I absolutely love this tune. I first got into Freddie Hubbard through listening to a sample of this bassline on A Tribe Called Quest Low end Theory. I played this bassline in my bedroom for years, before I managed to shoehorn it into one of our songs, our Sax player recognised it instantly, so there was no passing it off as my own
Great post Again .... my early bedroom bass explorations and one of the first basslines I learned to play was LLS 'Expansions'
Right, seeing as we're on the blue note. Here's some Herbie Hancock. One of the most amazing innovators in Jazz/Electronic music ever
Just noticed the track is from the Album Red Clay Got carried away in my enthusiasm .... Anyway, the bassline from the title track 'Red Clay'
One more Herbie Hancock ... I love the way he looks like he's making love to that Fender Rhodes The bloke is so into his vibe and jamming on pure muse in this vid. We were lucky enough to borrow an original 1970's Fender Rhodes from a bloke who was a keyboard collector. I love that smooth buttery sound of the Rhodes, nothing comes close to it.
Sunabitch ... can't post that Herbie vid. Anyway here's the link So, Fender Rhodes ... here's one that @Spurlock and @Skylarker will have their Hip-Hop roots embeded in
Anyway, I got sidetracked with Donald Bryd then Blue Note. The Think Twice track I was going to post was J Dilla version, via Donald Byrd...... Switchup at 2:56 for @Skylarker & @Spurlock. I know they'll appreciate that.
Remember buying his nigh on 40 years ago and it's still the baddest record Carlos Santana has made thanks to Miles Davis.
Two genius' at work So many great Miles Davis tunes to choose from. I love So What. That tune for me encompasses the essence of the 'blue note', that simple half note step into the discordant.
And back to Ghana ... This is the music that migrated from West Africa to Trinidad and Tobago and eventually became Calypso, which then informed Ska and Reggae and became the roots of Soca.