Customer Reviews

Bass Talk, Vol.3: Basstorius

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The title of this CD talks for itself - music inspired by genius of BASS player Jaco pasTORIUS. Jaco 'was one of THE cats' how one of musicians once said about him. He became an historical figure in the world of music, for his revolutionary new approach for bass guitar and new style of thinking of it. This CD features some of noted bass players like Laurence Cottle, Dave La Rue and Carlos Benavent, presenting their vision of fretless bass playing style based on Pastorius works. They bring the bass in more advanced level, demonstrating how it can fit an almost all niches in song structure. Sometimes you will be surprised how different the bass may sound. With this CD in your collection you can share your feels and ideas about fretless bass with many hot musicians, who love it like you do.

I bought this album when I was at the Music Messe in Germany a few years ago. Let me tell you, if you dig on Fretless bass or bass solo stuff, these CDs have been a great source of opening new doors of music and expanding my catalog of players and styles. i have done a brief run-down of the songs on this disc, and I will go back at a later time and embellish on them.

Track 1 - 4 / 5 Stars
Good bass grooves and song overall. Nice runs and playing.

2 - 4 / 5
The Bass grooves. Trip Hop kind of vibe.

3 - 5 / 5
Solo bass. Very cool song.

4 - 4 / 5
Jaco type of song. Horns and what not, but very electric and not live.

5 - 5 / 5
Jaco / Metheny type thing. Very cool if you dig on that kind of thing.

6 - 5 / 5
Bass and simple keys. Nice mellow groove tune.

7 - 5 / 5
World Music type. Good tone and bass lines.

8 - 5 / 5
Bass groove with a Bass Solo song. Good tune.

9 - 4 / 5
Sax and Bass. Sad sounding. Pretty cool.

10 - 5 / 5
Bass and keys with percussion. One of my favorites.

11 - 4 / 5
Electronic big band thing. Cool solos.

12 - 4 / 5
Bass sounding like a runner. Pretty cool effect and tune.

Like I said, I will add more at a later time.