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Portrait of Jimmie Blanton (Podcast #19-017)
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“Jimmy [sic] Blanton revolutionized bass playing, and it has not been the same since. No one had played with the same perspective before. He played melodies that belonged to the bass and always had a foundation quality. Rhythmically, he supported and drove at the same time. He was just too much.”
-Duke Ellington, Music Is My Mistress
Jimmie Blanton in concert with the Duke Ellington orchestra
A Master’s Thesis by Robert Nash, “The Solo Vocabulary of Jazz Bassist Jimmie…
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