J.C. Higginbotham - Give me your telephone number

J.C. Higginbotham - Give me your telephone number

J.C. Higginbotham (Jazz Trombone) and his Six Hicks on a british Odeon record

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[Joebone18974]

Is that bass player suing a specific style of playing, or is this how basses all sounded back then?

[HMV163]

@Joebone18974 : I guess the bass player is placed near the microphone to get that sound. This exposed style of playing the bass / recording the bass player is not common, at least not on all other records i own from this period.

[normweav]

I have this one on a Luis Russell CD "The Luis Russell Story 1929 - 1934"

[davidglow3]

@Joebone18974 This style of bass playing is called " Plucking the bass" It was in fashion at the time along with Slapping the bass....Plucking the strings give a much more pronounced bass sound..Welman Broaud of the Duke Ellington band used this style to good effect on the later 20s records

[2reeler]

@HMV163 Great jazz 78! My guess why the string bass is getting that percussive slap is to double for the missing traps man.(drummer) There isn't even a cymbol at this session, as you hear the banjo fade it out instead. Great record! Could these guys be from the Mills Blue Rhythm band? Red and Higg were members.

[iainr222]

This 1930 recording is by a slightly condensed Luis Russell Orchestra . I suspect they used an alternative name because of contractual issues . J.C. (later with Fletcher Henderson) of course played trombone.

[lesterwyoung]

The saxophonist is altoist Charlie Holmes, trumpet: Henry 'Red' Allen and the strong bass player is Pops Foster.

[bsgs98]

Higginbotham plays trombone, not saxophone.

[HarborGuy]

Nice "shag" - love the groups name lol.........