It's how he utilizes the WHOLE instrument to where he shows the necessity of all 6 strings.Tony is just flowing freely over Anthony's foundation. Love it!
Jackson is a classic soulful bass player and a good human. Met him in Singapore some years ago and took some nice photos together with him. Awesome guy.💞 Stay blessed dude 🙏
I don't mean to disrespect Abe, but Anthony Jackson surpasses him on many levels. Abraham is a great player, just not that fast and techincal. Anthony is both REALLY tasteful and VERY fast and technically advanced.
Where on earth does rock come in to it? I think that comment was made by a classically trained pop musician! 😅 (Players of this standard stay well clear of noise like rock, pop and most other "normal" styles of music.) Even fusion jazz styles that have rock or funk in the name bare more resemblance to simplified forms of jazz or modal jazz than the style it may be named after or have within the name.
He already played a Six string in the seventies, look up the song "what would I do if I could feel" from the Wiz motion Picture and you will hear him thunder away on that B-string.
Specifically, this Fodera AJ is the best prototype of all AJ's Fodera. The best "Anthony Jackson's" SOUND after Fender "Career girl". This bass had ash body, probably the best wood for bass with more personality and i'm not 100% sure, ebony fingerboard
Yeah! I totally understand your point on the quality of the bass but his sound is pretty consistent on nearly all of his recordings...even with the Fender jazz he used in the beginning to the Smith/Jackson,to the Foderas...the Fodera might be a better quality build than all of em but that tone has remained a constant over the years.
If you look at a few of my video clips..I'm playing several basses of different wood combinations and aside from one bass being a lil brighter than others, the overall sound is consistent from clip to clip unless I'm doing something extra with eq....Of course my clips are a bit boring compared to his!! Hahaha!
I wish Fodera would publish a photo gallery at their website detailing every instrument they ever built for AJ, including the 34" scale that he dropped like a bad habit after only one gig...LOL!!!!
In the late 90-ies it should be called "6 string bass but not Dream Theater". In late 00s it should be called "Music but not Djent". Nowadays it should be called "Only 6 strings but not a banjo."
Anyone know what number in the series of Fodera AJ Presentation contrabasses was this instrument? Number 6, 7, 8, etc? Just wondering, thanks. Much respect to the Godfather of the 6 String Contrabass guitar, Mr. Anthony Jackson.
@@etpslick100 Np. It was a really long scale, something like 38" and didn't work very well. Ken Parker of Parker Guitars made him one before Fodera. A friend of mine found an early Fodera Contrabass at Guitar Center a while back, I got a great deal on it.
Sathington Waltz : You admitted that you were being sarcastic and i asked because i never said i wanted to become an iconic bass player. That man inspires me to want to pick up the instrument, that’s it. It’s obvious to me that you’re the twatt here not me.....
He's probably been making faces since the beginning...they might look a bit more weird after his stroke but,AJ has always felt the music by way of facial expression since I've been following his career starting in early 70's.
It's a "musical orgasm face" Louis Bellson and John Mayer have it Baaad, they Lose All control. Eddie Van Halen said playing guitar is Better than sex, and he was married to Valerie Bertanelli at the time!
I know full well this guy can play bass, I've seen his other stuff, but in all honesty, this was a fucking mess. It's the emperor's New clothes, no one wants to point it out in fear of being lampooned for not 'getting it' I can noodle about on a bass guitar all day and look like I'm in pain.
Well if you don't dig it, then don't as you do. I find it brilliant, he is truly an innovator with a unique sound. As a seasoned top session and jazz/fusion player with hundreds if not thousands of sessions and tours under his belt, this guy can groove and play in the pocket like no one can, the indisputable GOAT of serving the song with the strongest sound, groove, solidity and maturity. The utmost definition of a bassist. He is doing something different here and he is influenced by Messiaen and other modern, contemporary composers. Certainly a narrow cup of tea. Now if someone does not "get it" and pretend it does..I feel sorry for them
It was pretty strange. And Messiaen it wasn’t. He’s played on some incredible albums and he’s done some absolutely wonderful playing as well as some of the strangest bass solos I’ve ever heard. I don’t know what he’s doing here. It is great, musical, intent, but I’m not really sure if it achieves anything. It’s just weird.
It's because he's using dissonance in this solo. This is because one of his mentors Olivier Messiaen who played MODERN MUSIC. The solo is meant to compliment the saxophone.
@@jazzman1954 just because an opinion is unpopular, doesnt mean its not right. As an american, you should know that. Do you like his solos, and if so what do you like about them? How weird they are?
@@ctdvargas How interesting that you wrongly assume that I am American. Also interesting that you assume that your opinion on what is ‘tasteful’ is the correct one even though the musician concerned is probably one of the most in demand electric bassists on the planet. If it’s not to your taste that’s fine but you have no no authority on what is tasteful/good over anyone else on the subject.
@@ctdvargas Haha. I’ll ignore the filler then! He’s finding some very interesting intervals and rhythms that are pushing the boundaries of the instrument and boring dull cliché. The harmonics at the beginning are beautiful and surprising. Don’t think for a moment that this guy can’t play pretty. He chooses not to when he wants to. What I think about it is just my opinion and I’m no way a measure of what anyone else wants to think about it. As an American you will understand that if the market doesn’t want it, it goes in the (as you say) trash.
It's how he utilizes the WHOLE instrument to where he shows the necessity of all 6 strings.Tony is just flowing freely over Anthony's foundation. Love it!
Anthony Jackson is an absolute master on the 6 String always loved his playing
I love this masters approach to the bass. I wish he would do a book.
Jackson is a classic soulful bass player and a good human. Met him in Singapore some years ago and took some nice photos together with him. Awesome guy.💞 Stay blessed dude 🙏
I get chills on this version every time
His command of the bass is rather incredible!
Beautiful!
Magnificent 👏🏻
Very amazing, Anthony Jackson rules:).
GENIUS AT WORK!!!!!! IMITATED BUT NEVER DUPLICATED!!! Taking a line from the movie "Highlander" "There can only be one". Anthony Jackson!!!
for me, anthony jackson is a real bass player !!
and he plays bass like no other jazz-rock bassists in the world !!
jeanlemarchais Abraham Laboriel would give him a run for his money😀
I don't mean to disrespect Abe, but Anthony Jackson surpasses him on many levels. Abraham is a great player, just not that fast and techincal. Anthony is both REALLY tasteful and VERY fast and technically advanced.
Where on earth does rock come in to it? I think that comment was made by a classically trained pop musician! 😅 (Players of this standard stay well clear of noise like rock, pop and most other "normal" styles of music.) Even fusion jazz styles that have rock or funk in the name bare more resemblance to simplified forms of jazz or modal jazz than the style it may be named after or have within the name.
@@OscarLagerstrom actually music is not a competition!
@@matteof6340 What do you think I'm saying?
Cool to hear some stuff reminiscent of the solos he played with Steve Khan in 94 (The Suitcase)
Subscribed because off Anthony Jackson
A very Awesome Master alway love his playing.
The beginning of the video reminds me of when I'm going to tune my bass
Just came from a Luke Holland video. Sigh.
I was almost moved to tears at points during this piece from its sheer beauty.
amazing
Fantastic !
4:20 Did anyone else think this guy was about to whip out the jingle from "Nationwide is on your side"??
Thanks for posting this!
This is weird and interesting. Back in the late 80s he is the first dude I knew who played 6 string bass. Still the coolest.
He actually came up with the idea for 6 string basses. Before 5 strings were even a thing, that is.
He already played a Six string in the seventies, look up the song "what would I do if I could feel" from the Wiz motion Picture and you will hear him thunder away on that B-string.
Yeah, he is the first guy who played 6 strings at all
Didn't Carl Thompson invent the 6 string for Anthony?
@@elansleazebaganno for him yes
Divinity manifested.
The MASTER!!!!
Messiaen here
Specifically, this Fodera AJ is the best prototype of all AJ's Fodera. The best "Anthony Jackson's" SOUND after Fender "Career girl". This bass had ash body, probably the best wood for bass with more personality and i'm not 100% sure, ebony fingerboard
It's not the bass...it's his hands bro.He can play anything with that touch he has
Jackie Clark AJ is the sound without doubt, but this bass was the best Fodera in his hand period
Yeah! I totally understand your point on the quality of the bass but his sound is pretty consistent on nearly all of his recordings...even with the Fender jazz he used in the beginning to the Smith/Jackson,to the Foderas...the Fodera might be a better quality build than all of em but that tone has remained a constant over the years.
If you look at a few of my video clips..I'm playing several basses of different wood combinations and aside from one bass being a lil brighter than others, the overall sound is consistent from clip to clip unless I'm doing something extra with eq....Of course my clips are a bit boring compared to his!! Hahaha!
I wish Fodera would publish a photo gallery at their website detailing every instrument they ever built for AJ, including the 34" scale that he dropped like a bad habit after only one gig...LOL!!!!
one and only...!!
You better bring the DRAMA!!!
This brother is a master
que lindo!!!!
In the late 90-ies it should be called "6 string bass but not Dream Theater". In late 00s it should be called "Music but not Djent". Nowadays it should be called "Only 6 strings but not a banjo."
Sir!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Sir!!! 🏆🏆🏆
The only dude mononeon is afraid of
Cody Burson that’s what brot me here. Also checking out the trio project with him and that Japanese piano player hiromi I think? She rocks
Within the first 5 notes I thought of mono. That's funny.
If yall like this, check out Michael Manring! Unreal approach to bass:)
MR A. J. : pioner
Would love a better audio track on this ;-)
You can hear Olivier Messiaen's influence on Anthony's playing here in this piece. Very dissonant and angular.
Juan Vallejo you nailed it- the influence is very present in his cadenzas- check out his opening to Steve Kahn’s “ The Suitcase “
wow!!
😮‼️👍🙂
there is some flanger or chorus going on there isn't it?
Main "effect"... a volume pedal.
I think I hear phaser.
Anyone know what number in the series of Fodera AJ Presentation contrabasses was this instrument? Number 6, 7, 8, etc? Just wondering, thanks. Much respect to the Godfather of the 6 String Contrabass guitar, Mr. Anthony Jackson.
I though it was #2 or #3 because I believe #6 that had the active electronic. I may have over shot that
Is it true that Anthony Jackson came up wth the idea of a 6-string bass?
Tom T - the modern version, yes ( the 6 string contrabass Guitar )
Yup. The first prototype was with Ken Smith. He used it on Luther Vandross’s A House Is Not A Home. Then John Patitucci took it to another level.
@@etpslick100 Carl Thompson made the first for AJ.
Brad5161 Thanks for the correction, Brad.👍🏾
@@etpslick100 Np. It was a really long scale, something like 38" and didn't work very well. Ken Parker of Parker Guitars made him one before Fodera.
A friend of mine found an early Fodera Contrabass at Guitar Center a while back, I got a great deal on it.
lets add one more string on the bottom and one more on top wow
Dose somebody know, if tehre is an transcription of this?
I need to learn bass...
Sathington Waltz : Being sarcastic?
Sathington Waltz : O i see.. you’re a troll.. You’ll be okay behind your keyboard friend🤗
Sathington Waltz : You admitted that you were being sarcastic and i asked because i never said i wanted to become an iconic bass player. That man inspires me to want to pick up the instrument, that’s it. It’s obvious to me that you’re the twatt here not me.....
Sathington Waltz : i see you recognized yourself....its a step in the right direction.
this guy just absoletly take me downo from playin bass. maybe some day i played 20% of this... now i'm just gonna stick to harmonics onbeat -.-
The only bassist that mononeon is afraid of
That's true.
Sharay Reed too
😂😂😂
When did he develop the funny face he makes nowadays?
r o he suffered a stroke, I am guessing late nineties or early 00's.
He had a stroke last year. Which is why he couldn't continue with Hiromi's tour. Last update was he was shakey on his feet. No other updates since.
matthew louis Thanks for the feedback on AJ's latest condition. Great bass player!
He's probably been making faces since the beginning...they might look a bit more weird after his stroke but,AJ has always felt the music by way of facial expression since I've been following his career starting in early 70's.
It's a "musical orgasm face" Louis Bellson and John Mayer have it Baaad, they Lose All control. Eddie Van Halen said playing guitar is Better than sex, and he was married to Valerie Bertanelli at the time!
it just that bass sounds so ugly!!! but He is a such a good bass player.
I know full well this guy can play bass, I've seen his other stuff, but in all honesty, this was a fucking mess. It's the emperor's New clothes, no one wants to point it out in fear of being lampooned for not 'getting it' I can noodle about on a bass guitar all day and look like I'm in pain.
Well if you don't dig it, then don't as you do. I find it brilliant, he is truly an innovator with a unique sound. As a seasoned top session and jazz/fusion player with hundreds if not thousands of sessions and tours under his belt, this guy can groove and play in the pocket like no one can, the indisputable GOAT of serving the song with the strongest sound, groove, solidity and maturity. The utmost definition of a bassist. He is doing something different here and he is influenced by Messiaen and other modern, contemporary composers. Certainly a narrow cup of tea. Now if someone does not "get it" and pretend it does..I feel sorry for them
We don’t need your opinion
It’s because you’re tone deaf. Maybe in you’re next life it may make more sense.
It was pretty strange. And Messiaen it wasn’t. He’s played on some incredible albums and he’s done some absolutely wonderful playing as well as some of the strangest bass solos I’ve ever heard. I don’t know what he’s doing here. It is great, musical, intent, but I’m not really sure if it achieves anything. It’s just weird.
Anthony Jackson is a tremendous musician, when he plays with a band, following a song. But as a soloist he’s a crap!!
It's because he's using dissonance in this solo. This is because one of his mentors Olivier Messiaen who played MODERN MUSIC. The solo is meant to compliment the saxophone.
ki.da boring. like hos playing o Elegant Gypsy, though.
C’est chiant non ??
that tone hurts my ears and brain. not bad otherwise. maybe it's the recording, because the sax hurts too.
Jackson might be a great, but he lacks taste in all his solos. And taste is something that just cant be taught...
And ‘taste’ is a matter of personal opinion. I suspect plenty of people don’t share yours.
@@jazzman1954 just because an opinion is unpopular, doesnt mean its not right. As an american, you should know that. Do you like his solos, and if so what do you like about them? How weird they are?
@@ctdvargas How interesting that you wrongly assume that I am American. Also interesting that you assume that your opinion on what is ‘tasteful’ is the correct one even though the musician concerned is probably one of the most in demand electric bassists on the planet. If it’s not to your taste that’s fine but you have no no authority on what is tasteful/good over anyone else on the subject.
@@jazzman1954 the question still stands, do you like his solo's, and if so what do you like about them? the rest of my comment was filler
@@ctdvargas Haha. I’ll ignore the filler then!
He’s finding some very interesting intervals and rhythms that are pushing the boundaries of the instrument and boring dull cliché. The harmonics at the beginning are beautiful and surprising. Don’t think for a moment that this guy can’t play pretty. He chooses not to when he wants to. What I think about it is just my opinion and I’m no way a measure of what anyone else wants to think about it. As an American you will understand that if the market doesn’t want it, it goes in the (as you say) trash.