Nooooo I'm not a thumbslinger at all. Sometimes it's good for me to put myself in a position where I have to learn something new.
 
 
Jazzyvee

Here is a short video clip recorded on a mobile phone of my band doing What Is Hip? on our gig last night at the Yardbird Jazz club in Birmingham.
 
Although the sound is not that great as my friend was sitting right next to the P.A. bass bins but you can get an idea of how I got on learning that thumbing technique.
 

 
Looking back at it myself I think I played it better than I thought I was doing at the time. But there is still room for improvement.
 
Jazzyvee

Sounds pretty darn good to me! Much better than I could have done given the 20 or so days you gave yourself to learn the technique.

That's a bit of a workout!  I would imagine your hand was a bit fatigued.

Hi Dave, my hand was fine it was my forearm muscles that were aching, then we went in to two Marcus Miller tracks Blast and Bruce Lee. Thankfully everything held out and the tiredness soon went.
 
Jazzyvee

Your Alto player ain't too shabby either!!

Yeah his name is Alvin Davis and he's proper recording artiste/session player/writer/producer etc. I think he told me he was signed to Sony for a period in the 1990's. He has 4 albums released with at least one released in the USA in the 1990's and David Sanborne mentioned he was listening to Alvin's album during the course of a tv interview.
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Alvin+Davis/a/albums.htm
 
His latest is called Commotion.
 
Jazzyvee

Somehow I missed your reply Jazzy. I fart around with alto a bit. I've got a Buescher Big B from about '46 or '47. Great horn but it's been put aside pending some repair for now.  
 
Anyway, tell Alvin he's got another fan.

You know. Marcus is just so much more than the bass guy. He's got an incredible percussion thing going on all the time, along with staying inside the melody. Here's a cut to make we'all work harder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_RclY8HHw&feature=related