2 Perfect 2 Feels - Simple Ways to Improve and Play a Two-Feel

CORRECTION as noted in the comments below, I was wrong that "St. Louis Blues" has Paul Chambers on bass - it's actually Sam Jones.
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00:00 Intro
01:25 Welcome
01:48 "Mack the Knife" (Arvell Shaw bass)
03:05 Discussing Mack the Knife
08:52 "St. Louis Blues" (Sam Jones, bass [NOT Paul Chambers as I say in the video])
11:55 Discussing St. Louis Blues
15:09 Wrap-Up

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

As @flippaul mentions in the comments, the bassist on "St. Louis Blues" from "Red in Bluesville" is Sam Jones, not Paul Chambers as I mention in the video. Thanks @flippaul!

[@jimmymasters8485]

Arvell was remarkable. Pops Foster also for the tuba like 2 feel. Great segment!!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Yes sir!

[@johnmontalvo9537]

Smooth, Jazz like this lay listener, "Upwriter" remembers !!!

[@chipanderson428]

Great lesson . ..a good mix of playing & articulation / breakdown of the feel .kudos!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you so much!

[@keithgoldberg2298]

Another Sam Jones 2-feel to check out is the classic “Autumn Leaves” on Cannonball’s “Somethin’ Else”…easy to hear and super swinging!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Absolutely. That's an absolute must and a completely genius performance

[@keithgoldberg2298]

Thank you for the great lessons!

[@billztube]

For the New Orleans 2 feel, I think about sounding like a Sousaphone in a N.O. brass band. That's the source of many of those licks. A tuba player needs space to breath and the line can't get too busy. (In general - I'm not knocking tuba players. There are players who can play incredibly complex lines).

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Yes, 100% the feel is a vestige of the tuba/sousaphone that’s absolutely right!

[@cfoldesh]

New Orleans "2nd Line" or "Big Four Beat" (Buddy Bolden)

[@cfoldesh]

oh, the Bamboula Rhythm (spelling?).

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Yes that’s all correct

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

@cfoldesh yes! Did you have a question about it?

[@alexandreguerra9047]

Love your lessons, and not only, it's a great pleasure to hear you playing the examples!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching!

[@flippatmedbernt]

So generositet Matt!!!! Thanks

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you for watching!

[@flippaul]

Great videos. Thanks for doing these and providing the pdfs that go with them. That really helps the students. FYI, I think the bass player on "Red in Bluesville" might be Sam Jones, not Paul Chambers.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Oh my goodness - wow wow wow you're right it's Sam not Paul. Gosh I feel like an idiot. Thank you for pointing this out!!!

[@Temajazz]

Fantastic lesson. Wow. Thanks!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you for your kind words and for watching!

[@joechiato5278]

I live in Australia. A while back I was watching a Louis Armstrong video recorded in early 60's. I noticed on Mack the knife the bass player was feeling in 2 but with a 2 bar pattern, generally 2 in the first bar , a bit syncopated in the second bar, so I got my bass out and roughly played a long with it.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Nice!

[@davetuttle9701]

Thank you sir! Keep up the great work!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks Dave!

[@JamesTheGoatJamerson]

Killer Lesson !!! Thanks so much for your knowledge.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for watching!

[@donkelly36]

Awesome lesson, thx!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

My pleasure!

[@user-rb7qe6he9r]

Great Lesson,Thanks! And your Two-Feel is awesome,great tone.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you so much for watching in your kind words!

[@albertosanchez2456]

muchas gracias matt estan muy buenas las explicaciones 👍👍

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

¡de nada! ¡gracias por sus amables palabras!

[@j-m.polier]

Très belle démonstration des styles 2 feel et 4 feel, MERCI ! 👏👏👏

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

merci pour vos aimables paroles et pour avoir regardé !

[@diegodelatorrecalvo2045]

Thanks a lot. Great lesson. Eres un tío grande y generoso.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

¡Me alegro mucho de que hayas obtenido algo de ello!

[@opossumopossum]

May I ask which strings your‘re using? I‘m very much interested in going synthetic as well. Great video! Thanks

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Sure - they're Gerold Gennsler strings from Germany. The "Corax" model. Unfortunately he doesn't make them anymore but he has lots of other good strings too. Thanks for your kind words and for watching!

[@Mauriciojbass]

tks, Master.

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thank you!

[@michaeldent5733]

Great video. A lesson on the orgins and feel of 4 feel (is that the right term) e.g Walter Page would be a great followup to this. Thanks.

[@nestorperez1860]

muy bueno

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Gracias

[@jfairplane8520]

Hi great video, but can it be possible to film the bottom of the fingerboard to see/know what cord your are playing ? Or maybe a split image with top and below section. That will be nice to learn the best. Hope that can help out and others.. thanks for video

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Thanks for the compliment and for your message! I’m not sure what you mean about seeing “what cord” I’m playing. Do you mean what string I’m playing? I’m trying to understand what you’re asking to answer as best I can

[@davidcraig6590]

Clave!

[@normanw.5725]

Is there a link to the Arvell Shaw recording on KZbin? Thank you

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_mpZUbdsj0s5vsuI6xg3D8kdmD6vsFxgwg&feature=shared

[@normanw.5725]

​@@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki❤

[@hsgs708]

Great, can you do a lessons for minor blues? I struggle to find transcriptions. Thank you

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Sure thing - great idea!

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Hi again - could you share more about what you were looking for regarding minor blues? Just transcriptions? Or did you want help -playing- minor blues?

[@hsgs708]

@@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki i have problems find good solutions and patterns in walkingn over minor blues, for instance i was studying the walking bass line of mr p.c. by Paul chambers and i found he was i Little bit stuck in certains patters wich was Always the same, so if you would make a lessons about your favorite patterns in minor situations. Thank you!

[@hsgs708]

@@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki some transcriptions would be great too

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

@@hsgs708 Ok very helpful thank you for the clarification!

[@Gandharvasauls]

Sam Jones is the king of two!

[@Nikosi9]

True, and Israel Crosby, with Ahmad Jamal, was no slouch, either....

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

100%

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Absolutely. If I wasn’t rushing to get this done I would have included both Sam and Israel

[@bremlquan]

​@@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybickiwhy did you rush it

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Gosh, I have lots and lots of other responsibilities and I had to leave town. I wish that I could do these much more often

[@charlesgerard4183]

Bamboula=calypso=tresillo

[@LearnJazzBasswithMattRybicki]

Yes sir