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The SBL Podcast

123 - In Conversation with Jeff Berlin - High Standards

The SBL Podcast

Scott's Bass Lessons

Scott's Bass Lessons, Bass Guitar, Bass, Online Bass Lessons, Education, Music Interviews, Electric Bass, Music, Sbl

4.8522 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

There is no other bass player on earth like Jeff Berlin. Since he first emerged on the electric bass in the 1970s, Jeff has worked with a who’s who of jazz icons including Tony Williams, Allan Holdsworth, Gil Evans, George Benson, Dave Liebman AND the Brecker Brothers.

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0:00.5

Dude, DUDETs, I am here with the phenomenal Jeff Berlin.

0:04.4

If somebody had told me, Jeff, then I would have had you sit in that seat a few years ago when we first got this.

0:10.0

It would have blown my mind.

0:11.6

So this is like an absolute dream come true.

0:14.6

We've just been, well, I actually wasn't having a coffee, but Jeff was having a coffee around the coffee shop down the road.

0:20.4

I was just telling Jeff that the first Christmas I spent with my now wife but girlfriend

0:26.2

she bought me my main present was one of Jeff's albums and with this fantastic track on call

0:32.2

Liebman on a jet plane and Jeff had signed it or maybe one of your staff I'm not sure but Jeff had signed it

0:38.4

and it's something that I watched well listen to over and over and over for years to come in

0:43.2

fact getting ready for this interview I had on last week I was listening to it there was a

0:47.6

runaway train is it do do do do which we'll get into that technique sure sure anyway Jeff

0:53.3

long story short I'm a massive fan.

0:55.5

Thank you so much for coming here.

0:57.3

Thank you.

0:57.8

The guys are, you know, like we're so lucky to have you here.

1:01.5

What I want to do, before we get into any talk about playing basses,

1:04.8

I want to find out how you actually started playing bass in the first place,

1:09.1

or even music.

1:10.4

Like, were your parents, musicians?

1:12.6

Were they into music?

1:14.6

How did the whole thing start off?

1:15.6

Sure.

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