The Bass Player Fifth Anniversary CD

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The release of this CD was inspired by two concerts presented in conjunction with the Bass Player Fifth Anniversary celebration in 1994. The first concert was held at the Winter NAMM show in January. It featured no less than 17 bassists in a variety of settings from solo to full band (see the May/June '94 Bass Player for details). The second concert, dubbed Basses Loaded, was put together by Dave Pomeroy and took place at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville. Not to be outdone, Pomeroy assembled 21 bass players to perform as the All-Bass Orchestra (see the November '94 issue). All of the bassists featured on this CD performed at one of these concerts. Although both shows were recorded, technical problems and artistic considerations made it impractical to release a recording using only selections from the concerts. Two tracks on this CD were taken from the winter show, but the rest of the program was assembled from studio recordings submitted by the players. All but two of these tracks are presented here for the first time, and listening to this disc will give you a good sense of what it was like to attend the concerts. Even better, it will show you how much amazing music is being made by bass players today. Enjoy! - Jim Roberts

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Track listing

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1. 1The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World
   3:27Dave Sinko, Dave Pomeroy, Clarke Schleicher, Ken Hutton, Keith Odle, Emily Kaitz
2. 2Fooled Ya
   6:07Joel Taylor, Tom McCauley, Brian Springer, Brian Bromberg
3. 3Music for Armchair Funambulists
   7:20Michael Manring
4. 4Around Midday
   6:11Joel Taylor, Brian Springer, Rob Kierstead, Steve Bailey, Victor Wooten
5. 5Giant Steps
   3:13Gary Willis, Paul Schwotzer, John Coltrane
6. 6Rosalie
   5:15Michael Marans, Willy Daffern, Tim Bogert
7. 7Backwoods
   3:17Bernie Kirsh, John Patitucci
8. 8El Flaco Funk
   3:09John Peña
9. 9A Tribute to Willie Dixon
   3:44Howard Danchik, Rob Wasserman
10. 10Shining Star
    4:00Randy Jackson (2), Verdine White, Joel Taylor, Ian Miller (4), David Valencia (2), Paul Minor, Larry Dunn, Maurice White, Philip Bailey
11. 11Hub City Kids
    6:17Dave LaRue, Van Romaine, Alan Douches, Glenn Alexander, T. Lavitz, Tom Cohen, Mike Santiago (2)
12. 12Reprise: The Day the Bass Players Took Over the World
    1:30

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