Special shout out to my son, Adrian who kindly suggested this tutorial. He played jazz trumpet for some time. I appreciate many of you who are starting to engage with this channel and giving me some feedback about your Level of musicianship, what you find helpful and even pointing out my mistakes! Yep, some of you have good ears catching some errors...and I really am grateful. The thing with TH-cam, once you commit the video you can't take it down or edit it, or you lose all the rankings. So, if I make a mistake, it stays up for life unless I want to lose all the rankings that video has made. It's not an easy game to play this TH-cam thing. For people to find it, you got to rank your videos. In order to rank, folks have to engage with the video. Which is why I appreciate when you engage with a Thumbs Up, or a comment, or SUBSCRIBE. The best is if you share the tutorial with your groups on Reddit, FB, Twitter etc. All of this are key indicators to TH-cam algorhythm that a video is okay to rank in their search results. I look forward to your feedback. Comment below - Paul
OK! Things have been a bit too busy in my camp lately but hearing your rendition of Quiet Nights/Corcovado on the piano has me wanting to get home this evening to sit down and...PRACTICE! Yes-no? All Blues dividing up the bass line while soloing just sealed the deal. Thank you again.
Really interesting thread here Paul. Firstly personally my bass lines suck so this was another reminder to work on them. Re the Peter martin videos - I've followed him and the Open studio channel he and Adam Maness operate and even signed up for online tutorials for about 9 months. The Open Studio have really got to grips with the tech of tutorials but sometimes their podcasts can be a little wearing. Great content generally though. I've seen so many conflicting advice on Latin bass generally I'm happy to have it made more simple. Some of the comments in the PM video that was quoted in A Grant's post are very interesting. I even went to Havana for a short course on Cuban styles of music and found the bass lines and the timing really difficult. Great to see some healthy discussion here though. I must say though that having very restricted skills in solo piano, a (good) bass player is first on my list on the very few gigs that I actually do. Anyway keep them coming!
Did you get a couple of good cigars in Havana? I was there a couple of times, played there. One or two nights, exploring local haunts, I ended up jamming with locals in a club...they kept my heart rate up. Many Cuban musicians are extra talented! I have fond memories from Cuba. You're lucky to have got some lessons there. Learning jazz is a life-long journey. I think each musician finds their level - eventually. My playing changes each decade...there is an internal shift and a creative shift at different chapters in my life. I think that may be true for many creatives.
@@Jazzmentl I don’t like cigars but I certainly brought back quite a few for friends. I loved the music in the bars and clubs. It was a treat but I was severely out of my depth. Biggest problem was keeping steady montunos for any length of time - whenever I strayed into my jazz timing freedom I got the “look” from the tutor. A great experience though. I did some percussion stuff which is a whole other ball game, especially as I was recovering from one of many hand operations.
Another great lesson, thanks! Regarding the Bossa Nova bass, I started to learn this style, but then watched a few videos from Peter M and others who advocate strongly against a dotted quarter note style bass: "the syncopation is not in the bass". Thoughts?
Hi A Grant...I don't know who Peter M is! But I think this video will answer your question. th-cam.com/video/WIcbYYqLCfM/w-d-xo.html. When you have a question about someone else's tutorial, send me a link, and I'd be happy to chat about it. I also have a few Bossa Nova Tutorials on this channel, both for Intermediate & Advanced.
@@Jazzmentl I was referring to Peter Martin th-cam.com/video/fp5DFnDYt98/w-d-xo.html. I am finding your tutorials very helpful - I will follow your bass approach instead. Thanks!
So I took a look at Peter Martin's two minute video. It does make a lot of sense. However playing half notes in the bass is limiting. And in my video I'm referring to playing Left hand bass as if you were covering that part in a band. Plus, playing dotted quarter notes and eighth notes is not the only approach to Bossa Nova. Half notes is one approach. Another would be to syncopate as you do in salsa music. In the end it's up to the pianist to decide which is the most appropriate in the moment. However, this gives me a great idea for another video. Thanks for the question!
Hey Paul! These bass lines are awesome, my question would be. When are you arranging for solo piano how do you approach playing the bass line and fitting the harmony in at the same time. Do you just switch back and forth between the two?
Special shout out to my son, Adrian who kindly suggested this tutorial. He played jazz trumpet for some time. I appreciate many of you who are starting to engage with this channel and giving me some feedback about your Level of musicianship, what you find helpful and even pointing out my mistakes! Yep, some of you have good ears catching some errors...and I really am grateful. The thing with TH-cam, once you commit the video you can't take it down or edit it, or you lose all the rankings. So, if I make a mistake, it stays up for life unless I want to lose all the rankings that video has made. It's not an easy game to play this TH-cam thing. For people to find it, you got to rank your videos. In order to rank, folks have to engage with the video. Which is why I appreciate when you engage with a Thumbs Up, or a comment, or SUBSCRIBE. The best is if you share the tutorial with your groups on Reddit, FB, Twitter etc. All of this are key indicators to TH-cam algorhythm that a video is okay to rank in their search results. I look forward to your feedback. Comment below - Paul
Great tutorial! Thank you very much Paul 😁🙋
Thanks Paul. I have yet to watch one of your tutorials without finding useful information and feeling it was time well spent!
Nice lesson thanks. Lots to learn and understand. Cheers
OK! Things have been a bit too busy in my camp lately but hearing your rendition of Quiet Nights/Corcovado on the piano has me wanting to get home this evening to sit down and...PRACTICE! Yes-no? All Blues dividing up the bass line while soloing just sealed the deal. Thank you again.
Thanks for this video! Very helpful and sounds great!
@@Ivan-pb5rd So glad that you enjoyed! Thank you!
Really interesting thread here Paul. Firstly personally my bass lines suck so this was another reminder to work on them. Re the Peter martin videos - I've followed him and the Open studio channel he and Adam Maness operate and even signed up for online tutorials for about 9 months. The Open Studio have really got to grips with the tech of tutorials but sometimes their podcasts can be a little wearing. Great content generally though. I've seen so many conflicting advice on Latin bass generally I'm happy to have it made more simple. Some of the comments in the PM video that was quoted in A Grant's post are very interesting. I even went to Havana for a short course on Cuban styles of music and found the bass lines and the timing really difficult. Great to see some healthy discussion here though. I must say though that having very restricted skills in solo piano, a (good) bass player is first on my list on the very few gigs that I actually do. Anyway keep them coming!
Did you get a couple of good cigars in Havana? I was there a couple of times, played there. One or two nights, exploring local haunts, I ended up jamming with locals in a club...they kept my heart rate up. Many Cuban musicians are extra talented! I have fond memories from Cuba. You're lucky to have got some lessons there. Learning jazz is a life-long journey. I think each musician finds their level - eventually. My playing changes each decade...there is an internal shift and a creative shift at different chapters in my life. I think that may be true for many creatives.
@@Jazzmentl I don’t like cigars but I certainly brought back quite a few for friends. I loved the music in the bars and clubs. It was a treat but I was severely out of my depth. Biggest problem was keeping steady montunos for any length of time - whenever I strayed into my jazz timing freedom I got the “look” from the tutor. A great experience though. I did some percussion stuff which is a whole other ball game, especially as I was recovering from one of many hand operations.
Another great lesson, thanks! Regarding the Bossa Nova bass, I started to learn this style, but then watched a few videos from Peter M and others who advocate strongly against a dotted quarter note style bass: "the syncopation is not in the bass". Thoughts?
Hi A Grant...I don't know who Peter M is! But I think this video will answer your question. th-cam.com/video/WIcbYYqLCfM/w-d-xo.html. When you have a question about someone else's tutorial, send me a link, and I'd be happy to chat about it. I also have a few Bossa Nova Tutorials on this channel, both for Intermediate & Advanced.
@@Jazzmentl I was referring to Peter Martin th-cam.com/video/fp5DFnDYt98/w-d-xo.html. I am finding your tutorials very helpful - I will follow your bass approach instead. Thanks!
@@arnieburgertime Thanks. I'll have a look 🙂
So I took a look at Peter Martin's two minute video. It does make a lot of sense. However playing half notes in the bass is limiting. And in my video I'm referring to playing Left hand bass as if you were covering that part in a band. Plus, playing dotted quarter notes and eighth notes is not the only approach to Bossa Nova. Half notes is one approach. Another would be to syncopate as you do in salsa music. In the end it's up to the pianist to decide which is the most appropriate in the moment. However, this gives me a great idea for another video. Thanks for the question!
Hey Paul! These bass lines are awesome, my question would be. When are you arranging for solo piano how do you approach playing the bass line and fitting the harmony in at the same time. Do you just switch back and forth between the two?
It's called 3-handed piano. I will make a video about this.
Here you go Jean. I hope this answers your question. Just released th-cam.com/video/ocGHbzH1Juw/w-d-xo.html