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5E3
11-06-2009, 12:04 PM
This is good. I can't believe how well she can use her feet too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf4tbCRuvSk
jcground
11-06-2009, 12:07 PM
Nice MIDI piano and vibes patches she dials up while she plays too. Cool link, thanks for sharing.
5E3
11-06-2009, 12:15 PM
What do you think that black box on top of the organ is?
sideman
11-06-2009, 12:48 PM
I love her, but will take Joey's D's playing any day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaZbejCykig
aeolian
11-06-2009, 01:16 PM
Mitch Watkins who often plays guitar with her is pretty great too. He switches gears between straight ahead, and modern (solid body, light gauge string, bending and blues/rock phrasing) playing with no trouble.
SarasotaSlim
11-06-2009, 02:28 PM
Very nice use of the midi feature. I've never seen anyone do anything I liked with a midi B3 before. She's fantastic all the way around. Of course I'll have to leave a link of one of my B3 heros...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMgTp8UCj2I
maxVsf
11-06-2009, 04:33 PM
What do you think that black box on top of the organ is?

That's her midi module - her b3 is midi'd - she'll play piano solos on the B3, plus the bass pedals are midi - she uses a string bass sample.

BTW - all the original jazz organ cats - Groove Holmes, Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff etc. played MOST of their bass lines in the left hand - using the pedals only for percussive emphasis, occasional punch on a turnaround, and ballads where they comped with their left hand. It's been a myth perpetuated that it's in the pedals. However - many of the European artists like Dennerlein and Rhoda Scott play their bass on the pedals. Bro Jack quote:"you CAN play bass on the pedals, but it don't swing like this (holding up his left hand)."
atquinn
11-06-2009, 07:10 PM
Stunning.

-Austin
aeolian
11-06-2009, 11:12 PM
That's why they call it "kicking bass". They played the line with their left hand and added in the pedal on certain notes to accent them. Kicking the groove as it were.

There's a fellow out this way named Jerome Murphy who didn't realize what they were doing, and learned to play the pedals with two feet. He really gets around on them.
Mr_You
11-06-2009, 11:34 PM
Barbara Dennerlein kicks serious bass = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60ut7yIuCEY

Normally you use your right foot to control the volume.
harmonicator
11-06-2009, 11:43 PM
Hearing B3 makes me wanna smoke a cigar, sip some scotch, and eat something fried in bacon grease.
jenkka
11-06-2009, 11:45 PM
I'm diggin this one :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rh4T28fkZw
Dexter.Sinister
11-06-2009, 11:47 PM
Cool!

My guy does left hand bass Hammond stuff and the rest with the right (organ/guitar/drum trio). We just got approached by the MMW label for our CD!

DS
maxVsf
11-07-2009, 02:09 PM
Speaking of "kickin' the bass"... last nights Pat Martino concert for the SF Jazz Fest had Larry Goldings for the opener. Could not hear the bass... almost seemed like the lower rotor of the Leslie wasn't even miked. Completely emasculated Larry's sound. However... Tony Monaco with Pat didn't suffer the same fate! Tony's bass lines came through great. And Tony stole the spotlight from Pat (if that's remotely possible) several times. A great night of great organ playing, and jazz guitar. Larry had Peter Bernstein, who got a beautiful warm tone.
Sub City
11-07-2009, 04:54 PM
I don't know; the vibes & piano sounds on the B-3 are kind of hoaky. I'm old school: a B-3 is supposed to be used as a B-3. Now for a real B-3 player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSLoxwkCYE
Trandy
11-07-2009, 05:47 PM
I don't know; the vibes & piano sounds on the B-3 are kind of hoaky. I'm old school: a B-3 is supposed to be used as a B-3. Now for a real B-3 player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSLoxwkCYE

Jimmy Smith was the man.
maxVsf
11-07-2009, 05:55 PM
I don't know; the vibes & piano sounds on the B-3 are kind of hoaky. I'm old school: a B-3 is supposed to be used as a B-3. Now for a real B-3 player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSLoxwkCYE

Oh, I agree totally. I was just answering someones question on what the box was on Bab's b3. JOS, McDuff, Groove, Larry Young, McGriff, Don Patterson all the way for me...
5E3
11-07-2009, 06:06 PM
I don't know; the vibes & piano sounds on the B-3 are kind of hoaky. I'm old school: a B-3 is supposed to be used as a B-3. Now for a real B-3 player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSLoxwkCYE
Man-oh-man ... that's great stuff! Nice Strat playing too :aok

The Hammond organs seem to be another one of those instruments that was the right thing at the right time (and still is). Right up there with a Strat, LP, Tele, Marshall, etc.
aeolian
11-08-2009, 12:32 AM
I don't know; the vibes & piano sounds on the B-3 are kind of hoaky. I'm old school: a B-3 is supposed to be used as a B-3. Now for a real B-3 player:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSLoxwkCYE
Did you see the switch position on that Strat?

And how Jimmy holds that F and just plays away with the remaining 4 fingers. Sick.

And old fashioned walking bass with the left hand and counter lines and accents with the foot. How it's done.
Sub City
11-08-2009, 05:52 AM
Did you see the switch position on that Strat?

And how Jimmy holds that F and just plays away with the remaining 4 fingers. Sick.

And old fashioned walking bass with the left hand and counter lines and accents with the foot. How it's done.

Quentin Warren was the perfect player for Jimmy; first heard him on the 1960 recording, When Johnny Comes Marching Home. A great modal treatment; was he playing a Strat back then too? Funny how he got that tone in the bridge position PUP.

That F hold-down is classic Jimmy Smith. I also like to use the pinky an octave above, or even hold down the 7th, 6th, or 5th. Definitely one of the hippest tones from the B-3!:cool: