morphine play once, and they dragged some bass sax on stage that must have been ten feet long. It had wheels.
Where’s the chugging lesson that teaches THAT opening bass line? Am-I-right?
That was me. I lived in Lake Point Tower when I worked for Motorola. There were several blues clubs and the Jazz Showcase walking distance from LPT. I ran into Patricia a couple of times at the Jazz Record Mart when she was just getting started and hand-delivering additional copies of her first CD Split. Her regular bassist (Michael Arnopol) was amazing. I spent most of my career sleeping in hotels in some country other than the U.S. on some continent other than North America. On those rare occasions I when I was home for more time than it took to do my laundry, repack and head right back to O’Hare, seeing her trio at the Green Mill was the best therapy you can imagine. I moved away in 2004, and haven’t seen her live since.
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That was EXCELLENT!
Here’s a really nice bass line and improvisation with a backing piano of In A Sentimental Mood.
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Adi Oasis, excellent jazz bassist and vocalist. I love this configuration for jazz: drums, keys and bass lead.
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Added to my TIDAL list… 
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One of my very favorite jazz master pianists, McCoy Tyner, backed up by the superb rhythm section comprised of the legendary duo: Will Lee on bass and Steve Jordan on drums.
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Me, too! Will Lee was/is a great bassist. One whole year younger than me. It’s nice to hear him play again. And I’d forgotten that, back then, Steve Jordan liked his cymbals up in the stratosphere. Now, he’s back down in normal territory. 
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I love jazz so much! Glad to see this thread.
Here’s what I’m listening to now, something a little different perhaps. It’s Salah Ragab and the Cairo Big Band, an Egyptian band from the 60s. A super fun fusion of big band sounds with more traditional Egyptian ones.
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