[Dixielandjazz] Resting Chops

[Patrick Cooke]

Steve....

My hat's off to Ace!
    Pat Cooke

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet@earthlink.net>
To: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 2:36 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Resting Chops


> Pat Cooke said (polite snip)
> 
> "I assume your bass man plays without an amp, for this would be the only
> reason anyone plays with high strings anymore.  What's even tougher are
> the steel strings most everyone uses now.  Gut strings are easier on the
> fingers than steels, but are twice as expensive and don't last nearly as
> long, and need constant tuning.  I tend to use minimum amplification and
> pick hard, which leaves my fingers hurting down to the bone after a gig.
> 
> The bass has a better sound than picking easy and letting the amp do all
> the work.  No blisters, but it hurts to try to play after a long gig."
> 
> Pat & List mates:
> 
> Our bass player is Ace Tesone. He plays high bridge, gut strings, with
> an amp on minimum settings. basically because that's the way he always
> played. He is a rhythm bass player who never solos. Just walks the hell
> out of the bass on 4/4 and his 2/4 is also a joy to hear. Always right
> notes, always in tune, knows thousands of songs, always in time, swings
> like crazy.
> 
> He has played with: Lester Young, Ben Webster, Billie Holiday, Clifford
> Brown (recorded), Mel Torme (recorded), Sidney Bechet, Buddy Rich, Max
> Roach, Charlie Ventura (6 years on the road), Tony Scott and lots of
> others. Can't keep a steady job :-) VBG.
> 
> Bassist Steve Gilmore met him at one of our gigs a year ago and told him
> he was his hero in the 1950s/60s when Gilmore was a kid, etc., etc.
> 
> His most profitable record was with Chubby Checker, "Lets Twist Again
> Like We Did Last Summer" for which he still gets residuals occasionally.
> In semi-retirement, he plays OKOM exclusively now. In earlier years,
> when jazz hit the skids, he played "Society" to make a living with
> Lester Lanin,, Howard Lanin,  Meyer Davis, Emory Davis et al.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
> 
> 
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