Word: bassists
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...comes to art is truly awesome. It almost never happens” STARDOM, HO! But in present form, the duo is ill-prepared to barn-storm America with their nu-grunge, if only because they have been unable to put together a permanent band with a drummer and a bassist. Last year, Carbone and Gentler recorded their debut nine-song album “Painted and Patient” over 200 hours of studio time in Boston. Carbone played all of the instruments. Of his difficulty in completing the line-up, Evan explains, “It?...
...still wearing the T shirt) and was spurred to action. "It was always a plan to be live; it was never meant to be a solo project," says Parton. "I pulled in all the people I'd spoken to about it vaguely over the years." Guitarist Sam Dook and bassist Jamie Bell both lived nearby in Brighton, Japanese drummer Chi Fukami "was a friend of someone in my work." Then came German drummer Silke Steidinger (since replaced by Kaori from Japan) and Londoner (Ninja) Ka, who sings, raps and leads the cheerleader chants. The members are multi-instrumentalists who seamlessly...
Nebraska-born bassist Marc Johnson emerged in the 1970s, playing with piano legend Bill Evans. Since then he has served as a steady if largely overlooked sideman in numerous small groups. On this album, only his third as a bandleader, Johnson slides contentedly into the backseat, allowing the other members of a distinguished ensemble, including saxophonist Joe Lovano and guitarist John Scofield, to steer the listener through 10 intricate, moody melodies. The tempo rarely rises above a moderate shuffle, giving Lovano and Scofield space for lush, lilting solos, while Johnson, pianist Eliane Elias and drummer Joey Baron conjure a swirling...
Guero’s “Black Tambourine” kicked it all off. Bassist Dan Rothchild thumped with premonition while Beck gently swayed in shaggy clothes and a floppy hat that could have been in some futurist version of the Rolling Thunder Revue. Then Justin Stanley’s guitars galloped in and out-of-control hype-man Ryan Faulkner pranced around like…well, like Beck, circa...
...Cage’s long-time collaborator Camu Tao, snaps with aggressive buzzing thuds and lush melodic loops. El-P, who has a hand in more than half of the songs, opens with one of those rare productions where grinding guitar and a low end courtesy of the bassist from Yo La Tengo, actually work under the voice...