Oscar Pettiford's Tricotism

The famous bass melody by Oscar Pettiford from Lucky Thompson's album "Tricotism"; Jan 24, 1956; transcribed and played by bassist Thomson Kneeland (the solo is improvisation, NOT Pettiford's solo!); bass melody chart available on www.thomsonkneeland.com

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Music

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• bass
• Oscar
• Pettiford
• jazz
• bebop
• melody
• solo
• virtuoso
• traditional
• Lucky
• Thompson
• contrabass
• upright

[AndyCaru]

Very nice man! What kind of strings do you use? Are they like Grenadier's set up or what?

Thanks

[bachfugue12]

@AndyCaru I'm using Velvet Animas these days, though at times I've been very discouraged by their quality control. Grenadier uses a Velvet Anima on the G string and Helicores on EAD. So good call tonally.

[alisanchazz]

now can you do it with just one finger just like Oscar and all those old cats used to?... na... just kiding... i gotta work with my two fingers playing myself... good sound, good intonation, good frasing and swinging... wish i could improvise that way... i might just look for you if i ever go to New York... cheers mate... ^_^

[bachfugue12]

@alisanchazz Thanks so much! When walking, I do tend to use my second finger exclusively (middle finger) except on super up tempos. And for soloing to a certain speed of eighth note...but for this one with the string crossings, definitely a 2 finger job for me! Man, those guys like OP got a nice big woody sound...at the same time, everything was setup different than the basses of today with gut strings and all and wouldn't work if you want to play a funk line. If you're ever in NYC, look me up!

[LanniiTastic]

He was 1 of my great uncles....

[stephencoxbass]

Nice solo! I like your use of chords, and heard some licks I'd love to use! Keep posting new stuff!

[MCgoogles1000]

Thanks so much for this video. I planned ong transcribing this tune as my audition piece for the jazz program at UNCG. I checked your site and found the tune transcribed already. You're awesome!

[LightningSchecter]

1:20 <-- Epic button!

[nationalparksign]

Your playing is always refreshing. Nice work.

[mackyouaccount]

Nice! You incorporate those double stops really smoothly.

[AndyCaru]

@bachfugue12

Thank you for the info :) I often watch your videos, I consider them very inspiring e usefull...