Some really tasty fretless playing

[slinkp]

I've been on a kick of listening to this album obsessively lately. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know. But I really like the way some of these songs feature bass as a counterpoint to the vocal.
Particularly the two with Eberhard Weber:

[amptech]

I like fretless played that way. Weber can pe the Perfect spice in a stew of good musicians. His solo stuff can be a bit boring, though.
The 'colours of chloë' album for example, is a weird collage of bits and pieces and never really gets anywhere. But when he plays bass on colours of chloe with Gary Burton/band on the ring album, it's pure magic!   

[Highlander]

 

[Pekka]

Weber is great. "Yellow Fields" is on my to-buy -list and his work on Ralph Towner's "Solstice" is great. That Kate Bush album was the first time I heard him.

Kate also used another fabulous upright player, Danny Thompson. His sound is very different to Weber's of course.

I recently got "Later That Evening" from which this is a highlight.

[amptech]

Thanks for sharing, pekka. Didn't know Weber had worked with Frisell. Nice!

[hieronymous]

Weber is great. "Yellow Fields" is on my to-buy -list and his work on Ralph Towner's "Solstice" is great. That Kate Bush album was the first time I heard him.

Kate also used another fabulous upright player, Danny Thompson. His sound is very different to Weber's of course.

I recently got "Later That Evening" from which this is a highlight.

Yes! This album is awesome!

I loved Kate Bush when I was in high school, but my LP of Hounds of Love didn't have the inner sleeve so I never knew who played what until much later - never made the connection that Eberhard Weber was playing on this. I need to pick this up on CD again! In high school I had all the 12" singles I could get - I thought the 12" remixes were better than the originals sometimes.

[clankenstein]

I saw Eberhard Weber around 1979 in Wellington N.Z. He had John Marshall (latter day Soft Machine ) on drums .good gig!