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| Author: | WerkSpace [ Sat May 08, 2021 6:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
I like his music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34gfVJBPgo4 https://youtu.be/RWNQMpu8DmA?t=519 https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/8998917 ... -jazz-funk |
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| Author: | rclere [ Sun May 09, 2021 7:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
Indeed!!! Everyone LOVES Jaco, but for my money it was always Alphonso Johnson. His tone and rubbery funky baselines really propelled Weather Report. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF5RXj0vgM At 22:29 stick playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF5RXj0vgM At 4:35 Great bass solo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg86di2p34c you have fine taste sir! |
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| Author: | Yannick [ Sun May 09, 2021 11:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
rclere wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF5RXj0vgM At 22:29 stick playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF5RXj0vgM At 4:35 Great bass solo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg86di2p34c You paste 2 times the same video link...could you give us the video link with the Stick playing (if you still have it on your YouTube history please?  )
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| Author: | txtouchguitarist [ Mon May 10, 2021 7:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLYKJXoUU18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6f7FImHD-w |
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| Author: | AnDroiD [ Mon May 10, 2021 11:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
OK this might cause trouble. I was really in to Weather Report while I was at Berklee college of Music in '78/79. Although The Academia seemed to poo-poo Zawinul, Shorters recent excursions, (after Miles - remember the timeframe), and everything I was listening to, and transcribing. (Zappa, Don Ellis). So I left and ATE every thing I heard Alphonso Johnson was doing. And Jaco came along and AJ went off on his own and got a STICK (it might be the one Jo Zawinul bought) and I bought ALL Alphonsos albums HOPING he would give me the reason to buy a Chapman Stick. I still bought one (@ Sam Ash NYC) because of Tony Levin. Emmett and Tony inspired me to get a Stick. Alphonso Johnson's bass playing is brilliant. But I ain't getting the Stick stuff. Where is it? BTW this is personal taste I don't want to play Bach on a Stick I want someone to make my mind bleed. |
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| Author: | rclere [ Tue May 11, 2021 6:05 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
@AnDroiD!! YES!!! I totally get what you are saying about his Stick playing... I always wanted something "meatier" and progressive... on his recordings, the Stick is not discernible and when it is, its this "thin" almost "classical" or "pop" feel to it... Always left me very disappointed |
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| Author: | AnDroiD [ Tue May 11, 2021 7:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
rclere wrote: @AnDroiD!! YES!!! I totally get what you are saying about his Stick playing... I always wanted something "meatier" and progressive... on his recordings, the Stick is not discernible and when it is, its this "thin" almost "classical" or "pop" feel to it... Always left me very disappointed All the time I was waiting for him to plug it into his bass rig... Thank you Emmett and Tony for inspiring me to take the plunge. Emmett, when he does "covers", even when it's a "classic", takes it out. A TRUE VISSIONARY. In his playing (searchng for a SOUND) and the VEHICLE. |
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| Author: | BSharp [ Tue May 11, 2021 6:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
Hey Marty, thanks for that! My first "outside" classical piece was "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring" in the late '70s. Most recent is "Nessun Dorma". Some of my other favorites are "Clair de Lune", "Celesta Aida" and Schubert's "Ave Maria". Yeah, I like to take them apart, honoring nothing but my own style I guess, then re-harmonize with jazz chords, unbalanced phrasing and polyrhythms. What I do honor from the composer is the song itself, which I love and which is a part of our culture and my life. |
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| Author: | Lee Vatip [ Wed May 12, 2021 6:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alphonso Johnson - 1977 |
My first Stick was also purchased at Sam Ash. Brooklyn store SA |
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