Swing Jazz Bass with HCSBigBand April 24 2025

4 days ago

This is older performance footage from that big band that never pays and likes to trick the musicians into performing for free.
Mostly great players with a wacky mindset that allows them to be desperate enought to actually #paytoplay.

The leadership is super weak.
If it wasn't for me, the leadership would still be counting "latin" tunes at the wrong tempo and simultaneously flicking fingers like it's a swing feel. I've already posted the video where I teach the leader how unacceptable their lack of rhythmic knowledge is in the situation. The director is not an instrumentalist and is barely a singer. Sometimes that's a bad combo. Having said that, I am grateful that the director sings some songs. It is truly better than nothing for a big band to have any singer.

Anyway, this video features two songs in one and the next video will be the same. I hope you like coffee. The background is my double espresso.