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Running The Bas(s)es

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In baseball parlance, "touch 'em all" refers to hitting a four-bagger, a home run. In this week's episode, we try to "touch" a whole bunch of wonderful contemporary bassists. The following would make up a pretty darn good all-star team of "bass" runners: John Hébert with Marty Ehrlich, Joshua Abrams, Drew Gress in Free Country, Sean Conly, Moppa Elliott of Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Antoine Berjeaut, Robert Landfermann, Hubert Dupont, Krzysztof Pabian of the Chicago Edge Ensemble , and Bradley Jones with Jamie Saft . And a cat named Jimmy Garrison.

Playlist

  • Basher "March Desolé" from 100% Humidity (Breakfast4Dinner) 00:00
  • Hornung Trio "Der Spieler" from Spieler (Double Moon) 06:41
  • Marty Ehrlich "Yes, Yes" from Trio Exaltation (Clean Feed) 15:42
  • Host speaks 20:52
  • Dave Rempis, Tomeka Reid & Joshua Abrams "Chorissa" from Ithra (Aerophonic) 23:33
  • Phillip Haynes' Free Country "My Favourite Things" from My Favourite Things (1960-1969) (Corner Store Jazz) 32:36
  • Host speaks 39:43
  • John Coltrane "Impressions Take 2" from Both Directions at Once (Verve) 41:01
  • John Coltrane "Impressions Take 3" from Both Directions at Once (Verve) 45:33
  • Trio HLK "Stabvest" from Standard Time (Ubuntu) 50:03
  • Mary Halvorson & Ron Miles "I Woke Up This Morning in Love" from New American Songbooks Vol. 1 (Sound American) 55:12
  • Host speaks 59:25
  • Sean Conly "Afterfact" from Hard Knocks (Clean Feed) 1:01:58
  • Alister Spence & Raymond MacDonald "Sun Mirror Part 2" from Sound Hotel (Alister Spence Music) 1:10:41
  • Mostly Other People Do The Killing "President Polk" from Hannover (Jazzwerkstatt) 1:19:44
  • Host speaks 1:27:01
  • Pepa Paivinen & Good Romans "Pahoehoe" from Felix Culpa (Finnish Explosions) 1:28:56
  • Chicago Edge Ensemble "Bluster Buster" from Delaying Orbit (Lizard Breath) 1:37:40
  • Antoine Berjeaut "Slow Motion 1 & 2" from Wasteland (Fresh Sound New Talent) 1:44:30
  • Host speaks 1:51:26
  • Robert Landfermann "Lullaby" from Brief (Pirouet) 1:53:28
  • Host speaks 2:00:02
  • Andy Milne & Dapp Theory "Three Way Mirror" from The Seasons Of Being (Sunnyside) 2:01:54
  • Outer Core "Eating Out" from Losing Focus (Breakfast4Dinner) 2:11:05
  • Animata "In Mishra" from Duality (Jazzhausmusik) 2:16:11
  • Host speaks 2:22:55
  • Sean Conly "Totem" from Hard Knocks (Clean Feed) 2:23:33
  • Ab Baars "Poor Wheel Persian Blue" from And She Speaks, A Collection of Ballads (Wig) 2:29:20
  • Jon Irabagon Quartet "The Bo-Ness Monster" from Dr. Quixotic's Traveling Exotics (Irabagast) 2:35:03
  • Hubert Dupont "Wonder" from Smart Grid (Ultrabolic) 2:41:43
  • Pepa Paivinen & Good Romans "Ghost Returning" from Felix Culpa (Finnish Explosions) 2:47:53
  • Host speaks 2:54:12
  • Jamie Saft Quartet "Infinite Compassion" from Blue Dream (RareNoise) 2:55:36

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