Reginald Veal – Bass

Reginald Swingdoom’ Veal was the bass player with a host of projects in and around the legendary Marsalis family and his discography includes recordings with Wynton, Branford and Ellis Marsalis as well as Pharoah Sanders, Elvin Jones, Charlie Rouse, Hamiet Bluiett, Harry Connick Jr., Terence Blanchard, Donald Harrison and Marcus Roberts.

I transcribed this line off a ‘Discover Double Bass’ video on YouTube (attached). The six choruses begins at 1:37 and plays to 3:20. It captured my attention and I just did it to find out why it sounded so good. It is full of ‘wrong’ notes but it isn’t; not at all. Love it. Just really deep stuff.