For 2-years, I watched this almost everyday for the bass solo. This has to be one of the all-time great 6-string bass solos. So tonight, several years later, instead of my wife’s cake for desert (her cakes are mighty good), I listened to this 3-times! Caron on the bass is almost spell-binding. Be well. 🙃👍🏾
I just watched this, and at the end of the bass solo, I started clapping in my living room... I completely forgot I was not there in the audience! Great groove
I have this DVD and it is GREAT. Alain isn't just a great player, his basses have such a great tone. Both his fretted 6 string F-Bass and his fretless 6 string F-Bass are distinctive and wonderful sounding. Man I'd love to study with this guy for awhile!
I had the opportunity to attend a clinic he held. First of all, when he did his double slaps, I shit my pants. I always thought I understood funk until I met him. Incredible.
@J0B0S0 that's his style. Bass is not what it used to be, because of greats like him, but some people just can't get over it. Welcome to bass after Jaco, buddy!
Le maître du groove ! Alain est Aussi gentil que super musicien ! Doudou Weiss (batteur de Johnny Halliday me l'avait présenté ! à Paris ,il est vraiment très sympathique ! (un batteur-compositeur chanteur scater ex Rhoda Scott , Etienne M'Bappe Guy N'SANGUE et des centaines d'autres musiciens ! )
2 finger pull (Flick) and one Damper (Barree) before or after that and/or "double thumping" (pull with tumb) right after slapping.. There is also a technique "double damper" (2 barree - middle, then index finger.) Combinations are possible. The Slap-Damp-slap-pull does not work unless you wanna play slower
@SFMedias ; you make a good point,about squared swing.Oddly enough,when i saw SMV in Toronto,Victor was good as always ,Stanley commanded the Room,and Marcus held it down . In his playing with Steve Bailey,I always am more impressed with Bailey ,than Victor. yet at this level all these guys are world class. For some reason i always gravitated toward Stans playing rather than Jaco,thru they both are amazing ,just different.Personal taste I say
I read comment on hear from someone stating that if you heard one slap bassist you've heard them all. Well,that's not true,and that shows that this person knows little about playing the bass. Each bass player has his own touch (or technique) that adds his take on this style of playing,so whereas its sounds all alike to untrained ears,there's clearly as difference. I can the technique of the bass player playing the music and usually be able to tell the bassist. This is good music.
Phil Spigner that individual probably can't distinguish between the other tones and instrument voicings either. Like you stated this is real good music
That bass is more like a $6,000 instrument. No cheap instrument has that depth of tone or can be set up with that low action.He has a lot more than chorus going on, he uses the V synth system ,in some very creative ways . He is great all around musician, DR. Alain .Caron!.
I wonder how gets his slap tone to be so loud, he must have the pickups really close to the strings? If I try to slap softly on my bass I cant seem to get the slaps to be that loud without pounding on them.
Alain Caron has being playing Furlanettos for at least25 yrs by judging Uzeb stuff from the early to mid 80,s. I believe Alains musician ship would complement any bass. Still dont know how he can play those Super steps,so little tension,but he makes them sound great.
I have this on DVD, the whole disc is great. Alain Caron isn't just a great player, his basses sound so fantastic. Both is fretted 6 string F-Bass, and his fretless 6 string F-Bass have a distinctive voice, yet do not sound quirky but are very musical and great sounding. I'd love to study with him!
For 2-years, I watched this almost everyday for the bass solo. This has to be one of the all-time great 6-string bass solos. So tonight, several years later, instead of my wife’s cake for desert (her cakes are mighty good), I listened to this 3-times! Caron on the bass is almost spell-binding. Be well. 🙃👍🏾
Funk cake
Six string slap bass at it's best! Cheers from Sweden! Take good care folks! We are not alone - at all! God bless!
I just watched this, and at the end of the bass solo, I started clapping in my living room... I completely forgot I was not there in the audience!
Great groove
Sound meraviglioso
Mr. Alain Caron is a genius, he is the one
un genie Alain
alain is one of the bass player on this earth that i love !!
he's still melodic and so jazzy !!
I feel so lucky to have seen Alain perform live. It was at the Vancouver Jazz Festival back in '93. It's been awhile! I'd love to see him live again.
super tight group of musicians 👍🏻🇨🇦if this doesn’t move you then call the morgue !
Alain- world class! Love the Jan Hammer-style Mini Moog synth electronic vibraphone, and nice "train" like horn/synth lines too!
I have this DVD and it is GREAT. Alain isn't just a great player, his basses have such a great tone. Both his fretted 6 string F-Bass and his fretless 6 string F-Bass are distinctive and wonderful sounding.
Man I'd love to study with this guy for awhile!
Ditto!
Very groovy! Cheers from Sweden!
He is becoming one of my favorites. This show is really amazing
He is use a completeable thumb up down hameron and plucking twist the best technic👍
I had the opportunity to attend a clinic he held. First of all, when he did his double slaps, I shit my pants. I always thought I understood funk until I met him.
Incredible.
Thanks my mother every day to be on earth at this period with this fantastic musician and very nice person. Thanks Alain
One of the best slap solos ever !
still love your work!!
Alain Caron,July 5.2009, Toronto
Alain Caron plays F Basses,built by
Ontario luthier George Furlanetto.
GF has built basses for Caron for nearly 20 years.
Awesome groove ! What a great bass player !
great video, jazz fusion yeah!
I love the whole Live! Especially Baby Step left me amazed every time! Great!
Thanks from Sweden!
What a lovely new shape in funk music ... GREAT! CHEERS!
super-super-super!!!!!
@J0B0S0 that's his style. Bass is not what it used to be, because of greats like him, but some people just can't get over it. Welcome to bass after Jaco, buddy!
Sempre grande!!
How refreshing, to listen to such a brillant berserk.
I knew there is more to music than the crap that floods the charts.
i saw him in concert last saturday, amazing!!!!
Music for Musicians
Monster bass line.
Alain Caron Live 2006 (Cabaret de Montreal).
I bought mine from his website, but I just checked and saw it is on Amazon as well.
Underrated
wicked
Dang!!!! I just wish this cat would come down to Houston sometime. He's got a lot of fans down here.
Saw him live in Toronto.He is the best.
...excellent!
Cela groove un max comme d'ab !!!
i must add this guy in my cd collection!!!!!!!
@J0B0S0 you cant blame the guy for having his own style of playing. thats what differentiates all of us.
He comes up with some creative loops!
Wow, they're amazing.
He´s a fucking bass genius!!! Amazing how he can fit the groove into the music!
Groove Master!!
Caron forever!
Amazing solo, so H-O-T!
Le maître du groove ! Alain est Aussi gentil que super musicien ! Doudou Weiss (batteur de Johnny Halliday me l'avait présenté ! à Paris ,il est vraiment très sympathique ! (un batteur-compositeur chanteur scater ex Rhoda Scott , Etienne M'Bappe Guy N'SANGUE et des centaines d'autres musiciens ! )
Excellent bass playing as usual. But also nice to hear a real "Fender Rhodes" for a change.
ALIEN Caron!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm such a 90's kid. This screams epic action movie.
i like very much the groove, much more than the solo part ;-)
Vous allez à quel étage? au troisième! Les portes de l'ascenseur se referment...
Desproges !!! 😂
Yeah man. Alain Caron!!!!
the show is for the ears, not eye candy..
best vibe solo. EVER
Superbe!
Seen Caron live in Toronto(Lula Lounge_.
The man is a bass genius.
Wicked stuff :)
it´s a F Bass, they´re made in Canada. really good basses
Killer..!! 🎸
Montreal...city of jazz
02:08 a melhor parte da música, acho lindo essa ideia do Alain Caron!!
Alain Caron es la verga
That`s music baby!
Listen to this guy. Whoa.
Great sound bro. Sweet Flanger tone
Best slap groove ever?
Forget Wooten! Caron writes amazing stuff and his groove is sublime!
Great urban music.
Seattle too!!!
How does he do the crazy fast triplet popping thing?
2 finger pull (Flick) and one Damper (Barree) before or after that and/or "double thumping" (pull with tumb) right after slapping..
There is also a technique "double damper" (2 barree - middle, then index finger.) Combinations are possible. The Slap-Damp-slap-pull does not work unless you wanna play slower
He uses Labella Super Steps,which are steel and have an exposed core, making the string sit lower and more able to pick up the signal.
@SFMedias ; you make a good point,about squared swing.Oddly enough,when i saw SMV in Toronto,Victor was good as always ,Stanley commanded the Room,and Marcus held it down . In his playing with Steve Bailey,I always am more impressed with Bailey ,than Victor. yet at this level all these guys are world class. For some reason i always gravitated toward Stans playing rather than Jaco,thru they both are amazing ,just different.Personal taste I say
I read comment on hear from someone stating that if you heard one slap bassist you've heard them all. Well,that's not true,and that shows that this person knows little about playing the bass. Each bass player has his own touch (or technique) that adds his take on this style of playing,so whereas its sounds all alike to untrained ears,there's clearly as difference. I can the technique of the bass player playing the music and usually be able to tell the bassist. This is good music.
Phil Spigner that individual probably can't distinguish between the other tones and instrument voicings either. Like you stated this is real good music
great!!!
love
He is just killer.
Caron rules, some say he's a pain in the ass (Parisian Stores), but his musical story and style are so amazing
I'm basing my slap technique around Alain Caron's. I'm starting to get more comfortable doing it. Practice makes perfect! o_o'
That bass is more like a $6,000 instrument. No cheap instrument has that depth of tone or can be set up with that low action.He has a lot more than chorus going on, he uses the V synth system ,in some very creative ways . He is great all around musician, DR. Alain .Caron!.
his bass playing is just amazing.
he looks a litlle shy
extasis
exactic
I wonder how gets his slap tone to be so loud, he must have the pickups really close to the strings? If I try to slap softly on my bass I cant seem to get the slaps to be that loud without pounding on them.
I tried 2 F bass, they are amaaaaaazing man :D
Just delicious
Alain the most impressive of all.
3:37 ... loved it
Jam it, dude!
Alain Caron has being playing Furlanettos for at least25 yrs by judging Uzeb stuff from the early to mid 80,s. I believe Alains musician ship would complement any bass. Still dont know how he can play those Super steps,so little tension,but he makes them sound great.
WOW
Insane lick at 03:38!
@thecrashinghighways Actually it's very much like a (7-string) guitar. In theory. In practice they're different worlds.
Signed CD on My Wall :O
@SFMedias Ego Jazz?????
Only solo that @davie504 cannot play
yesssss!!!!!!! :)
You friggin 'rawk' Alain!
I have this on DVD, the whole disc is great.
Alain Caron isn't just a great player, his basses sound so fantastic. Both is fretted 6 string F-Bass, and his fretless 6 string F-Bass have a distinctive voice, yet do not sound quirky but are very musical and great sounding.
I'd love to study with him!
That dude kind of resembles Stone Gossard.
vibráfono con distorsión... adónde hemos llegado, ja!!!