Donna Lee

[SamRommer]

Absolutely monstrous!!

[spoofzilla]

Wow your intonation is amazing even though you're playing arco! And great feel! Fantastic work!!! I would love to see more transcriptions like this.

[thejohn6040]

I have a new goal in life!

[denverbass79]

Very nice playing. Sets a high bar for arco playing in a jazz context.

[GAK1atatt]

Very well done and a beautiful sound.

I have some questions. What strings are you using?

How high are they off the fingerboard in the upper octave?

Could you do a recording of your own solo on the tune?

Thanks

[USCbass]

@GAK1atatt those strings are Corelli tungsten mediums. The approximate string height is about 5 millimeters on the g string measured at the end of the fingerboard, but I haven't measured in a while - I typically just adjust to how the action feels these days. I have several videos with improvised solos - cherokee, a Jobim tune called Gabriella, and a Bert Ligon tune called Beach Bound. It's likely that I'll post a video performing Donna Lee at some point since I tend to play that tune a lot.

[GAK1atatt]

@USCbass Thanks for the info. You make it look effortless. I look forward to hearing on of your solos.

[bassguy87564]

I need to get transcribe so bad thats what you are using right I kinda recognize the screen

[USCbass]

@bassguy87564 yes I was running transcribe on my computer

[EmilylaChatte]

Fantastic !!! :)

[ThirdDeepLens]

Splendid job, inspiring to see it played so well.

[PeterDaDon1]

Wtf! Amazing... yes...

[oliplaysbass]

nutter! amazing

[andersingram]

damn ...

that is all : )

[Dwetmaster]

Man I've been watching this video non-stop for the last week or so... Respect!!!

[handicappedhoods]

Well shit. Off to practice. See you in 15 years.

[guitarsville]

I really enjoy !

[rogerleos]

congrats, really great in my opinion.

[spacewars]

Beautiful.

[bassistrobmcdowell]

Is that an Upton bass?

[USCbass]

@bassistrobmcdowell no - it's made by James Ham

[ashleylfrith]

@USCbass What area are you based out of and do you teach?

[USCbass]

@ashleylfrith I live in Columbia South Carolina. I am the bass professor at USC. I teach classical and jazz bass

[bassistrobmcdowell]

@USCbass , Cool,Upton uses the same fingerboard cut so I thought it might be one..I am enjoying your videos, thanks for posting...

[dockharris]

Fantastic!!!!

[woolfnotes]

So who is he?

[MaxMusic2310]

Killer!



[jazzman19779353]

wow!!!!



[prestonparish]

daaaaamn

[harleywhitesr]

Never mind, my name, just get busy dreamers! Here's how you do it. You are officially spanked, bassists. The hand positions and bow work are superior.

[Intenzity]

sweet! I use Transcribe too. :)

I thought playing it on electric was an arse kicking....silly me. Wow.

[evflorybarnes]

Craig. I have worked on this myself and even though I spent some time with Rabbath the jive idea of "Being a bass player" comes to mind. Thank you for illuminating possibility. BRAVO!

[LateShowBottomEnd]

Excellent, excellent, excellent!

[JammincolorS]

Yeh; my Low End Brutha !!

Holla...

[blah148]

wow...that's inspiring.

thanks a lot.