Donna Lee - But FUNK? (w/ Danny Mo Morris)

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In today’s lesson, you’ll learn how to improve your chops AND your groove from a bass player who has both!
But first, a little history lesson: Jaco’s rendition of Donna Lee HAS to be the coolest start to a debut album in the history of recorded music. As conga player, Don Alias said, ”every bass player I know can cut Donna Lee thanks to Jaco.”
In today’s video, you’ll see Danny Mo Morris (Berklee College of Music) break down the tune so you can start playing it at your own pace. This video is a tiny excerpt from Danny Mo’s SBL course: ‘A Bassist’s Guide to the Rhythm Section.’
Exploring Donna Lee is a HUGE milestone if you play bass. Check it out in today’s video!
As always, see you in the shed…
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  • @NickSuda
    @NickSuda3 ай бұрын

    I'm here to add to the "Danny Mo was my teacher at Berklee" pile. Seriously you couldn't ask for a more ideal instructor, he was so supportive and encouraging at every level of proficiency. Incredibly nice and charming guy with incredibly helpful advice no matter who you are. Much love to him, I'm glad he's in the modern content creation biz, I studied with him over 15 years ago and he's still just as cool as I remember him.

  • @devinebass

    @devinebass

    3 ай бұрын

    🧡🧡🧡

  • @bassnyc1
    @bassnyc12 жыл бұрын

    Great to see Danny here. I had a couple of classes with him at Berklee and I wish I had had more. About 10 years ago I went up to Boston to visit and I saw him and he actually remembered me! (since we're both from NY, we had that connection) Sweet dude and a helluva bassist!

  • @rwsansom76
    @rwsansom762 жыл бұрын

    I took some bass labs with Danny Morris when I was at Berklee, and he was such a great teacher. One of the best.

  • @christian_florez
    @christian_florez2 жыл бұрын

    Danny Mo! Had one class with him my last semester at Berklee, have nothing but positive memories, very genuine and friendly person

  • @per-olafengen7838
    @per-olafengen78382 жыл бұрын

    Great to see you here Danny! I miss my private lessons with you at Berklee and you classes. You awesome teacher and friend. It’s Pero from Norway here.

  • @ImJustStandingHere
    @ImJustStandingHere2 жыл бұрын

    Danny is such a great guy, only was able to take a few classes with him during summer programs but, but I took more away from his classes than any other class. He even wrote me a recommendation when I was thinking about applying to go to Berklee full time

  • @ZuraGagnidze
    @ZuraGagnidze Жыл бұрын

    Danny is my discovery since back some years. an amazing bassist! 🍷

  • @michelleinwi6919
    @michelleinwi69192 жыл бұрын

    That was amazing. Now I have to figure out how I figure this out!

  • @matureamateur
    @matureamateur2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this. SO helpful!

  • @donh5794
    @donh57942 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done. Donna Lee is a classic in many ways. Nice bass Ian!

  • @BeardotheWeirdo518

    @BeardotheWeirdo518

    2 жыл бұрын

    What bass is it?

  • @donh5794

    @donh5794

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BeardotheWeirdo518 Hope someone knows.

  • @traceyhamilton
    @traceyhamilton2 жыл бұрын

    So good, thanks for sharing!

  • @Bradyoungbass
    @Bradyoungbass2 жыл бұрын

    It’s like being back in class with him. Love Dmo

  • @Oscaraha
    @Oscaraha2 жыл бұрын

    I feel your first honest reaction to Donna Lee. Even when I had worked on it for a while I heard it as a minor line (until then I had only gotten familiar with the Jaco-version). Was really weird to hear the original with the chords for the first time..

  • @paultraynorbsc627
    @paultraynorbsc6272 жыл бұрын

    Excellent Danny 🎸🎵🎶

  • @Energy_from.the_Sun
    @Energy_from.the_Sun2 жыл бұрын

    “It is what it is… and it’s killin” Danny Mo Morris

  • @davidlopez-white3185
    @davidlopez-white31852 жыл бұрын

    MASTERCLASS right here

  • @b2xmaniac
    @b2xmaniac2 жыл бұрын

    This is a dope tune

  • @pal4597
    @pal45972 жыл бұрын

    Digging this! Drummer has a sweet feel too!

  • @ireneruthfox

    @ireneruthfox

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tom Major, world class drummer. Check him out.

  • @pal4597

    @pal4597

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for that Tom!

  • @E6963
    @E69632 жыл бұрын

    Muito legal e importante seu canal no KZread , só assim podemos nos "aproximar" de coisas boas e essencial para o desenvolvimento lógico ,técnico e perceptivo na arte música e contexto !!! ,🙏👏👏

  • @mr.stingray8709
    @mr.stingray87092 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the thumbnail I first thought, what, Palantir CEO Alex Karp plays bass? Cool! 😄

  • @TiagoMorais
    @TiagoMorais2 жыл бұрын

    what a video ... ! 🤩

  • @ElmoRitter
    @ElmoRitter2 жыл бұрын

    Yoooo that drummer is low key nuts back there

  • @nowhereman6391
    @nowhereman63912 жыл бұрын

    Great!!!😀👏👏👏

  • @arnlmndza
    @arnlmndza2 жыл бұрын

    THIS makes us lesser mortals appreciate that music. Thank you.

  • @ZENSIBLE
    @ZENSIBLE2 жыл бұрын

    2:30 Wooooow What a Line up! William Dafoe Drums 🥁 Weird Al Yankovic Bass 🎸 Bill Murray 🎹

  • @elijahgaskin5358
    @elijahgaskin5358 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome...

  • @devinebass

    @devinebass

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @franknellyproducer
    @franknellyproducer2 жыл бұрын

    What bass guitar is the green-white that you play ? It sounds good !!!!

  • @IanMartinAllison

    @IanMartinAllison

    2 жыл бұрын

    Danny is playing a 60s P. I’m playing a Vuorensaku short scale

  • @michaelglidden4765
    @michaelglidden47652 жыл бұрын

    Dude... Danny .... is ... Mah Man!... His tone is amazing! Hey just a thought has Scott ever thought about bringing Pete Shand in to do an interview, or lesson video. I guess I just thought about that tone, and Pete came up in my head... I mean The New Mastersounds do come from Leeds.?. Just a thought.

  • @scottsbasslessons

    @scottsbasslessons

    2 жыл бұрын

    They do come from Leeds. Had some great hangs with Pete and the lads many times :)

  • @Rikkcas
    @Rikkcas2 жыл бұрын

    “Your best tool is your ear” ~ anonymous

  • @TheFUSION86
    @TheFUSION862 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @vurbddum
    @vurbddum4 ай бұрын

    05:55 onwards, from a Berkley guy, thank you.

  • @ramabass
    @ramabass2 жыл бұрын

    Hello .. version alain perez bass cuban .. tremenda igual saludos desde chile.. recomiendo escuchar

  • @r3b0rn80
    @r3b0rn802 жыл бұрын

    Out of topic : could you make a video on the design of your bass ? Or is it already existing ?

  • @brtpy6174
    @brtpy61742 жыл бұрын

    Donna Lee at first is a Charlie Parker.

  • @och70
    @och702 жыл бұрын

    @ 3:13 Ian, what is that wild looking reverse headstock bass you're playing?

  • @IanMartinAllison

    @IanMartinAllison

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vuorensaku

  • @gdhnd2291

    @gdhnd2291

    2 жыл бұрын

    I need to know as well

  • @markblackstad8705

    @markblackstad8705

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ian Allison's Vuorensaku Custom Bass! kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaeuw7uyo866hNo.html

  • @anferz
    @anferz2 жыл бұрын

    Man I just love that tone. I’m not always a p bass guy, but when I am, I want it to sound like that! Any idea what strings, and/or pickup he’s using?

  • @scottdotjazzman

    @scottdotjazzman

    2 жыл бұрын

    They sound flatwound to me. 50% of tone is in technique though.

  • @BlackRootsUNLIMITED

    @BlackRootsUNLIMITED

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's a "P" pickup

  • @anferz

    @anferz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@BlackRootsUNLIMITED thanks but I was hoping to find out more about the the pickup brand, as well as the flats brand. For example my p bass with Seymour duncan quarter pounders and chromes sound nothing like this.

  • @tobobc

    @tobobc

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@anferz It may not be the most informative reply, but with woofy tones like that you can often get much closer with a graphic eq pedal and the right kind of subtraction. Rolling off the volume knob (in addition to the tone knob) on passive basses can also warm up the sound a lot!

  • @rothaarbiker
    @rothaarbiker2 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff! 👍❤ I'd also love Scary Pockets play this. 😁

  • @deeliriyum
    @deeliriyum2 жыл бұрын

    What is that bass Ian is playing? It looks and sounds amazing!

  • @IanMartinAllison

    @IanMartinAllison

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vuorensaku

  • @markblackstad8705

    @markblackstad8705

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ian Allison's Vuorensaku Custom Bass! kzread.info/dash/bejne/aaeuw7uyo866hNo.html

  • @rafaelaragao6462
    @rafaelaragao64622 жыл бұрын

    Shure SM7B on bass amp?

  • @admitkalderon8036
    @admitkalderon80362 жыл бұрын

    7:18

  • @adamisaac4685
    @adamisaac46858 ай бұрын

    are those all your basses????? I have ONE BASS. and that's all I need...this one bass, I don't need any...oh wait, I need this.!!!

  • @cptncanela
    @cptncanela2 жыл бұрын

    No pdf :')

  • @gdhnd2291
    @gdhnd22912 жыл бұрын

    Please give us this blue bass ref

  • @IanMartinAllison

    @IanMartinAllison

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vuorensaku

  • @richardgudino7630
    @richardgudino76302 жыл бұрын

    I must not be a jazzer cause this sounds way better to me than Jaco!

  • @jamcam9

    @jamcam9

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a lot more "easy listening" than Jaco's version, I'll give ya that.

  • @Truthsayer1979
    @Truthsayer19792 жыл бұрын

    What kind of bass is that?

  • @IanMartinAllison

    @IanMartinAllison

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pbass… unless you mean the Vuorensaku

  • @itsmarcomarcel
    @itsmarcomarcel Жыл бұрын

    He was my teacher 13 years ago.

  • @devinebass

    @devinebass

    Жыл бұрын

    Lucky dude Marco! Danny is a beast!

  • @BenD_Bass
    @BenD_Bass Жыл бұрын

    What in the world kinda bass is that?!

  • @NumeroSystem
    @NumeroSystem2 жыл бұрын

    This seems like it should sound bad, but it doesn't. Weird.

  • @TheWhatTHEfuh

    @TheWhatTHEfuh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to jazz

  • @SevanStick
    @SevanStick2 жыл бұрын

    What are these guys talking about. I play eights on E/A/B, that‘s it.

  • @John-cg3so
    @John-cg3so2 жыл бұрын

    I think this channel is missing an intro

  • @sat1241
    @sat12412 жыл бұрын

    This funk version of Donna Lee sounds very cheesy to me. I prefer Donna Lee by bassist Alex Bershadsky He plays it with slap technique. I don't like it because it's slap, just the arrangement is funkier and not as cliché funk

  • @d.l.loonabide9981

    @d.l.loonabide9981

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe "funk" doesn't mean what I thought it meant.

  • @patmandew22
    @patmandew222 жыл бұрын

    A loose definition of funk, but definitely cool. Never heard of 'Donna Lee'

  • @jamcam9

    @jamcam9

    2 жыл бұрын

    Reminds of every time I've time I've seen "funk" with a low tempo in a real book, haha

  • @donnaausburn6785

    @donnaausburn6785

    7 ай бұрын

    That's my name 😊

  • @atelier3985
    @atelier39852 жыл бұрын

    Nice content. Shame about the terribly dull bass tone tho'.

  • @sherlock4791

    @sherlock4791

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thats all pbass owner dream tone

  • @deeliriyum

    @deeliriyum

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. He should have totally used Dingwall Combustion with Foton cranked up to 11.

  • @atelier3985

    @atelier3985

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@sherlock4791 Thanks. Didnt know that. Always liked only J Bass sound and clarity.

  • @FilipCordas
    @FilipCordas2 жыл бұрын

    The Jaco version is more funk then this, this was just elevator jazz.

  • @RaiderClarke312

    @RaiderClarke312

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep...

  • @chimpana

    @chimpana

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agree the video title is clickbait, but you've missed the point of the video if that's your take tbh.

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    @blake8580

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gonna take you thru it but SLOWER! Bout 1:25 🤦‍♂️

  • @Rikkcas

    @Rikkcas

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Nice video and interpretation. It also may not be for everyone. Imho, Jaco took this to another level. Clearly. Still, this is nice work. I’ll add, it never ceases to amaze me that on internet, someone always has to put someone else down. And both ways…especially with a diatribe scolding response. Really? How about maybe we don’t all have to have the same opinion? You lose your point when you go into net shaming of another opinion. If a person says it’s not their thing, it should be fine. Why put them down? What’s that about? Nobody is always right. And it’s ok to hear something and it’s not your bag. We don’t live in boxes… where we all do the same thing and everyone is supposed to be in ‘ the cool club’…or are we going there? Hip and cool is really what you yourself think it is to you. Not someone else. I suggest we all act like mature adults when commenting. It shows intelligence and wisdom. ✌️

  • @chimpana

    @chimpana

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Rikkcas ironic anti-diatribe diatribe? ;)

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    @km18422 жыл бұрын

    Please!!! STIFF as 8-ply cardboard.

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    @jorgenlinne41832 жыл бұрын

    Lmao he’s at Berkeley and forgets Parker changes gtfo man

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