User: Brilliantbeing |
World's Prettiest Bassline (James Jamerson, 1970) 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: JamesJamerson bass Jackson5 MichaelJackson bassists Funkbrothers Motown MarvinGaye greatestbassplayer DarlingDear |
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Marvin Gaye "What's Going On / What's Happening Brother" 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: Marvin Gaye Motown What's Going On Tamla Save The Children 1973 James Jamerson |
User: BenjyBlue |
James Jamerson In memory of James Jamerson, founding member of The Funk Brothers. Tags: James Jamerson Bass Motown Soul Funk Brothers The Temptations |
User: arcellus |
The Four Tops/James Jamerson - Bernadette (Bass playalong) 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: Arcellus Sykes James Jamerson Four Tops Bernadette P-Bass Fender Avalon U5 Jaco Funk Soul Jazz Elrick Bass |
User: undergroundhouse |
Jamerson - Got To Give It Up (Underground Resistance Mix) Jamerson - Got To Give It Up (Underground Resistance Mix) - Happy Records (Detroit) Tags: Jamerson Got To Give It Up Underground Resistance Mix Detroit House Music |
User: jamersonshook |
Jamerson bass genius - Eb grooving Here's another Eb Jamerson based groove that defies logic - I play it slow at the end so you can hear all the "wrong notes" Jamerson played. LOL. Tags: Jamerson bass genius - Eb grooving jamersonshook |
User: LeSebu |
James Jamerson Etude - What's goin'on 1st part See my band websites: http://www.myspace.com/jurassikfunk http://www.wabash-jazzfusion.com Tags: bass motown groove funk soul rythm blues |
User: Brilliantbeing |
Definition of a Slow Jam (James Jamerson, 1969) 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: SmokeyRobinson mcclendonreport jamesjamerson slowjam themiracles fenderprecision bass |
User: jamersonshook |
Jamerson Bassline - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Quick take on the first part of this famous Jamerson line (Marvin/Tammi version) Tags: Jamerson bassline ain't no mountain high enough |
User: jamersonshook |
Jamerson bass playalong - What's Going On As requested - not a copy of the original piece of genius, just my playalong tribute... Tags: jamerson bass playalong what's going on pjb buddy jamersonshook |