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My latest jazz rabbit hole is bassist Curtis Counce - this whole album (a reissue) is stellar. I bought it in a whim as I liked the cover and the title…. Who doesn’t want more bounce?
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reminded me of this classic
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Welcome to the Bounce club! The first time I bought this album was as an LP, then later as a CD. I recommend his “Exploring The Future” album for your next bounce-along.
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Tight as hell band.
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Prior to this thread, I had never heard of jazz being described as a conversation. As AI puts it, “Jazz is often defined as a “conversation” because it relies on spontaneous musical dialogue, active listening, and instant, collaborative improvisation between musicians. Like a spoken conversation, jazz musicians react to each other in real-time, building on ideas to create a collective, non-preplanned narrative.” (The highlighting within the preceding quote was done by AI). As my interest in improvisation grows, the level of mastery in this, and many of the “conversations” within this thread, being spontaneous and non-preplanned is just astonishing.
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Beautifully said, brother.
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This is the magic of live (jazz) music - how musicians actively listen to what the others are doing and react to it. This is also what truly delineates your average amateur/garage band from more advanced/pro players.
It’s great to be aware of this and be more conscious of this, but it also requires that those you play with have the same awareness.
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This is the essence of a musical conversation.
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Here’s a track with Jaco doing Jaco that I’d never heard before. From Herbie Hancock’s 24th album “Mr. Hands”. It’s “4 A.M.”
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I really have no business being among all these great (pro) players here, but I do love me some jazz and want to get better at playing it… Recently, I had a chance to get on stage in a jam session and asked the band to play “There Will Never Be Another You” with me.
I was nervous as heck, but it was also exhilarating and I am proud to have made it through. I even got to play a solo, and while it’s far from perfect (I mean, I can’t even fret properly because of how nervous I was), it was cool to do and there were even some nice melodic and motific ideas in there.
Anyhoo, here is some audio of it:
Things to work on:
- adjust walking style to delineate different solos/sections
- listen to what is happening around you; listen for cues… or, be the one to offer cues
- lock in with the drummer better…
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Your solo got a nice round of applause! 
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Jazzified Daft Punk. Warning! Lefty bassist! 
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‘twas a “friendly” crowd (70 or so bass players) 
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Fantastic and inspiring. Being on Spotify doesn’t prevent you from being on Apple Music…. put this in the “covers thread” as well. Those who don’t yet know what they are missing in jazz deserve to see, from one of our own, what is possible with focus and work. #inspirational
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