The Jackson 5 performed Darling Dear on their
third album (The Third Album). James Jamerson
played bass on this selection with a style
and fluency seldom heard in common hours. The
bassline is so soulful and beautiful that
many musicians speak of having "sung" the
bassline instead of the equally great lead
vocal line delivered by the gifted and
prodigious Michael Jackson. The bassline
would qualify as a "wonder of the world"
since it is such a bold departure from
anything heard at that time, or since. James
Jamerson is arguably the greatest bass player
to ever live. He played on more number 1 hit
records than any other bassist, or musician
in the history of popular music. He died a
bitter and brokenhearted man since he was
neither adequately compensated or recognized
for his immeasurable contributions to the
spirit and practice of bass playing. Tags :JamesJamersonbassJackson5MichaelJacksonbassistsFunkbrothersMotownMarvinGayegreatestbassplayerDarlingDear
The music industry has gotten away from
glorifying the "slow jam". Today, corny
ballads pose as slow jams, but they leave out
one important component: the jam!
In essence a slow jam is a down-tempo love
song that still maintains a prominent (even
muscular) bassline and solid drum beat, with
some degree of attitude attached.
Cheesy ballads might pose as slow jams but
they are only love songs. It takes a solid
groove to make a slow jam.
James Jamerson was a master of the slow jam
groove. Tags :SmokeyRobinsonmcclendonreportjamesjamersonslowjamthemiraclesfenderprecisionbass
What Going on One Written By Marvin Gaye.
Performed by Billi Heath: Vocals, Guitar and
Harmonica; Carl Gentry Syn-Keyboards-Drums,
and Kevin Caruso: Bass.
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Reference section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_Going_On
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye Tags :MarvinGayeBenHarperJamesJamersonDonnyHathawaySoulTamlaMotownSexualHealingBilliHeathMusicBilliHeath
Short clip on Jamerson`s influence in the 60s
bass playing. He was the most influencial
electric bassist before Pastorius, allthough
we didn´t know who was playing.Records
didn´t tell the line up of bands. Tags :jamesjamersonfenderprecisionbassmotown
Just got a new P-Bass, so here's a quick take
of James Jamerson's classic line on
"Bernadette" by the Four Tops.
This is a really fun tune - I'm still sort of
finding my voice on the P-Bass (never owned
one before) but I'm digging it. It's a
Mexican standard P with D'Adarrio flats into
an Avalon U5 (no EQ) to a 4-channel mixer and
directly into the line in of my MacBook.
You can find this and many other
transcriptions on my website:
www.arcellussykes.com. Enjoy! Tags :ArcellusSykesJamesJamersonFourTopsBernadetteP-BassFenderAvalonU5JacoFunkSoulJazzElrickBass
An excerpt from the recently released DVD of
some of Marvin's greatest live performances
on TV and film, "Real Thing: In Performance
1964-1981," This live performance comes from
the long out-of-circulation 1973 film, "Save
The Children" with James Jamerson on bass. Tags :MarvinGayeMotownWhat'sGoingOnTamlaSaveTheChildren1973JamesJamerson