Tips for Playing in a Jazz Rhythm Section 

Every bass player, novice or expert, is overcome by the face at some point; for some it's hard to get the bass face turned off sometimes ;-)

Pndej0

That's the correct way for a jazz percussionist - more control and subtle for a sensitive player - not like a rock drummer!

Because jazzzz

If you're referring to his left hand, that's how one learned to play snare drum back 100+ years ago (called "traditional grip"). So in the early days of jazz, since just about every drummer used traditional grip, techniques developed that were based on holding the stick that way. It's a little more difficult to duplicate those techniques with matched grip. For example, notice how his left stick comes down to the snare at an angle, rather than parallel to the snare's surface. That's a technique called "tipping," and it results in a different sound. Doing that with matched grip requires lifting the arm, which puts your body in an awkward position, and makes for slower transitions into and out of that position.

I mean have you played a bass? Same thing pretty much.

@@danielcorrigan8805 down to the size of it lol

That's why some bass players stand on their bass, keeps it from attacking the audience during unruly passages

@@danielcorrigan8805 Same second name as me only one letter lol

Hi, thank you for your comment, I had to laugh hard and loud with it, on this Sunday morning :D Good start of my day.

Indeed. He took us for a little "ride" 😉

That's super tasty, for sure..... very very nice. Give the drummer some!

Definitely a highlight! He threw us in the ocean for refreshment for a while 🤣

Quarter notes triplets, but with much class and elegance

thank you for showing me what i didn't even see bro. you're a legend

i counted four, guitarist was definitely teasing it

3:36

Bass isn't really supposed to be cut through as much as it's supposed to be felt if that makes sense

Yes. Don't.

In most circumstances, comping instruments shouldn't actually cut through the band that much. This is true in jazz, rock, country, blues, etc. They should be more felt than obviously heard. Bass, drums, and rhythm guitar will almost meld into one collective instrument when the rhythm section really locks in. In terms of cutting through on a solo, you're really helped by having whoever's comping for you help out by paring back (but not stopping!) and by soloing up the board more, playing more rhythmically outside, and playing with more attack. On an electric you can tweak the knobs or go to the bridge pickup during a solo. I guess if you're playing a really bass-forward genre like funk or disco it needs to cut, but I'd probably do that by EQing so that other instruments disappear more, and even then, the vocals are still the big feature.

@@lucythegiant4104 What if the bass is meant to be the focus of the song?

Use an electric bass

I don't know the exact model but its a Bosphorus cymbal, maybe a master series

it's the weird paul chambers arco sound that some people actually want. Guess it's his choice to have that sound

@@MLing-q5x i call it the "stepping on the cat's tail" sound

Yeah he sounded a bit off. :/

It's something normal when you play with bow at those speeds, still amazing arco solo!

It Is Just the head of the Song

What do you mean ? It always have been snobbish, espacially for people who can’t play music I've never seen more pretentious musicians than jazzmen

@@aniceyyzloc2726 It's not true in my experience.. Jazz wasn't always about people educated in college. Jazz was a street based music that came out of the black culture. But there were some who looked down on other types of music. That doesn't represent everyone.

Strings make a big difference on bowed bass--a lot of jazz bassists use strings that are optimized for plucking tone, but sound worse bowed than the strings classical bassists use. His solo might sound better with classical oriented strings, but his walking tone might suffer.

Thats jazz. Wait till you hear Keith Jarrett

Really?

@@yeboscrebo4451 Yes 100%