This has to have been the most successful schools music project I’ve been involved in. The Year 6 class at the school where I work were chosen to work with members of the London Philharmonic Orchestra in a composition project that involved five classical musicians, a highly skilled workshop leader and thirty-eight ten and eleven […]
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August 30th So happy now after last night. I played bass for a ninety minute rehearsal and a full church service at All Souls Langham Place. Feeling good..very thankful for all the advice, help, encouragement and prayers I’ve received! Full report at https://philwbass.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/im-back-first-public-performance-since-my-wrist-injury/ August 24th About to make my comeback. I’m playing with no ill […]
Steve is a unique person and musician and he creates beautiful music that often draws the listener into his world. Steve has developed surely the widest audience of any solo bassist – he plays music – it just happens to be the bass guitar that he uses as a tool to paint with. His music […]
In no particular order: Lawson/Dodds/Woods – Numbers improv-looping- sensitive- musical-open-beautiful sounds Melvin Gibbs’ Elevated Entity – Ancients Speak making hip-hop vital again-pete cosey playing his head off-melvin laying down the bass-Yoruba chants-intense music Seth Horan – Clang and Chime coming of age music for Seth-lyrical-melodic-grooveladen-beautiful bass Vijay Iyer Trio – Historicity exciting-unique-contemporary jazz-Fibonacci and hip-hop […]
I have uploaded a few tunes from a fabulous gig we did in May 2009. The audio is not fantastic: I recorded straight to mp3 from my beloved Zoom H4 recorder. I played by Wal fretless electric bass and Maciek Pysz is on electric guitar. Kate Hayes is singing and Pierre Hellio is on drums […]
OK, you should know your scales and arpeggios in many patterns if you play bass but during a lesson with Steve Billman, he noted that often you find yourself quickly ascending across the strings and then running up and down the G string. Steve had adapted some ideas that Frank Gambale had about playing diagonally […]
And why not! Steve Coleman has bravely made a large amount of his music available as free mp3s on his website. Not individual tracks or samples but whole CDs. He’s also including notes and personnel lists. You can also download Steve’s essays on music at the site and will be able to download scores of […]
Stop Press Cigdem Aslan will be onstage with Luna Kalamata at 8pm. However, the event starts at 6:30pm and finishes at 11:00 and there are other wonderful acts. Luna Kalamata will have a special percussion section for this gig as Fotis and Patrick are unavailable. Philip Arditti will play darbouka and Tahir Palali will be […]
Coming up so far in November Friday 6th November with LV Project featuring Pepa Niebla and guest guitarist Matt Smith at Jazz After Dark, Greek Street, Soho, London playing jazz, fusion, samba and soul. 10:30pm – 2:30am Saturday 21st November with Luna Kalamata at a time and venue to be confirmed in Hackney, London. Luna […]
I started doing some CD reviews for the NoTreble website. It’s an enjoyable exercise: I get to listen to some great music and try to improve my writing. NoTreble is a great resource for bassplayers: videos, lessons, reviews, news, interviews and articles about a wide spectrum of bassists. I was delighted when chosen for their […]
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