Mystery fusion fretless
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:35 am
Hello everyone,
My first post, and an unusual request.
Although I do not own a fretless, I have always loved the sound since I heard Jaco, and Percy Jones in the '70s.
I used to record jazz and fusion from radio broadcasts, and at night when the ionosphere would drop I could tune in to many European stations. As there was relatively little fusion on UK radio stations, it became routine to scan through the medium wave to listen to many jazz programs from East and West Germany, France, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia amongst others.
Unfortunately, in many cases, I had great music on tape, but no idea who the group was. As the years passed, I found out who most of the musicians were, but one piece of music has proved particularly difficult to identify. In fact it's now more than 30 years since I recorded it, and I seem to be no closer !
I would put the LP recording at around 1977 or '78 (I recorded it in 1979). Although the fretless is prominent, there is also some extra slap bass. This track features a synth solo in the style of George Duke - he guested on many LPs of the time, mostly under a different name, but searches have not revealed anything so far.
Could you please listen to this track and give me your thoughts about it ? I am not an expert in the bass field, but the style sounds similar to Jaco, Alphonso Johnson, Bunny Brunel etc.
Apologies for the sound quality, but it was only medium wave !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0JyzO6XCo
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve.
My first post, and an unusual request.
Although I do not own a fretless, I have always loved the sound since I heard Jaco, and Percy Jones in the '70s.
I used to record jazz and fusion from radio broadcasts, and at night when the ionosphere would drop I could tune in to many European stations. As there was relatively little fusion on UK radio stations, it became routine to scan through the medium wave to listen to many jazz programs from East and West Germany, France, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia amongst others.
Unfortunately, in many cases, I had great music on tape, but no idea who the group was. As the years passed, I found out who most of the musicians were, but one piece of music has proved particularly difficult to identify. In fact it's now more than 30 years since I recorded it, and I seem to be no closer !
I would put the LP recording at around 1977 or '78 (I recorded it in 1979). Although the fretless is prominent, there is also some extra slap bass. This track features a synth solo in the style of George Duke - he guested on many LPs of the time, mostly under a different name, but searches have not revealed anything so far.
Could you please listen to this track and give me your thoughts about it ? I am not an expert in the bass field, but the style sounds similar to Jaco, Alphonso Johnson, Bunny Brunel etc.
Apologies for the sound quality, but it was only medium wave !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0JyzO6XCo
Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve.