Really great lines on those early Jamiroquai albums. I attended a charity 5 a-side Football event where Jamiriquai were participating - really only to meet SZ. He was the only member of the band who didn't attend. Some people just pick up the instrument and blast pretty much from day one without the self-imposed mental burden of having to learn the instrument 'properly' before being able to play music.
This Imo is a great example of his playing. In parts he follows the vocals, The other parts are just fantastic and so musical. The track wouldn't be the same without his bass playing.. For sure he worked them out before hand, but very clever musically to think of some parts of this bassline. There is nothing not exciting about his playing. Its also where he places his notes or places his notes just off to make it more funky within the drumming that separates an ok bass player from a great bass player.
The fact that he was in a band where the bass was almost always up front and centre in the mix was a big part of that.
Jamiroquai weren't the same band after he left, although I suspect that Jay Kay wanted to to take things in a slightly different direction by then anyway. Paul Turner although a great bass player didn't prick my ears up like Zender.
But the music evolved.. The music wasn't the same as earthy funky Emergency on Planet Earth.. Loved SZ's bass playing, just a great funky groove in every tune.
Learnt a few of the lines by myself which gave me confidence in my own ability at the time the bass being very prominent in the mix helped! Never actually saw them, the tent was rammed so we stood outside and listened!
One of those rare bookings where the artist goes stratospheric in the intervening weeks. One of my all-time favourite players, with one of my favourite sounds or variations on it , on 3 of my favourite albums. Jk, the band and the mixer the producer and even the label paying for it all, all had the good sense to wrap most of the music around them bass lines, and for very good reason,,,, they were catcher than a trawlers net, check out too young to die, killer bass line played so well, 1 or 2 tricky bits in that!
He was great in Jamiroqaui. He is just very talented to be able to do what he did after playing for so short a time. He also said that he doesn't really practice by himself, I'm sure he does practice with the bands he's been in. By the way, was the identity of Mr X who played on the album version of Return of the Space Cowboy, Zender played on the single ever established?
Anyone here in the know? Who could not love Stuart Zender playing? That's pure talent, laziness and clever enough to have stopped before it was too late. Its never been established. But i think it was Ernie Mckone. The ex bass player from Galliano. I could be totally wrong. Ive asked Francis Hylton incognito he doesn't know either. Stop the press. Just to add balance, I have never seen what the fuss was about. I don't particularly rate him as a great player but then I have never really liked Jamiroquai.
To me, they had a sound that aged like warm milk I have always hated disco. British music went through a really rough spot as the 90's wore on. I can understand though, why Jamiroquai were a smash when they were. That warmed-over disco sound was unlike anything else going on in the early 90's.
Synth pop was dead, rock was all dreadful grunge and electronic music was really taking off. Jamiroquai were their own genre, almost. White socks jazz funk. I have the same sort of feeling listening to Vulfpeck and the whole host of revisionist funk bands out there. There are no new ideas here, just old ones imitated averagely. In this instance however, when I was teaching at a music college one of the kids asked me to transcribe a SZ line and I had a lot of fun.
He really does work a groove and they are very musical, and highly lyrical in their approach. You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Restore formatting. Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Why become a member? Zender complained that he'd be on the road for two years following the child's birth. Blatt denied that she'd be leaving All Saint's, although she did say that her pregnancy had caused a rift with the band, in particular Shaznay Lewis. Publicist Dave Woolf issued a statement that confirmed a report first published in the "London Sun" and wished Zender and his new family well for the future.
The statement said that the bassist's future plans weren't known, but other sources have said that Zender is looking to record a solo album. Zender, 23, joined the group when he was fresh out of school in He's contributed to the group's songwriting, although he hasn't had a hand in the band's better known hits.
He met Ms. Blatt, 22, earlier this year at a film premiere.
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