Enjoyed Lady Be Good Rob... I used to play that with my buddy Tony years ago, and hadn't thought of it in a while.

Gregory, I'm glad you liked it, I love that kind of stuff.  I saw Rufus Reid last week and he mentioned Ray Brown and how he was a big influence on his playing.  Ray Brown had a little trill/hammer thing he does up in the first position, I noticed Rufus Reid does the exact same thing in that first position, interesting to see the adaptation of that specific technique.
 
Dave, that Crimson stuff was great!  I used to listen to them a lot.  I love the way they layer sounds and instruments, they use dynamics to build to high points and fall back off again as transition points in the music.  I'll have to dig out my old records (yes vinyl!).
 
Brian,  I love In a Silent Way, one of my favorite Miles tunes!  I really like the bass groove in the middle with keyboards following and builds, then suddenly drops off, then quietly starts up and builds again.  That's great stuff!

Just got home from seeing the Residents; they screened the documentary theory of obscurity then played live, their latest show based on shadowland the latest album...very cool, although perhaps a little too much Residents in one sitting! Such a cool band/concept/art project...amazing that they've managed to keep it on their terms for 40+ years...Devo started as something like them and couldn't keep that control...Tony.

I was very excited when Fleetwood Mac's Say You Will came out, since it was the almost-Rumours-era band's first recorded effort together since Tango 15 years earlier. Although she declined to tour with them, or rejoin in any capacity, Christine McVie played and sang on a couple cuts. Hard to believe that was 13 years ago today. April must have been a favorite month or something... anyway, I really enjoyed hearing them together again on these two.  
 

 

 
John -solid as ever- plays *exactly* what the song needs, and *nothing* more.

David Gilmour, , Gdansk.

Downhill from Here. Grateful Dead live at Alpine Valley 7/17/89.
 
Wonderful.

'81 & '89 were the only years they played Alpine (at least pre-Vince) that I didn't go; I own this one & it really makes me wish I had.
 
Peter

Apparently, I'm not keeping up, as I hadn't heard of this band until today.  Flying Colors, with, among others, Steve Morse, Dave LaRue, and Mike Portnoy.
 
Here's one of their tunes,
 
And here they cover an instrumental from the Dixie Dregs, , which is great.
 
I've long admired Steve's playing and writing, and this band is a good fit.

Dave,
You aren't the only one not keeping up.
 
Thanks for the post!

Someone's upload from the recent Anoushka Shankar show.
   
  Sitar,double bass,tuned pans, and rhythmic electronica...unexpected and good.

Thanks for the reminder on Crazy Diamond, Dave... I'd forgotten how much I liked the whole Wish You Were Here album.

Chick Corea (still one of the best at 74) and Bella Fleck live in Minneapolis. Heard music that  spanned the ages, including pieces from an 18th century Italian and a 20th century French composer (Dutilleux) to straight bluegrass to jazz with a banjo.  Definitely an amazing experience.

I had to learn the Van Morrison tune Into The Mystic from 1970 Moondance for a wedding reception gig this-coming weekend.  
 
 
 
I'm not familiar with the bassist John Klingberg (sp?) but I have thoroughly enjoyed figuring out what he played on this track. It's got a distinctly Motown feel to it. As an aside, I dialed the magical Alembic low-pass filter down just a little more than usual, and panned to favor the neck pickup... the flatwounds took care of the rest. =)

I had to learn 'Moondance' for my current functions band and in my digging around for inspiration I came across this talkbass thread about John. Quite a moving read.
 
Graeme

Graeme; that's a really interesting thread.  Thanks!