Tricotism

[thethinktankchannel]

RIP NHOP

[damodrummer1]

Is the rest of this concert on here anywhere?

[lonnyjohnny]

Just peed my self a little bit.... DAAAAAAAAANG!

[bballbrotha6]

i love the two feel that nhop does in the beginning..funky as hell

[vinlandr]

Dans le sens de tricoter sur son instrument

[bgh123bgh]

say what you like about are old friend NHOP here but the simple fact he swings like

bitch. They are playing for the simple enjoyment of the music

[gwbehm]

doublealufwaffe - that "cheesy quarter note" line your talking about is called comping. It's what rhythm section players do and I'm sorry but its very appropriate.

[doublealufwaffe]

@gwbehm, do you mean to say that the only way a guitar can comp is by playing quarter note chords?

[gwbehm]

@doublealufwaffe No,it's not tho only way, but in this case it at least stays out of the way of the solo. Sometimes in music simple is best.

[doublealufwaffe]

@gwbehm, perhaps we have different conceptions of simplicity. It appears to me that what Joe Pass does almost till the end of the first chorus of NHOP's solo is not simple in that he is filling up a lot of space with those quarter notes when he could have played one chord for two bars--that would have been simple. But I also maintain that Joe's purposely cheesy accompaniment adds to the performance because it adjuncts another level of communication.

[doublealufwaffe]

Also: And of course, during the trade offs, While Joe stops for NHOP, NHOP keeps accompanying Joe when arguably the more musical and certainly the most fair thing to do would have been to stop. It is as if NHOP is saying that Joe is too infantile too play all by himself. Finally, that run that Joe plays at the end arguably takes away from the performance. He must have done it to spite NHOP.

Thus, Joe is the initial provoker, NHOP responds violently, and Joe concludes with the last word.

[tomzilla1234]

@doublealufwaffe Man i think you're reading into things a little bit too much. If there is some needling, it seems pretty good-natured. They're both smiling at each other at the end, going like "man, that was fun."

cause its sure fun to listen to

[doublealufwaffe]

@tomzilla1234, of course its good natured. It's this sort of communication that is music. A harmonious dispute.

[doublealufwaffe]

@doublealufwaffe, exactly! 

[mclifford57]

@doublealufwaffe hmmm.. you don't know much about music do you? if niles is hatin on joe's style he must not want the gig that bad, it's joe's gig. For the amount of music they play together this one song is a drop in the bucket. All players want to shine so yes they are trying to out do each other. The quater note pattern joe is using he stole from other guitarists. He likes it and gets gigs with it. Why don't you do something less cheesy and take his gigs? and his bass player Mr. critic?

[doublealufwaffe]

@mclifford57, read my other comments, silly goose

[tomastrials]

@doublealufwaffe You put in words what I have also thoght! It seems to be a very childish and indirect "fight" haha.

[doublealufwaffe]

Actually, NHOP and Joe Pass they seem to be in conflict. First, NHOP plays a beautiful rhythm part for Joe's solo, but when its time for NHOP's solo, Joe begins with these cheesy quarter note chords. Then during the bass solo, at around four minutes, and during the trade offs, NHOP plays sixteenths much better than Joe--almost maliciously as if saying "Ha! I play cleaner, faster, and with more facility than you!".

[doublealufwaffe]

Does anyone if NHOP is plugged into an amp? His bass that is, not him.

[daveerman]

I think this may be the best I've ever heard NHOP play. Now that really is saying something!

[headbanger623]

tri·crot·ic (trī-krŏt'ĭk) 

adj. Medicine

Having three waves or elevations to one beat of the pulse.

[skunkfunk89]

Does anyone know where to buy this video?

[JazzJunkie4]

Its on 'The Genius Of Joe Pass', thats the only video I know that has this.

[gleffy]

Exact

[MrJazznerd]

@JazzJunkie4 and on "chops"

[JeffBlazer74]

This type of music is an acquired taste, but even if a person doesn't like the sound, I don't see how anyone could watch this and NOT see two geniuses at work.

[theIonliestmonk]

The name of the tune is Tricotism, not Tricrotism.

[gleffy]

Right.

[krullebol4]

@theIonliestmonk not true, this piece actually has more ´names´ another one i heard was ´Tractitism´ . on the album ´sound of the trio´from oscar peterson.

but the most common name is infact , tricotism

[theIonliestmonk]

The piece was written by Oscar Pettiford NOT Peterson. It was released on a Lucky Thompson album entitled TRICOTISM. Thats the name of the song.

[krullebol4]

if you could read my words properly, jou would see i did not say anything about this being oscar peterson´s tune. next to that i said that it has diffrent names on multiple records .

[mrundrhill]

@theIonliestmonk As I understand it, and I studied bass with an old school guitar player, the tune was originally titled "Tricrotism." The title changed as guys pronounced it without the 'R' in the middle. That was simply do to colloquial styles of speech that most jazz musicians had.

[seserere]

Yeah, Ive definately seen it spelled that way on a couple records.

[mclifford57]

@theIonliestmonk i think it has three titles.. they seem to be playing the notes right haha.. they even do the ray brown slide thing.. niles always sounds like he is playing electric. i think it is his three fingered method, gut strings might help avoid this. i know plenty of folks with gut strings and i really think it is the way you pluck the string and your timing

[fuckingharpsichord]

nielzz

[bestak0s]

hahahahahaha i agree!

[BaltiSean]

ALIENS!!!  they were truly not of this earth.

[markandtyler]

you have got to be kidding me chris...i cannot play like this guy...he is the KING of double bass...i wont even do it a quarter as good as him :(

[foowah7]

I posted that before the bass solo...WOW!!! That is the coolest, most challenging-sounding solo I've heard on upright!!! :) NHOP, you rule.

[gruffpuppyaol]

While NHOP plays sweet lets not forget its Oscars tune and he also kicked it.

[jerms90]

suddenly I feel completely inadequate on every possible level as a musician and bassist.

[renixe]

i feel this way everytime i hear niels and joe play!

[thespacebandito]

you're not alone. for me, watching nhop play is both inspiring and completely demoralizing. if there is a god his name is nhop

[thespacebandito]

joe pass is no slouch either

[ryanz06]

fucking NHOP plays bass like there is no tommorow

[utube9000]

I don't play bass, but I tried playing an upright bass one time and man, those strings are tough.

If I had never had that experience - and saw this video- I'd be under the impression that an upright bass was easy to play. That's how good NHOP is.

[manticore1962]

NHOP INSUPERABILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[edlaksmi]

the god of upright bass

[gjseraphin88]

the kings of strings

[nferris88]

hahaha so true.

[aspwikks]

this is just great

[kmbuchamushroom]

Its amazing how Niels can play so fast and musically with such great tone and articulation

[TianYue1981]

awesome!

Two real masters!

[Oakhollm]

I am notr sure, but I think it is a jazz club in Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, named Jazzhus Slukefter. Joe Pass and NHOP had great duo-sessions there.

The mosque, I guess, isn´t really a mosque, but a depiction of the Oriental styled retaurant Nimb, also in the Tivoli Gardens.

[prasiddha]

I wonder where this was...it's got a nice picture of a mosque in the background

[Nujynisis]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!AMAZING!!

[kemadsen]

The bassist is Niels-henning Ørsted pedersen

[blitzkrieg414]

What an astonishing rendition by Joe Pass! The bassist grooves! Does anyone know the name of the bassist?