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Miroslav Vitous Talks Influences, Improvisation, Bass Tone and Technique, Part 2 (Bass Files/From the PB archives) (opens the original)
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(Continuing from Part 1)I interviewed bass master Miroslav Vitous by telephone in 1985. The resulting piece, intended to be published in the now-defunct Frets magazine, never saw print. The mag’s focus was on acoustic musicians and their instruments; consequently, in our conversation I emphasized the mechanics of bass playing and other bass-specific issues. The bulk of this Q&A has been left intact, with only minor edits. Some of the questions and answers have been rearranged to improve the flow
Miroslav Vitous Talks Influences, Improvisation, Bass Tone and Technique, Part 1 (Bass Files/From the PB archives) (opens the original)
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Classically trained bass virtuoso Miroslav Vitous has been a force in the jazz world since 1967. That’s when Miles Davis hired the Czech-born musician, then 19, to sub for Ron Carter in the trumpeter’s band during an August engagement at the Village Gate in New York City. The group, later recognized as Miles’ second great quintet, included pianist Herbie Hancock, drummer Tony William and saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Vitous’ future bandmate in fusion heavyweights Weather Report. Vit
Playlist for Humans #3: Stones vs Beatle Edition (opens the original)
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Those two superstar British Invasion bands — you know the ones — and their music never really die. They just keep coming back, in one form or another, 65 years or so after they began their journey to the center of the pop-culture universe, a place they no longer reside. “Paul McCartney: Man on the Run,” an engaging documentary on his post-Beatles period, is still attracting viewers on Prime Video, where it debuted on Feb. 27 following a limited theatrical release. Ringo Starr’s “Long Long Road,”
Ode to a Great Jazz Singer: RIP, Cassandra Wilson (opens the original)
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Terribly sad news for the music world and beyond: Cassandra Wilson, one of the great singers of our time, passed away Tuesday morning at home in her native Jackson, Miss. Wilson, 70, was firmly in the jazz camp, yes, but everything she did was infused with Southern-rooted blues and soul, as well as overt references to folk, R&B and pop music. She turned in intriguing arrangements of familiar songs by everyone from Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell to Hank Williams and the Monkees, and released 1999’s
Squeeze Does “Trixies” (opens the original)
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The rescued-from-oblivion tale of “Trixies,” the 16th studio album from long-running UK pop-rock songsmiths Squeeze, is the kind of story that gives every music journalist the perfect angle for a feature on the long-running band.Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, who burst onto the New Wave scene in the mid-‘70s leading a high-energy group specializing in Beatles-influenced melodies and well-tooled story songs, as teenagers assembled a sort-of concept album centered on a fictional nightclub. Diff
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