Bob babbitt bass discography torrents

Here is a list of bass players at motown or at least this is what wikipedia reports. The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard notation and tab tablature. Music profile for milton babbitt, born 10 may 1916. Funkadelic maggot on your mind deluxe ep 2019 there was no band funkier or badder than pfunk. Music profile for the san remo golden strings, formed 1965. Bob babbitt november 26, 1937 july 16, 2012 age 74 born robert. The late bob babbitt gave this answer about papa on his forum. Motown museum chief curator lina stephens says the bassist died monday in nashville, tenn. Bob babbitt died in july 2012 in nashville after having been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor the preceding year.

Session bass player that has recorded a lot of releases since 1961, rock, soul and disco, from marvin gaye to stevie wonder, temptations, jimi hendrix, alice. Bob babbitt played that line according to multiple sources, and my ears tell me thats true as well. Having listened to a lot of bob s playing and being a bass player myself and huge fan of both bob s and jamersons. Bob babbitt was a hungarianamerican bassist, most famous for his work as a member of motown records studio band, the funk brothers, from 1966 to 1972, as well as his tenure as part of mfsb for philadelphia international records afterwards. Podcast featuring a deconstuction of bob babbits legendary bass line. Nole floyd nokie edwards may 9, 1935 march 12, 2018 was an american musician and member of the rock and roll hall of fame. Here is a list of bass players at motown or at least this is. Jul 16, 2012 instead, i am happy for the very successful life that bob babbitt was blessed to have lived. Discussion in bassists bg started by big empty, sep 7, 2006. His session work can be heard on countless classic recordings, including many as a member of revered group the funk brothers.

Particularly noted for his serial and electronic music, also one of the foremost contributors to the columbiaprinceton electronic music center the principal centre for tape and electronic music in the united states. Jul 17, 2012 renowned bass player bob babbitt died yesterday, july 16, in nashville. Discussion in bassists bg started by bass301, sep 12, 2008. Bass player with the motown records studio band the funk brothers. Bob babbitt is an actor, known for ernest goes to jail 1990. Hit songs with the funk brothers include my girl, i heard it through the grapevine. Harry was the first record producer i had ever met. Bob babbitt was born on november 26, 1937 in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa as robert kreinar.

November 26, 1937 july 16, 2012 was a hungarianamerican bassist, most famous for his work as a member of motown records studio band, the funk brothers, from 1966 to 1972, as well as his tenure as part of mfsb for philadelphia international records afterwards. Or click on the link for the home page for access to other pages. Jul 16, 2012 that same year, babbitt released his firstever solo lp, titled gypsy from jupiter, and in 2006 he published the instructional book bob babbitt awareness guide. Jul 18, 2012 detroit ap bob babbitt, who played bass on many classic motown records as a member of the ensemble known as the funk brothers, died on monday in nashville.

Bob babbitt, a bassist for motown records and key accompanist to some of the recording studios biggest stars, including stevie wonder, marvin gaye and the temptations, died july 16 at a hospice near his home in nashville. Rip bob babbitt discussion in the sound hound lounge started by drs, jul 16, 2012. In 2004, the studio veterans also won a lifetime achievement grammy from the national academy of recording arts and sciences. Bob babbitt and i recorded a lot of northern soul records for harry. Jul 18, 2012 the bass guitarist bob babbitt, who has died of brain cancer aged 74, was one of the last surviving members of the funk brothers, that exclusive club comprising a dozen or so session musicians who. This is directly from bob himself and it is reflected on his website in his singles discography. July 16, 2012 nashville, tennessee session bass player that has recorded a lot of releases since 1961, rock, soul and disco, from marvin gaye to stevie wonder, temptations, jimi hendrix, alice cooper and also coproducing some albums. Balding and diminutive, the genesis drummerturnedvocalist was almost 30 years old when his first solo single, in the air to. Nov 09, 2010 bob babbitt was a staff bassist at motown along with james jamerson. The funk collective set off a new era in funk music, dropping. So please consider making a donation or by submitting your own transcriptions to the archive. Jun 28, 2017 scorpio was originally recorded by dennis coffey and the detroit guitar band, featuring legendary detroit and nyc, philly, and nashville session bassist bob babbitt, was an instrumental hit in the early 70s, scorpio has perhaps the longest bass solo on a pop hit ever, nearly half its 4 minute length. Complete with discography, exercises and some signature bass lines, this extraordinary book is babbitt in paper form, and just like the man himself, itll knock you on your ear. Welcome to the official fan page of legendary bass player bob babbitt.

He performed on over 200 top 40 hits earning 25 gold records and several platinum awards. The three most wellknown bassists for stevie include nathan watts, james jamerson, and bob babbitt. We recorded a few singles for harry at bell sound in new york. His tumultuous life and musical brilliance are explored in depth through hundreds of interviews, 49 transcribed musical scores, two hours of recorded allstar performances, and more than 50 rarely seen photos in this stellar tribute to behindthe. After listening close i hear jamersons tone but babbitt s attack so go figure. I felt that i needed to step up and help eddie, having had a mutual friend in bob babbitt, he says. To be second only to james jamerson is a monstrous achievement, to have gone on and have the kind of long career that jamerson did not have is icing on an already great cake. Volume 7 1967, a complete introduction to northern soul, and hungry for love all turned on.

Some problems raised by the rhythmic procedures in milton babbitts composition for twelve instruments. Recent transcriptions are highlighted in orange, and new transcriptions are highlighted in green. The bass guitar of bob babbitt remains an indelible element of the famed motown sound his melodic. Bob babbitt with dave pomeroy and the all bass orchestra 2004 youtube. He was one of the famous funk brothers who were a collective of musicians that recorded for the motown record label from 1966 to 1972. Alice coopers original group, also called alice cooper, was formed in the 1960s and officially disbanded in 1975, although they had broken up in 1973 and tried to continue with replacement members. Bob babbitt, a bass player for motowns studio band the funk brothers, died at 7. Also in 1968, with mike campbell, ray monette and andrew smith he formed the band scorpion, which lasted until 1970. Motown bass legend bob babbitt dead at 74 cbs news. May 09, 2014 while the first bassist featured in our bass players you should know series was southern soul master duck dunn, this one takes us above the mason dixon line to the industrial city of detroit. Joe hunter was the bandleader from 1959 to 1962, earl van dyke from 1963 to 1972. Bob babbitt, bassist for motowns funk brothers, passes away bob babbitt, whose bass work can be heard on the majority of motown hits of the late 60s and early 70s, passed away on monday at a nashville hospice after suffering from brain cancer.

Bob babbitt biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The bass guitar of bob babbitt remains an indelible element of the famed motown sound his melodic, jazzinspired grooves propel dozens of the most memorable hits from souls golden era, including stevie. Detroit ap prominent motown studio musician and funk brothers member bob babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the temptations hit ball of confusion and marvin gayes mercy mercy me. Derenzo was friends with willis fellow funk brother bob babbitt, the bass player. Funkadelic maggot on your mind deluxe ep 2019 torrent. Bob babbitt playing signed, sealed, delivered solo. Commonly recognized for his work at motowns hitsville studio a, bob babbitts career as a session player took him to a wide range of places, including.

Monday in a nashville hospice, according to his son, joe kreinar. The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard. Bassist james jamerson was the embodiment of the motown spirit and groove the invisible entity whose playing inspired thousands. He also played bass on cindy bullens 1978 album, desire wire. In 1969, bob babbitt, the bass player for the funk brothers, joined other detroit production luminaries like dennis coffey and mike theodore, to help produce.

Although babbitt is a fine bassist and one of my favorites. Phil collins status as one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the 80s and beyond was probably as much a surprise to him as it was to many others. Here is a list of video lessons featuring motown songs on the how to play bass website. Challenged athletes foundation ironman hall of fame. Atlantic sd 19147 emerson, lake and palmer works, vol. Breakfast from kona 2019 breakfast with bob from kona ironman interviews. Obviously, over all this time bob has seen everything, from the best to the worst of the professional music world.

The bass guitarist bob babbitt, who has died of brain cancer aged 74, was one of the last surviving members of the funk brothers, that exclusive club comprising a dozen or so session musicians who created hundreds of tracks for tamla motown in the 1960s and early 70s. Bob babbitt was a staff bassist at motown along with james jamerson. The song title is a reference to the late, great jazz bassist bob babbitt, who worked on smiths previous album. Seeing as how the temptations version was supposedly cut in 1972 james jamerson 19591972 clarence isabell 19591962 tony newton 19631967. Jamesons bass in the medley gives direction and beautiful tone to the free thought of gayes desired world. Bob babbitt was a hungarianamerican bassist, most famous for his work as a member of. Will we ever know who played bass on papa was a rollin. They released one album, moon over brooklyn, and a couple of singles including baby love how could you leave me casablanca 860, 1976, with no commercial success.

In 1993, bob babbitt was flown into philadelphia to play on a. You can also find out more about daves various musical adventures, discography. As you will see in the following video interview, he is also a very kind and humble man. Its a big part of the motown bass sound using a mute under the strings is fine, but i reckon you get an extra bit of funk if you stick to the original leo fender design.

Over 100 million copies of records that feature bobs bass have been sold. More than 1050000 cds, dvds, vinyls, games, technics, equipment and toys since 1991 at your service. Welcome to the website of bassist, writer and producer dave pomeroy and earwave music. Soul 35101 gospel truth running like a rabbit 1973. Just click on the link back to the main artist discography page if you want to check another one out. Bob s awareness guide for bass players and other musicians tells you all you need to know about being a successful and indemand session musician. James jmaerson was the bass player on the majority of these but bob babbitt and wilton felder are also. This is a great starstudded fusion album by guitarist steve narahara which was released in 1983 on pausa records, it was produced by dan siegel and features dan siegel, tom scott, neil stubenhaus, john robinson, abe laboriel, ndugu chancler, paul jackson jr. Will we ever know who played bass on papa was a rollin stone and masterpiece. There are others but the dates they played are not known. Alice cooper went on to a successful solo career beginning in. Detroit prominent motown studio musician and funk brothers member bob babbitt, whose bass playing pounded through the temptations hit ball of.

The group with no name was an american 1970s rock group, that was signed to neil bogarts casablanca records. Bassy bob discography a sought after engineer and producer for all genres of music, bob brockmann has mixed, produced, and contributed to seminal albums for internationally renowned and award winning music artists like christina aguilera, notorious big, puff daddy, babyface, brian mcknight, herbie hancock, the fugees, santana, and sting. Eddie jackson tenor, william germany baritone and conga drums, james scott first tenor, theodore mccrary second tenor, leon gray baritone, larry hill bass, and james ward bass. Bob babbitt awareness guide bass frontiers magazine. Motown bassist bob babbitt bass frontiers magazine. Jun 02, 2012 scorpio bob babbitt with dave pomeroy and the all bass orchestra 2004. American composer, born on may 10, 1916, in philadelphia, died january 29, 2011. The funk brothers were motowns inhouse band and are featured on fairly all the motown records from 1959 up to 1972. Bob babbitt, a man who most ignorant people will only ever see as the backup for james jamerson, has spent an almost unfair amount of time as one of the top call bass players in the world. Born robert kreinar in pittsburgh, the veteran musician had been battling brain cancer for some time. He died on july 16, 2012 in nashville, tennessee, usa. This weeks transcription features the beautiful bass line off stevie wonders 1970 release, signed, sealed, delivered, im yours played by bob babbitt.

Blue note records founded january 6, 1939, new york. Bob babbitt was one of the greatest and most recorded bass players in the history of popular music. A torrent of guitar flurries all over the neck dominate the first several seconds. Inner city blues make me wanna holler, off marvin gayes whats going on album. Although babbitt is a fine bassist and one of my favorites, its surprising berry gordie allowed anyone but jamerson to record the tracks. The funk brothers were immortalized in the 2002 documentary standing in the shadows of motown. Babbittville radio and breakfast with bob cofounder. Jul 16, 2012 the bass guitar of bob babbitt remains an indelible element of the famed motown sound his melodic, jazzinspired grooves propel dozens of the most memorable hits from souls golden era, including stevie. Chicago state college, chicago, il, february 8, 1977. Thought id post this pic of the pencil eraser mute on my p bass. Alice cooper lead vocals, harmonica glen buxton lead. Jul 17, 2012 bob babbitt, a bassist for motown records and key accompanist to some of the recording studios biggest stars, including stevie wonder, marvin gaye and the temptations, died july 16 at a hospice. The funk collective set off a new era in funk music, dropping an incredible amount of great music throughout the. That same year, babbitt released his firstever solo lp, titled gypsy from jupiter, and in 2006 he published the instructional book bob babbitt awareness guide.

He also hosted a radio show and appeared on tv in the 1940s and early 1950s. Louis, missouri, usa died april 9, 2004, aliso viejo, california, usa was an american singer during the big band era. Wayne shorter, in correspondence with producer bob belden personal. Music profile for bob babbitt, born 26 november 1937. So im only assuming babbitt played this track based on those circumstances, though for all i know the title is just a shout out from one jazz great to another. Commonly recognized for his work at motowns hitsville studio a, bob babbitt s career as a session player took him to a wide range of places, including. Joe thomas feelins from within ultravybe cd grooves inc. Motown funk brothers legend eddie willis gets long. Twirl records had an office at 20 alexandrine close to woodward in midtown detroit in the early 60s. He was primarily a guitarist, best known for his work with the ventures, and was known in japan as the king of guitars. Bass tablature for babbitt s other song by lonnie smith. While the first bassist featured in our bass players you should know series was southern soul master duck dunn, this one takes us above the mason dixon line to the industrial city of detroit.