http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:07:04 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/12/115140.php#comment-106779 Just about all jazz organists play uptempo bass lines with the left hand, reserving the pedals for percussive accents. Depending on the organist, actual pedal bass lines may be used on slower tunes, but often it is primarily the left hand or doubling the left hand. The misconception that organ jazz bass lines are played on the pedals is perpetuated through countless liner notes and articles - all wrong! 106779@blogcritics.org Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:07:04 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/08/12/115140.php#comment-79504 I have another old Groove Holmes record that I bought because it had Ben Webster on Sax. Very nice stuff. I remember reading in a Downbeat Blindfold Test comment that the reason his bass lines were so good was because, as you say, he was left handed, but I thought you played organ bass with your feet. Clarification anyone? 79504@blogcritics.org Fri, 13 Aug 2004 01:33:28 EDT