Hi! Last Sunday I played with the group ”Barnjazz – jazz för barn” (featured in a previous post) at the city library, like we’ve been doing about 4 times a year since 2008. But this time Swedish TV (SVT1) decided to do a short tv spot for the evening news. The below clip (in Swedish)Fortsätt läsa ”My UBass on Swedish TV!”
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Jammin’ with my Kala Ubass | 12 and Ubass Lesson 4 | Style/song-lesson 2 – The Stevie Wonder song ‘As’
Hi! OK. Time for a new UBass Song/Style Lesson! This time it’s the song I was transcribing a while back. Read about it in one of my previous posts. The song is Stevie Wonders classic soul tune ‘As’ with a bass part by Nathan Watts. I transcribed the ‘album edit’ version and try to stayFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala Ubass | 12 and Ubass Lesson 4 | Style/song-lesson 2 – The Stevie Wonder song ‘As’”
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 10
More jammin’! I really love playing funk inspired music so here’s some more for ya (with some jazz thrown in) 🙂 Featured this time is my old friend Daniel Björnmo. (He has been in a couple of my previous Jammin’ clips – no. 5 and 6) and a Hammond B3 ”wizard”, Johan Edin. We didFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 10”
UBass Lesson 2 | Different music styles – lesson 1 – New Orleans Funk
Let’s try out some ”New Orleans”-inspired funk on the UBass! You can read more about what inspired this groove lesson here. I’ve listened to a lot of funk with roots in New Orleans. I think that the ”rubbery” groove, that’s all over this style, makes me feel so good when I listen and play thisFortsätt läsa ”UBass Lesson 2 | Different music styles – lesson 1 – New Orleans Funk”
UBass Lesson 1 | Song lesson 1 – part 2
Hi! OK here’s part 2 of my first UBass song lesson. It’s about learning to play the Sting classic ”Moon Over Bourbon Street” on a UBass (or any bass really). Please check out part 1 here (if you haven’t already) before you continue… In the video below I do a version based on the originalFortsätt läsa ”UBass Lesson 1 | Song lesson 1 – part 2”
UBass Lesson 1 | Song Lesson 1 – part 1
Hi! I have thought about making some UBass lessons for a while. So let’s kick it off with a pop song divided in a two part lesson. The song that I will cover here is ”Moon Over Bourbon Street” by Sting. Part One First up is the sheet music/TAB and some links to get youFortsätt läsa ”UBass Lesson 1 | Song Lesson 1 – part 1”
Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 08
Hi! Once again a little video with my UBass. This time in the wonderful company of Andreas Gustafsson on vocals and Bror Engström on keyboard! It’s from a liveshow we did in July. As well as playing the bass part I ”wrestle” with a ”foot-controlled” tambourine that kind of has a life of it’s own, wantingFortsätt läsa ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass | 08”
Kala UBass Jam 7 – Playing with the Frank Vignola Trio ”C-Jam Blues” | 110416
Video number 7 in my ”Jammin’ with my Kala UBass” series. This time I’m jammin’ on ”C-Blues Jam” with the great Frank Vignola Trio @ Galleri Astley in Uttersberg, Sweden on April 16 2011. For you ”perfect pitch” guys/girls out there – it’s in B flat ;-)) Hope you enjoy this as much as I did.Fortsätt läsa ”Kala UBass Jam 7 – Playing with the Frank Vignola Trio ”C-Jam Blues” | 110416″
Kala UBass Jam 6 – Playing the bossa classic ”Black Orpheus” | 110126
Once again I get great help from my friends (and co-workers): Daniel Björnmo, guitar and Mats Nyström, drums. This is our version of the bossa-nova classic ”Black Orpheus”. I think Daniels solo is really beautiful! Enjoy!!! Speaking of bossa nova. Please check out my good friend Nelson Faria @ http://www.nelsonfaria.com/music/
Kala UBass Jam 5 – Playin’ ”Nostalgia in Times Square” @ Örebro Jazz & Blues Club | 101116
This is my version of the Charles Mingus classic ”Nostalgia in Times Square”. Quite a few years back I wrote some lyrics for the song. This is the second time it’s performed! For my solo I’m doing some vocal scat along with my Kala UBass. I get really good help from my friends and co-workersFortsätt läsa ”Kala UBass Jam 5 – Playin’ ”Nostalgia in Times Square” @ Örebro Jazz & Blues Club | 101116″
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