I did have lunch alongside the great Ray Brown once, but Milt!!! It was an honour to be among his friends. I visited his basement several times and occasionally called him from London. It was an honour to know him. The first modern bass-player - even before Blanton!
WOW 😲 😮 you were taught Milton Hilton!!! That must have been fantastic, I would love to be taught by him and Ray Brown. L-U-C-K-Y Guy Bassist ( Electric/ Double Upright Bass from Chicago.
@@jamesrichardson3322 I was 17 at the time and took years to realize how fortunate I was. It was a clinic at South Lake Tahoe with Barney Kessel and Louie Bellson
@@BluesRedemption Barney Kessler played with Shelly Manne he was the drummer for Chet Baker. I have heard of Louise Bells to be honest or Barney Kessler. Maybe I heard them play and I didn't know it. Kessler played with Ray Brown " Bass God " on a few records.
My parents were good friends of Milt and Mona Hinton. I was fortunate enough to meet them on several occasions. Milt was called the judge because other bass players were measured by his standard. Charles Mingus once showed upon at the Hinton home to challenge "The Judge". Immediately following Mingus asked to be his student.
Thank you !! I was playing a gig on bass , a long time ago , 20 years ago , maybe 30 years ago, in Sydney Australia, and a guy came in, he was from the US, he worked for IBM there for a conference , I think he said he was Milt's son. He showed he me that sideways slap side of the finger, but I really couldn't do it well. Great to see this video. Never thought I would see it demostrated by the man himself.
If you really listen to some of those Cab Calloway records that Milt played on in the late 1930s and 1940s, you find he not only could play great dance-like slap solos as he demonstrates here, but he had incredibly good timing, tone and feel when supporting the band and driving with the rhythm section! In fact, I would put that 1939-1942 Cab Calloway rhythm section of Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole, Danny Barker and Bennie Payne on a very short list with the greatest swing rhythm sections of all time, including Basie's.
I never met Cab Calloway but I knew his daughter, Chris and video taped her for her for her music video. Both of our fathers passed the same year [1994]. Don't believe the video went very far but audio was used for her CD. She and her great humor also are missed.
I wonder if you have any tips or other videos I should watch about the difference in workflow and purpose between “groups” and “track stacks” or buses? I mostly use track stacks but I’m realizing I’m neglecting groups at the moment
