Oh, my God, this was SO amazing!! Thank you sssooo much for this, Neal - job well done, excellently done. Brilliant idea to have him show his photos & talk about them - What a trip down memory lane. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this Documentary, with much, much love from Debbie Kennedy in Melbourne, Australia x o 💙💜💚
Frank was one of my favorite teachers at Mercer County Community College… I remember he took a bunch of us up to the Whitney to see his painting in the Biennial!
This pick up is the last word, nothing like it , it gives u the natural sound of your instrument put one on my tenor banjo , amazing , thanks to myers, ❤️☘️☘️🇮🇪🇮🇪👍
Saw Dennis play on a tv program with Mel Torme many years ago and wished I could play something like that . Then in 1999 saw Dennis play with a group called the three baritones ! With Joe Farnsworth on drums and Gary Sumulyn ? Great playing and gig , remember chatting with Dennis at the end of the night . Brilliant man . Think he had this bass as in those days people could fly with their bass
This is a wonderful tribute to my cousin. He calls me out of the blue and we chat for hours Jimmy is a font of knowledge about everything. Thank you for this.
It's an awful shame that bassist Nate Brown was forced to retire because of the pandemic. His career was going so well until the economic instability of pandemic forced many artists into a forced retirement. Nate Brown is a young genius He became a physical therapist trainer
I'm so happy to have found this video. Dennis was a friend in the 70's and 80's. He married Denise, a good friend of mine, and spent a lot of time with them in Washington Heights with baby Michael. I made a bow case for him. In an incredibly generous gesture, Dennis gathered a group of his studio friends and played at my own wedding in 1984. I am so sorry I lost touch afterward and learned about his passing only recently. RIP, Dennis. You made me laugh.
I enjoyed watching this, as someone who saw Dennis play, and experienced his personal warmth when I was a young player in the city. I also enjoyed it because I have a 1940 King Moretone, a plywood made by the same company as the Am. Standard. Mine is just as hard to play! The action is insane, you can slip your whole hand under the strings. But another reason it sounds the way it does is the 43.5” string length! When you’re used to the standard 41” length… it really kicks your ass! I used it as a studio only bass in Nashville for many years, it has a huge sound, very defined, and punchy… and playing it for even the time it took to cut a track was work, but worth what you got from it. But hats off to you for playing a whole night on it! Truly a feat of strength!
Wow Neal. Love, love ,love this Doc about my cousin Jimmy!! He looks so much like his mother, my Aunt Anne, (I always called her Aunt Annie). Really captures his spirit and I just so enjoyed his stories about Utica, his photos of all the musicians, and how he talks about his 5 beautiful children!!! He is a gem and thank you for it all.
Of all the many many solos by Joel on RU-vid, this is still my favourite - it just has everything. Unbelievable fast passages, quotes, blues and you just never know where he’s going to go with it (well the first time hearing!). Outstanding.
