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Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on August 03, 2012, 09:48:15 AM

Great bass solo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqY9Ivntfo&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIqY9Ivntfo&feature=related)
 
VMG

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: Enzo on February 07, 2014, 07:47:15 PM

Hell YES!

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: JimmyJ on February 08, 2014, 12:41:12 PM

Awww ... thanks cats.  Soooo long ago.  My favorite parts are the clothes that Lee bought the band on Melrose Ave (!!), the terribly out of sync video (oh well), and my reluctance to come downstage when he beckons.  HA!  Always great to see and hear Carlos though, we really miss that guy.
Jimmy J

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: tbrannon on February 08, 2014, 03:47:20 PM

Love that song and Jimmy's playing, I often reference that song when people say Alembics sound too sterile or hi-fi.  Love that tone- crisp, articulate, but funky and gutsy at the same time! unfortunately, that version cut off Phil Perry singing Rock Steady.  He kills it!!!

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: tbrannon on February 08, 2014, 04:52:43 PM

Here is the extended cut with the vocals.  
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2gMAf13Gs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR2gMAf13Gs)

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: jacko on February 12, 2014, 01:31:53 AM

Great song and superb solo Jimmy. is that a graphite neck?
 
Graeme

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: JimmyJ on February 12, 2014, 12:54:18 PM

Thanks again my friends.
 
Yes Graeme, that bass is an '82 which began life with frets on a graphite neck.  It also appears in Holdsworth's Tokyo Dream video from the same era.  I later decided that for me graphite as a neck material worked better in a fretless configuration and I had the fingerboard replaced.  Now it's my backup fretless bass and sadly doesn't see much daylight...
 
You guys all know what I mean when I say that the super-stiff graphite pre-compressed the sound?  I couldn't play that bass very soft or very loud, it always made the same kind of level.  Which is GREAT for a fretless...
 
Jimmy J

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: sonicus on February 12, 2014, 01:40:03 PM

Great performance Jimmy,  I love your fretless technique  & tone . I really like the multi-stop arpeggio descending  glissando ( is that what it would be called ?)   _____  @ about 3:13 in the video  
There is so much to learn from listening and watching this ____
     Wolf

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: moonliner on February 12, 2014, 02:15:53 PM

I might be wrong, but I think that bass has frets on it at this point? I think :-)
I do love Jimmy's fretless playing though as well!
 
(Message edited by moonliner on February 12, 2014)

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: JimmyJ on February 12, 2014, 06:07:25 PM

Sorry I was unclear.  Yes, the bass DOES have frets in the video above and the Holdsworth vid I mentioned.  (I can't play all those notes in tune without them!)  It was probably a couple years later when we swapped out the fingerboard and made it into a lined fretless.
 
Wolf, I don't really know what I'm doing so I sure don't know what to call it.  But I like your description!
 
thanks,
Jimmy J

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: sonicus on February 12, 2014, 06:39:51 PM

Jimmy,  
           Ok , Thanks for your reply . It's great fretted as well ! But it also helps explain the perfect intonation on that 3:13 spot , LOL !  
      Thanks for the constant inspiration that you give us __
 
Wolf__

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: bonesrad on February 28, 2014, 07:08:09 PM

That whole song is just super cool.  What a great group of musicians doing it right.
 
Thanks,
 
Bones

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on March 06, 2014, 11:45:20 AM

Whew! For two years I thought that I was the only person that appreciated that funky performance
 
VMG

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: JimmyJ on March 06, 2014, 01:40:52 PM

Ah you guys are too kind.  My operator's license doesn't legally cover Funk...  I never thought of myself as a funky player.  I have a deep appreciation for the guys who really can go there (you know who you are).  But it's fun to visit that musical neighborhood from time to time and always a treat to play with great players who make YOU sound good.
 
Jimmy J

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on March 20, 2014, 12:40:59 PM

Great players can play anything  
 
VMG

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: pace on March 22, 2014, 12:11:45 PM

There's nothing like a graphite neck and series guts!!!!.... Great playing Jimmy! That solo is the epitome of that sound

Title: Jimmy Johnson solo on 'Rio Funk'
Post by: dead_head on March 22, 2014, 08:46:08 PM

Jimmy, That is some sweeet funky stuff! Just caught your video. I LOVE that tone you get! So cool.........
 
 
Rob