clxxxi. GRENADIER, Larry: Oceanic

clxxxi. GRENADIER, Larry (1966-       )

Oceanic (2019)
LG, bass
(2:26)

from The Gleaners.

In demand since he was 16, the list of his colleagues would fill a large database. For example, early on he worked with Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Henderson and Eddie Henderson. That's just the H's ...

He graduated Stanford with a degree in English Lit. There's some heavy intelligence going on with him ...

Played with Brad Mehldau for over 10 years, and toured with Pat Metheny's trio (Bill Stewart, drums) -- which he described as "a significant learning experience."

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This tune is a master class in acoustic bass playing.

BTW, one might take notice of the ECM cover art -- it is, without exception, always interesting, sometimes astonishing, as in this case, with that beautiful large tree.