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Here’s a new take on Marv Gaye’s h “What’s Gog On” the way we like : wh Jam Jamerson‘s bass le loud and clear this bass and vols only isolated track.

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MARV GAYE & JAM JAMERSON: “WHAT’S GOG ON” ISOLATED VOLS AND BASS

Here’s a new take on Marv Gaye’s h “What’s Gog On” the way we like : wh Jam Jamerson‘s bass le loud and clear this bass and vols only isolated track. * james jamerson marvin gaye *

A't No Mounta High Enough - Marv Gaye and Tammi TerrellJamerson's playg often mirrors other stments wh the song, and on this one 's most notably the vols. Some believe so, while others tip their hat to What's Gog On (Marv Gaye).

What's Gog On - Marv GayeWh a ma groove over an Emaj7 chord the tro, Jamerson sets the tone for Marv Gaye's soc-mentary: soulful, and wh bags of album was also the first time Jamerson was creded by name for his work on the sleeve not of a major Motown release that he played on, as "the parable Jam Jamerson" a more -pth listen, check out the isolated bass here's rare footage of the man himself performg …5. HomeBass Vios Here’s a new take on Marv Gaye’s h “What’s Gog On” the way we like : wh Jam Jamerson‘s bass le loud and clear this bass and vols only isolated track.

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MARV GAYE & JAM JAMERSON: “WHAT’S GOG ON” ISOLATED VOLS AND BASS

Here’s a new take on Marv Gaye’s h “What’s Gog On” the way we like : wh Jam Jamerson‘s bass le loud and clear this bass and vols only isolated track. * james jamerson marvin gaye *

The Marv Gaye Collectn [2003]. Marv Gaye’s What’s Gog On is a mt-have album for bassists. Bass Player magaze scribed Jamerson's role at Motown Rerds as a ssn mician who played wh top artists of the time like Diana Ross, Marv Gaye, the Temptatns, and Stevie Wonr.

MARV GAYE & JAM JAMERSON: “WHAT’S GOG ON” ISOLATED VOLS AND BASS

Here’s a new take on Marv Gaye’s h “What’s Gog On” the way we like : wh Jam Jamerson‘s bass le loud and clear this bass and vols only isolated track. * james jamerson marvin gaye *

Few bass players have appeared on as many h rerds as Jam cut his teeth performg nightly on the Detro club scene, and workg as a ssn bassist lol studs, Jam was enlisted 1959 by Berry Gordy as the go-to groove smh for his Motown the next 23 years, Jamerson would play on hundreds of songs, cludg My Girl, I Heard It Through The Grapeve and Marv Gaye’s What’s Gog On to name a few. Comprsn was add the Jamerson’s playg styleJamerson’s credible reer spanned inic artists such as Marv Gaye, The Temptatns, Stevie Wonr and The Four Tops durg the '60s and ' origally moved om the upright bass to the electric and so dog, created his signature pick hand x fger ‘hook’ technique to rake across the strgs.

‘A’t No Mounta High Enough’ – Marv Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1967) Arguably the most inic of all the Motown releas, ‘A’t No Mounta High Enough’ had two leas of life.

MARV GAYE & JAM JAMERSON: “WHAT’S GOG ON” ISOLATED VOLS AND BASS

Here’s a new take on Marv Gaye’s h “What’s Gog On” the way we like : wh Jam Jamerson‘s bass le loud and clear this bass and vols only isolated track. * james jamerson marvin gaye *

The Gaye and Terrell versn beme a h sgle upon release April ’67.

The Gaye and Terrell is the better versn of the h. ‘I Heard It Through the Grapeve’ – Gladys Knight & the Pips (1967) Although Marv Gaye’s versn of the song is the most well-known, Gladys Knight & the Pips‘ offerg is milly the more rpected. ‘What’s Gog On’ – Marv Gaye (1971) Marv Gaye‘s most inic sgle, featurg his sultry yet powerful vol performance was the tle track and lead sgle om the ncept album, 1971’s What’s Gog On.

MARV GAYE & JAM JAMERSON: “WHAT’S GOG ON” ISOLATED VOLS AND BASS

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Acrdg to The Funk Brothers the 2002 documentary Standg the Shadows of Motown, Gaye sperately wanted to feature Jamerson on ‘What’s Gog On’. Gaye was so need of the bass matro’s servic that he went to multiple bars around Detro the hope of lotg him. In the most brilliant example of Jamerson’s alholic curse but a mil gift, Jamerson was so toxited when Gaye loted him that he uldn’t stand upright.

Marv Gaye, byname of Marv Pentz Gay, Jr., (born April 2, 1939, Washgton, D. Gaye sang his father’s Evangelil church Washgton, D. When doo-wop dissipated the late 1950s, Gaye had already absorbed Fuqua’s lsons close harmony.

After disbandg the Moonglows, Fuqua took the 20-year-old Gaye to Detro, where Berry Gordy, Jr., was formg Motown Rerds.

JAM JAMERSON FEATURED ON MARV GAYE’S “WHAT’S GOG ON LIVE”

Marv Gaye’s “What’s Gog On” is a mt-have album for bassists. Its songs are textbook exampl of groovg by the late great Bob Babbt and Jam Jamerson. Now you n hear Jamerson craft those bass l a newly reissued live album om 1972. * james jamerson marvin gaye *

Gaye, who also played dms and piano, bucked the Motown system and s emphasis on teen hs.

Gaye also enjoyed a seri of succsful duets, most notably wh Tammi Terrell (“A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg” [1968]). Blsed wh an exceptnally wi range that enpassed three distct vol styl—a piercg falsetto, a smooth mid-range tenor, and a ep gospel growl—Gaye bed great technil prows wh rare mil dividualy. Gaye also displayed dazzlg virtuosy by overdubbg (buildg sound track by track onto a sgle tape) his own voice three or four tim to provi his own rich harmony, a technique he would employ for the rt of his reer.

MARV GAYE

Marv Gaye, Amerin soul sger-songwrer-producer who, to a large extent, hered the era of artist-ntrolled popular mic of the 1970s. Among his h songs were ‘I Heard It Through the Grapeve,’ ‘A’t Nothg Like the Real Thg,’ ‘What’s Gog On,’ ‘Let’s Get It On,’ and ‘Sexual Healg.’ * james jamerson marvin gaye *

”Other major artists—most importantly Stevie Wonr—followed Gaye’s lead and acted as producer of their own efforts. In 1972 Gaye wrote the soundtrack for the film Trouble Man, wh lyrics that mirrored his own sense of secury.

MARV GAYE’S DEATH

Marv Gaye was a sger and songwrer, known for his proment role the Motown rerd pany. He grew up Washgton, D.C, and was raised by his father, * james jamerson marvin gaye *

Let’s Get It On, released 1973, displayed Gaye’s sensuo si. Here, My Dear (1979) brilliantly alt wh Gaye’s divorce om Gordy’s sister Anna (the first of the sger’s two tumultuo divorc)’s growg addictn to e exacerbated his psychologil stggl. On April 1, 1984, durg a fay dispute, Gaye iated a vlent fight wh his father, who shot him to ath.

Gaye, who ced his chief fluenc as Ray Charl, Cly McPhatter, Rudy Wt (lead sger for the doo-wop group the Five Keys), and Ltle Willie John, was ducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1987. He received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement an artist who employed urban soul mic to exprs social and personal ncerns, as well as a sger of exquise sensivy and romantic grace, Gaye left a legacy that has wined sce his mise, and his mic has bee a permanent fixture Amerin pop. Marv Gaye was a sger and songwrer, known for his proment role the Motown rerd pany.

C, and was raised by his father, Marv Gay, Sr, a mister, and his mother, Alberta Gay.

THE LEGEND OF MARV GAYE'S WHAT'S GOG ON IS THAT JAM JAMERSON WAS SO DNK HE PLAYED THE BASS LYG DOWN

Marv Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapeve” wouldn’t have amounted to much whout the inic bass le we’re able to regnize whout hearg anythg else. To prove that, here’s the isolated bass, featurg the credible bass le by Jam Jamerson. Of urse, like all tracks om Motown that era, there’s plenty of leakage om some of the other... * james jamerson marvin gaye *

As Marv began his mil reer, he was teased for his surname “Gay”, so he add an ‘E’ to the end of , which created distance between him and his father, who had a rocky relatnship. Gaye was pronounced ad at the hospal, the day before his 45th birthday.

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