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How to get the james jamerson motown bass sound scotts bass lessons. Maybe the most influential bassist ever, james jamerson was the uncredited session player on nearly all 1960s releases from motown records. The life and music of legendary bassist james jamersonbassist james jamerson was the embodiment of the motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. James jamerson standing in the shadows of motown free download as pdf file. So if you want to learn who created those sounds in the first place, you must see standing. The songs here were recorded at a live concert by the surviving funk brothers including bandleader john hunter, guitarist joe messina, and drummer uriel.
Plans are in the works between hal leonard my publisher and myself about doing an updated version of standing in the shadows of motown so ill put a correction in there. Bassist james jamerson was the embodiment of the motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. Pdf standing in the shadows of motown download full pdf. It goes through the main jazz bass players from the swing era onwards. James jamerson standing in the shadows of motown pdf.
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May 17, 2002 standing in the shadows of motown documents the career of the funk brothers, the unknown band behind all of motown s detroitera classics. The life and music of legendary bassist james jamerson bassist james jamerson was the embodiment of the motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. The motown session bassist james jamerson is widely regarded as one of the most influential and important bassists in modern music history. The life and music of legendary bassist james jamerson.
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