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You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

7 Bass Solos that Are OK. - #160

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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🗓️ 19 July 2018

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Today, Peter and Adam list their 7 favorite bass solos. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0

I'm Adam Annas, and I'm Peter Martin, and you're listening to the You'll Hear

0:18.4

podcast.

0:19.6

Daily Jazz Advice coming at you. Well, what are we coming at you with today? Well, I love this title.. And you're listening to the You'll Hear Podcast. Daily Jazz Advice coming at you.

0:21.3

Well, what are we coming at you with today?

0:23.5

Well, I love this title. I think you came up with this one. Yeah. I know it always seems spontaneous, but we put a little bit of thought into this. What is it? It's seven bass solos that are okay. Just okay or? Well, I mean, okay is being pretty generous for a bass solo.

0:21.0

Wow. No, I'm just good. No, bass solo. Well, I mean, okay is being pretty generous for a bass solo.

0:39.1

Wow.

0:39.3

No, I'm just kidding.

0:40.3

No, go ahead.

0:41.3

No, base solos get this reputation.

0:42.3

Just keep in mind. I'm already looking at this list.

0:43.3

Some of these bass players are large gentlemen that will come and kick your butt and are still alive.

0:47.3

No, we always, this is like a running theme in the podcast.

0:50.3

We throw a little shade to the bass solos because, you know, they're a

0:54.4

running theme in jazz, actually. But no, these solos are up there with any instrumental solos.

1:01.6

These are some of the best musicians in jazz, some of the best soloists in jazz. And let's be

1:06.4

honest, bass players don't get their due. Hence the name of this episode, seven bass solos that are okay.

1:12.8

Yeah, they're okay.

1:11.5

They're all right. So it's a little bit of a play on words too because you use some incredible solos actually, but they're okay. They're okay. Yeah. All right, what have we got number one? Number one, we got Christian McBride, Ham Hocs, and Cabbage. Now this is from his 2013 trio record,

1:29.3

Christian Sands and Ulysses Owens.

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And this is, I mean, he does the melody on this.

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It's okay.

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