rok, thanks so much for that link. Mingus is one of my favorite artists and I will watch the entire program. But at 2 hours that will likely be after returning home from a holiday family visit.
For anyone interested in Mingus if you've not read his autobiography "Beneath The Underdog" it is certainly entertaining. Part must be categorized as fiction -- but that was just Mingus!
o10, I'm also a big fan of Silver. When in college I made a feeble attempt to learn playing an upright bass to jam with friends more musically talented than myself. My buddy who played piano was primarily influenced by Silver so that was the style of what we played. He had natural talent and was self-taught and (fortunately for me) played everything in the same key -- C I was told. One of the other guys showed me a basic walking bass pattern on the piano so I found those notes on my bass. I had just enough of an ear to find other notes so I was close to being in tune. ;^) That lasted nearly two years and we developed a repertoire of jazz classics with a few popular songs thrown in. We played a few parties (for food and beer) but my lack of talent held us back so it didn't go any further. But that focused me on bass players which is why Mingus remains one of my overall favorite musicians.
For anyone interested in Mingus if you've not read his autobiography "Beneath The Underdog" it is certainly entertaining. Part must be categorized as fiction -- but that was just Mingus!
o10, I'm also a big fan of Silver. When in college I made a feeble attempt to learn playing an upright bass to jam with friends more musically talented than myself. My buddy who played piano was primarily influenced by Silver so that was the style of what we played. He had natural talent and was self-taught and (fortunately for me) played everything in the same key -- C I was told. One of the other guys showed me a basic walking bass pattern on the piano so I found those notes on my bass. I had just enough of an ear to find other notes so I was close to being in tune. ;^) That lasted nearly two years and we developed a repertoire of jazz classics with a few popular songs thrown in. We played a few parties (for food and beer) but my lack of talent held us back so it didn't go any further. But that focused me on bass players which is why Mingus remains one of my overall favorite musicians.