Break & Marcus Miller!

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Hello, There will be a break until early December. But there are plenty of good music on my site. Use the search field (style, artist…). Keep on grooving! Torbjörn   PS Below is a great concert with Marcus Miller. Enjoy!   Marcus Miller – “Live at Java Jazz Festival” in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 2, 2013) […]

Quote # 64 by Mike Stern

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“Sometimes there are no gigs, but the main thing is the music. You can’t take that away. The only person who can take that away from you is you.”   – Mike Stern     Mike Stern (born Michael Philips Stern; January 10, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist. After playing for a few years with […]

Quote # 55 by Miles Davis

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“Do not fear mistakes, there are none.”   – Miles Davis     Miles Davis (1926 – 1991) was one of the greatest in music, period!   Below is the story about Miles Davis and some nice videos. Hope that you like them as much as I do. Enjoy!   Miles Davis – “The Miles Davis […]

Quote # 37 by Jaco Pastorius

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“It ain’t braggin´ if you can back it up”   – Jaco Pastorius   Question to Jaco Pastorius: “Would you ever consider playing a 5 string bass?” Jaco answers: “What for? Low E’s been good enough for the last 200 years, what are you trying to prove?”   Jaco Pastorius is one of my absolute […]

Bobby Sparks

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Bobby Sparks is a master on the keyboards. He is the opposite to the digital musician and goes with his tagline “Analog Forever”.   The first time I listened to Bobby was when he played with Marcus Miller in Stockholm 2007. He played the bass part on his minimoog so deep and with such a […]

Marcus Miller

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tp5YDdevbI Here is one of my favourites on bass, Marcus Miller. The first time I heard Marcus was with Lenny White (drummer) on the record Streamline from 1978 (it’s worth a separate post later).