Cool Groove
June, 2003
Los Angeles upright and electric player Dean Taba’s “Think of Juan,” from his live CD More Is More [Manasus Music], is so highly syncopated you might swear the tune is in an odd time—but it’s just this three-bar pattern in a quick 4/4. Dean often switches the last two notes to Db–Eb , making the line even more per
Los Angeles upright and electric player Dean Taba’s “Think of Juan,” from his live CD More Is More [Manasus Music], is so highly syncopated you might swear the tune is in an odd time—but it’s just this three-bar pattern in a quick 4/4. Dean often switches the last two notes to Db–Eb, making the line even more perplexing. www.deantaba.com


