Apparently I’m on a tear this evening. Here’s virtuoso bassist Marcus Miller with his band, playing “Papa was a Rolling Stone.” Nina and I saw Miller playing with Miles Davis during his Tutu period, at the Paramount in Seattle–must be more than 20 years ago now. Possibly the most astonishing jazz concert I ever attended. I remember that Miller broke a string during the concert (a bass string!), switched to a different instrument in the middle of a song, then switched back after someone replaced the string, and kept the string in tune while it did its initial stretching.
Welcome!
Thanks for dropping by! I’d be delighted to hear from you–if you want to post a response to any of my posts, click on the post. You’ll go to that post’s page and you’ll see a comment box at the bottom of the page. The first time you post, the system holds your comment until I approve it (to keep the spammers and trolls at bay), but after that your posts will appear immediately.
Categories
Tags
Archives
- March 2022
- March 2020
- October 2019
- September 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- April 2017
- December 2016
- October 2016
- January 2012
Meta