HOW CHICAGO MUSICIAN AND #EDUCATOR KELLY SILL HEARS JAZZ MUSIC

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"The Days of Wine and Roses" - Frank Russell (the Frank Russell Band)

 

Live at Dirtty's Jazz and Blues Club in Gary, IN, Published on Aug 18, 2015

 

 

00:00 And the cut starts

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00:07 Bass melody, rubato

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00:17 He's plucking near the pickups, giving it a nice vocal feel

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00:27 Using just enough vibrato to make it lyrical

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00:38 Second-half, again with nice glissandos

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00:53 And the punch line is very high up on the bass

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01:00 Nice

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01:02 Time begins

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01:11 And now a second chorus of bass melody, down an octave

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01:17 I don't think that I've ever heard that before

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01:39 Now the second half, melody up to the initial octave

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02:05 That was cool

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02:12 Now he starts walking - guitar solo

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02:26 Nice groove; he's now plucking away from the pickups, for a mellower sound

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02:48 Beautifully traditional bass lines

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02:55 Really a pocket player

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03:01 Guitarist sounds good

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03:31 Guitar double-timing for variety

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04:07 Nice ideas; playing a lot of guitar

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04:43 Piano - simple, clear construction

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05:21 They are clearly enjoying the groove

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05:32 I've never seen any bass player pluck that far up on the neck

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06:38 Another piano chorus; I thought that he might be done

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07:34 Bass solo

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07:45 He's playing in the same register as the initial in-head

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07:57 Both alluding to the melody, and leaving nice spaces

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08:12 He actually has a lot of chops, but uses them only when he needs to

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08:25 Beautifully constructed

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08:43 Really making a statement!

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09:16 That's a lot of bass

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09:32 I dig how he waits for the moment that he actually needs to come in

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09:44 Out-head; one note down an octave, then up an octave for the rest

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10:10 Very little embellishment

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10:31 Very nice

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10:39 There is the punchline

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10:45 And the tag

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10:54 And the classic walk-down

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10:56 Rubato

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11:13 Frank seals it

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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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