by Kelly Sill
In this column Kelly Sill takes a listen to a cut by Frank Russell entitled "The Days of Wine and Roses". It was recorded live at Dirtty's Jazz and Blues Club in Gary, IN, Published on Aug 18, 2015
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00:00 And the cut starts
00:07 Bass melody, rubato
00:17 He's plucking near the pickups, giving it a nice vocal feel
00:27 Using just enough vibrato to make it lyrical
00:38 Second-half, again with nice glissandos
00:53 And the punch line is very high up on the bass
01:00 Nice
01:02 Time begins
01:11 And now a second chorus of bass melody, down an octave
01:17 I don't think that I've ever heard that before
01:39 Now the second half, melody up to the initial octave
02:05 That was cool
02:12 Now he starts walking - guitar solo
02:26 Nice groove; he's now plucking away from the pickups, for a mellower sound
02:48 Beautifully traditional bass lines
02:55 Really a pocket player
03:01 Guitarist sounds good
03:31 Guitar double-timing for variety
04:07 Nice ideas; playing a lot of guitar
04:43 Piano - simple, clear construction
05:21 They are clearly enjoying the groove
05:32 I've never seen any bass player pluck that far up on the neck
06:38 Another piano chorus; I thought that he might be done
07:34 Bass solo
07:45 He's playing in the same register as the initial in-head
07:57 Both alluding to the melody, and leaving nice spaces
08:12 He actually has a lot of chops, but uses them only when he needs to
08:25 Beautifully constructed
08:43 Really making a statement!
09:16 That's a lot of bass
09:32 I dig how he waits for the moment that he actually needs to come in
09:44 Out-head; one note down an octave, then up an octave for the rest
10:10 Very little embellishment
10:31 Very nice
10:39 There is the punchline
10:45 And the tag
10:54 And the classic walk-down
10:56 Rubato
11:13 Frank seals it
11:18 Another great cut!
This is the first cut that I've ever done off of YouTube, and the fidelity is not all that great. However, I enjoyed doing the column. - Kelly
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