From: Brand X – Product

Bass Player: John Giblin

When people talk about UK Jazz Rock legends Brand X, there is a tendency to think about the iconic fretless bass player, Percy Jones. Where Brand X was concerned, however, Jones was only half the story and, during the band’s career, another bass player snuck in under the wire to play some beautifully fretless bass of his own. Feature on the same LP as the Jones/Giblin duet ‘Wal To Wal’ (named after the handmade basses the two men were currently using), the album ‘Product’ features a beautiful ballad called ‘April’. The piece is a simple melody played by Giblin repeated several times over with no improvisation. It has all the qualities we have come to expect of an exquisite fretless performance. A tricky sucker to read but a wonderful piece to play.