Selecting representative recordings of bass players is an specially tough task, given the relative scarcity of recordings of bassists every bit leaders, merely the Ralf Enoch/Horst Hohenböken Jazz-Club serial has come upward up alongside a fascinating anthology from PolyGram's archives. Although in that place are around unavoidably glaring omissions due to ties alongside other labels -- Jimmy Blanton, Milt Hinton, Scott LaFaro, Charlie Haden, for illustration (Christian McBride wasn't on the scene yet inwards 1989) -- the collection notwithstanding makes its means from the smashing Slam Stewart hum-scat swing of "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (1944) through the mainstream '50s too closing alongside the emergence of Jaco Pastorius too Stanley Clarke inwards the jazz-rock '70s. "Prayer for Passive Resistance" is an exciting illustration of Charles Mingus' precipitous shifts of tempos; Percy Heath is shown off effectively on the MJQ's "The Golden Striker." Oscar Pettiford's solid, booming feel of fourth dimension inwards Tal Farlow's "Blues In the Closet," Ray Brown's self-explanatory "Solo for Unaccompanied Bass," too Clarke's spellbinding "Bass Folk Song" are standout tracks. Other bassists anchoring their bands hither are Chubby Jackson, Eddie Safranski, Paul Chambers, Red Mitchell, Sam Jones, Ron Carter, Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen too Richard Davis.
Artist / Tracklist
01
–Slam Stewart With The Coleman Hawkins Quintet
- Beyond The Blue Horizon Take 1
02
–Chubby Jackson & His Orchestra* - Northwest Passage
03
–Charles Mingus
- Prayer For Passive Resistance
04
–Ray Brown - Solo For Unaccompanied Bass
05
–Oscar Pettiford With Tal Farlow - Blues In The Closet
06
–Percy Heath With The The Modern Jazz Quartet - The Golden Striker
07
–Eddie Safranski With The Metronome All Stars
- How High The Luna Part 1
08
–Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars - Little Beaver
09
–Red Mitchell With The Herb Geller Quartet - If I Were Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Bell
10
–Sam Jones With The The Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Tribute To Brownie
11
–Ron Carter With Kenny Burrell
- Stompin' At The Savoy
12
–Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen With Oscar Peterson - Younger Than Springtime
13
–Richard Davis - Muses For Richard Davis
14
–Jaco Pastorius
- Foreign Fun
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