FRANK ITT - INFINITE GROOVE BASS JAM
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Frank Itt is one of the busiest bass players in Germany. He's teaching at the famous Popakademie in Mannheim and playing for numerous well known german and international artists. We met him at the "Feel The Bass" show in Mannheim and asked him to "close his eyes, feel like home and jam". Well... he did... and he did well ;) Here's 5 minutes of non-stop finger style groove. In my humble opinion - 5 minutes of pure gold!
Unfortunately Frank has no website or Fb page that I could link - just Google him if you want to find out more!
Thanks to everyone at Feel The Bass for letting us shoot during their event. Check out: www.feelthebass...
Thanks everyone for watching!
Best wishes from Germany,
Gregor Fris
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The concept of "never soloing, always soloing" perfectly illustrated. Awesome groove
Frank is the shit! Bass the way bass is supposed to be played pure groove. And later for the bass face or what he has on . He makes the bass come alive with his spirit,No fancy fast runs just holding that grove down pure fat backing. Would love to have him as a teacher, but I''m 69 years old and have no money, but you touch me every time I pull up your video, you rock Frank itt, through all times and that's all that matters.
Nevermind the great play, this man has an amazing jamming face.
+Carl Bernroth HAHAHAHA totally!
the groove himself
Carl Bernroth ...bass face
Frank nailed itt!!! Everyone today wants to slap and pop (and it has it's place), but there's nothing like the clean smooth sound of the classic finger style. LOVE IT!!!
One of the things that makes this jam so enjoyable to me, is the way the dude Frank returns to his initial root note every other bar. It is so pleasing to my ear, to know that no matter how much the player will ...wander in other chords, sooner or later he is going to bust that initial note! I find it similar to musical phrases arranged over a drone note... an underlining frequency that keeps the pieces together - in my mind at least! This is this the kind of thing that I can instantly appreciate and relate to!
Does anyone else see a tiny man doing the endless moonwalk across his strings?
+John Roder Yesssssss jajaja
LOL !
Can't unsee it now.
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hahaha yes
the way he resolves that tritone riff he starts at 3:01 is beyond satisfying
dude parallel parked backed into that pocket in the end like a boss
Greatest comment ever.
Lol thanks :p
Fucken best comment !
Sounds good and he never had to start slapping. Old school. Like it.
I agree. Very confident playing style.
I prefer this style to slapping 100% of the time. Gimme that fat tone and those tight ghost notes.
eric pieper ...agreed
But, "slapping" first arrived on record (at least) in 1969, when Larry Graham was playing with Sly & The Family Stone on tracks like "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)", and Graham started doing that when he was a kid while playing in church. You can't get no more "old school" than Larry Graham and other the subsequent 1970s era of bass thumbing / slapping / popping. Your comment makes no sense.
@@skineyemin4276 4 notes groove what else ? george clooney is a mermaid :)
I have played this one like 100 times over past 3 years. Its just best bass vid there is on YT for me. This is where I want to get. Dont get me wrong. There are faster, more WOW players, slappers, record breakers. Frank Itt is the name I say every time some one asks me "who" is my role model for bass.
The funk is strong with this guy.
This is about the 20th time playing it :)
Such a killer groove. I could listen to this all day long
I am in USA and always enjoy seeing and hearing a great bassist in Germany or anywhere else in the world. Isn't Bass the World from Germany? They have very talented bassists and Josef you can't tell me you cant compare them to our USA bassists. I don't want a comparison anyway. Just to listen and learn. Peace.
I love watching Frank’s left hand. The dexterity and independence he has is something else. And he is always tasteful in his playing - very much a theme and variations thing happening here. While I resemble Frank a bit, that’s as far it goes. I admire this guy…
You don't dare to call yourself a bass player if you don't feel what's like to have that look at 4:46. Love it, keep the groove coming!
This is a prime example of what we like to call "The Groove Face."
my ears are smiling !!! pure talent - WOW
Finaly a nice honest Bass groove perfect Doodelying away in the background on a Saturday morning, gonna play again and then do it myself !
now that's so nasty funk. i could listen to you all night. smooth and groove is the key to funk. bravo frank
I watched this video for a minute and a half dead, then I pulled the side bar down on the right and listened without watching the screen, and man that walking right hand you have is really very, very good...G...
One of my favourite tracks Frank was playing is the „the Duckwalk“ with/from Michael Sagmeister. He even slaps at the end of his solo. Frank has been a big inspiration why I started playing bass. Thanks
Track can be found on YT
Hahaaa. Ich bin Deutscher (Frankfurt am Main) und lebe seit 1985 in Portugal. Ich kenne Frank Itt (nicht persönlich) noch aus den frühen 1980ern. Er war damals in aller Munde. Die Band in der er Bass sspielte hiess (wenn ich mich recht erinnere) "The Touch". Frank Itt war damals neben Helmut Hattler (Kraan) der deutsche Bassist in aller Munde schlechthin. Falls hier jemand Frank Itt als "zu weiss" kritisiert, dann kann ich nur sagen: Frank ist hier ganz locker drauf und hat einfach Spass - und es ist ihm sicher egal wenn er hier und da nicht 100%ig auf dem Drum-Loop "locked-in" spielt. Der Mann ist top, das kann jeder sofort hören, und wenn er in meiner Band spielen würde hätte ich nichts dagegen (ganz im Gegenteil) :-)
Christian Schonberger Genau so ist es !!!
***** Jaa, damals kamen gerade diese Steinberger-Bässe heraus (sie wurden von unten gestimmt) und hatten keine "Kopfplatte" am Ende, die waren aus "Carbon-Fiber" (oder so). Da waren sicher auch Plexiglas-Bässe in der Mode (es gibt ja auch Flügel und Schlagzeuge aus Plexiglas). Frank hatte glaube ich auch so einen Steinberger-Bass.
Dieser 5-Saitige hier klingt richtig klasse: sehr ähnlich wie ein Fender-Jazz-Bass (ein Klassiker den ich übrigens sehr mag). Aber genug von all dem technischen Kram :-) Freut mich zu hören, dass Frank immer noch gut drauf ist und viel zu tun hat.
+Christian Schonberger Jo , ich she hier jemand der nicht viel am rumposen ist , sondern Spaß an dem hat was er macht . Daumen hoch . Die Behringer-Box im Hintergrund ist aber peinlich .
As a fellow lumpy old white guy. I am thrilled to see my brother laying it down !
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sound that he makes, come from hes fingers ... a real bass man
Frank Itt ist eine Legende, den ich vor Jahrzehnten live gesehen habe. Groovt unglaublich und das ohne mit der üblichen Slapperei. Was er übrigens auch par excellence beherrscht
What a groove! Do it Frank!
EricBlackmonGuitar hello
einfach der beste Bassist Ich habe gehört, wenn es um diese Art von Musik kommt
personally I just love this jam.....puts me in the flow every time.
It is really great to see somebody getting so into their music. Wonderful!
finally real bass playing, great
Damn. That was so good. Restrained,melodic and tasteful.First class playing.
Frank Itt, Your the MAN, I love your style.
I have watched this video several times since it came out, and it always makes me happy :)
Einfach herrlich der Klang ! Mit einer der besten Basser die wir haben ja
Man I was grooving to this. I have practice the drums everyday note for the last month. I'm trying to get better. I got tired of playing to church songs so I found this. Two thumbs up.
Terrance Mason, you're right. A lot of bassists think that bass is just slapping.
Facial expressions are like : "Mmh, dat bass"
I fucking died laughing at this.
John Rivera y u do dis...
xD
I have heard this groove many many times, this guy es really good!
From 0-50 sec. This man took funk to a whole new level.
Smoove Groove, Funkiness of a bass guitar player, Awesome!
Now there's great bass playing and great bass grooving... I think we got a little bit of both worlds there.... Awesome post.
I still enjoy listening to this on my playlist
Very smooth playing and great bass groove, Love the soft touch you have so many people play to hard.
Back again Frank Itt! I know just how he feels playing this!!!😄😄😄🔊🔈🔉🎸🎼🎶🎵
Time to read up on my grooves. Thanks for the new material! Namaste.
5 minutes of pure awesomness!)
YEAH! finally a guy who care more about the melody than to show off a gazillion techniques or break speed records. Excellent!
tu bass et t'arrives à jouer ça du plaisir du bonheur
I know it's wrong to compare myself to this after just over a year of seriously playing bass but....arrrrgghhh, why can't I come anywhere near this level of improvisation. So good. So envious.
I just picked up my bass for the first time in 20 years and jammed along. I can't keep up with Frank but it was fun trying
great funky soulful feel and groove Frank ! I'm glad I clicked on it !
Respect, bro. Love the funk.
You are amazing! I am glad to have run across this post!!!! Relaxed and Tight at the same time....I wish I taken up the bass!!!!
Great study of alternating finger plucking .. so even and fluid.
Great technique man! Sound like Stanley Clark without hardly any effort. You are a groove master!
this series of yamaha basses sound very great
Yeah, man! True skill on bass isn't he who has the fanciest slap-bass solo. Although bass slap can sound cool and add some nice grooves, the job of a bass guitar is low-end support. Stuff like this shows that you can do low-end support with groove. Skilled bass playing is about keeping the song moving and making it look effortlessly.
Six Beers In fair enough , players like victor wooten prove that the bass can lead fantastically , however I think the point mr parl was trying to make is that no instrument does bass groove better...
bass groove = bass, its in the name. I get the point but to many people want to pocket bass as simply a separate portion behind the drums. Much of this is because bass "players", loosely used are sloppy, lazy, one note wonders today. I may not be as good as the kid in the link i used BY FAR but I always refused to simply sit back and play roots behind the guitar for most songs. I even hated covers where the bass did that, unless the guitar was basically doing the same thing. One of my fav covers to play was always "girls not grey" by AFI cause that bass player is amazing.
Im tired of lazy, loners picking up the bass because they feel theyre "in the band" with little to no real responsibility except to spew "Im the foundation of the music" or "remove the bass and see how good it sounds"... hey shitstain, stop playing, no one will notice and by how well you play it might actually sound better.
Dude its like with any good performance , each section should carry the whole song and do whatever it needs to do to make the song better , in some cases that is just sitting on the root and groving in others its modally shifting around extended harmony or providing rythmic support to the lead section.
Music is music and there are thousands of fantastic pieces of music which have simple bass ideas , just as there are thousands with more developed ideas.
In my opinion off the wall (album) by MJ gets the bass balance perfectly in terms of groove to technique ratio.
I'll put it this way , I can't think of a single time I would want to hire a bassist to come in the studio and play Demi-quaver ghost note nonsense if I wanted a bass dep.
of you wouldnt because bass has been so shit on no one would care if you did. So you would be pissing money out the window.
But I love how you used the example of hiring a bassist as opposed to a bass player just being part of the band and having a say in the music.
Bassists have just as much of role in the creative process , as someone who studies music at university my perception of bassists and drummers has changed somewhat after meeting bassists , pianists , guitarists , vocalists who are all professional quality.
I get the point you're getting at ,that many musicians resolve themselves to just doing the bare minimum to suffice but lets face it , that's lazy... people who don't work at their skills can be as you said uninteresting to watch.
If a bassist feels they have to just fade into the background they should find a more active band not become a guitar player.
peace.
When he was playing with "The Touch" in american army clubs in frankfurt and munich in the 80s... with Terence Trent d´Arby... we called him "the pig"... but in full RESPECT for this great talent and performance! No offend... it was like a big compliment, Frank!
I love watching Frank play. Flawless!!
I have listened to this groove so many times!
Ich hab ihn auch mal live gesehen ... als er noch in der Jule Neigel Band spielte !! Wahnsinn ... sowas hab ich noch nicht erlebt .... was alles auf so einem Bass möglich! Ein wahres Genie !!
ONE OF THE BEST BASS PLAYER I EVER HEAR!!!
This is now the song I listen to in the morning to get motivated to go to work.
I am so glad to see a regular finger playing bassist. So tired of slapping videos. Awesome.
Well it's almost the hundred time I enjoyed it Frank. Simply great perhaps we'll see us sometime in Salzgitter again. And now folks it's time for me to go for some bass practice, although knowing that it's hard to reach this level. For me it's work and for him just jamming, that's the difference.
By the way, I love that utube has a devoted bass channel.. KEWL!!!
this dude is making LOVE to the music.
brilliant mate ... had my foot tapping from start to finish....thanks....
This dude is running his chords old skool with skill and funky grace do it Frank you Da Man baby!!!✅💯💪🏿😎🎸🎤🎧
man, hes getting to into it throughout the whole video, just the look on his face
he is one with the bass
This is the best debunking I*ve seen yet of the endless myth that bass solos were not interesting. I couldn*t stop watching this one. Also, while for most viewers the technical production in the photography of a video is only noticed when it were done poorly, I can see that yours helped capture the visual performance well too here, and you carried that part off naturally as well.
Awesome chops. Very nice groove!
Great groove. Sick tone. Well done.
Coole Sau - das ist echt inspirierend, da bekommt man echt Lust Bass zu spielen... Daumen hoch!!!
Wow....that was a cool Grove!! Thank you!
That's some mighty fine apickin' and astrummin'!!
Amazing stuff!! Technique is stellar
Very nice bassman , Big UP
Someone should edit a clip of this and make a gif of his fingers moon walking up and down some little stairs or some shit
That's what it is all about.... Staying in the pocket.....Great Video.
Reminds me of Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
frank itt ist der beste bassist denn ich kenne!!! zudem gibt er mit seinem nacken den takt an...
Frank itt ist unfassbar gut
Awesome! I've seen Frank play live on stage at the Musik Messe Frankfurt, Germany. He really grooves!
crazy how one can play so effortlessly..
This guy is amazing
Excellent job. Invisible man drumming
evhvariac2 Yeah, I know that man. His name is Computer.
You sir are the Tickle Monster. Sick grooves.
This man is very smooth. Love it.
No FB page? You made it when you need no effing FB page and people still hire you. My hero.
This guy was probably already getting gigs when Zuckerberg was still in diapers
+Mike Roberts I remember Frank when he was an International Demonstrator for Dynacord in 1987, so yeah. In those days he had red hair and he hasn't lost any weight in 28 years.
you go sir Frank & lay down that bassline funkiness like you own it man yeah!
Sounds amazing played in the car
best groove i've ever heard. frickin amazing
Man, I dig this guy's groove!
More please! Frank da man!
Damn that’s some soulful playing 💯
Finally, someone with a sense of time! Good job bro.
two fingers dancing on the strings- great art
awesome improvisation!!!!!