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funkyjazzjunky
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Post Number: 423
Registered: 5-2007
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 10:46 am:   Edit Post

The fellowship of Bass players lost a comrade with the passing of former NBA player and smooth jazz artist Wayman Tisdale
davehouck
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Post Number: 8084
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:06 am:   Edit Post

Wow; thanks for posting this. I liked his playing; he was a good player. He died of bone cancer.
davehouck
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Post Number: 8085
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Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:08 am:   Edit Post

Here is a nice remembrance.
serialnumber12
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Post Number: 410
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:21 am:   Edit Post

Wow!!!!......
olieoliver
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Post Number: 2386
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Friday, May 15, 2009 - 11:50 am:   Edit Post

He was a young man too. Terrible loss. The "Way Up" interview on the first link is real cool.

OO
pas
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Post Number: 181
Registered: 3-2003
Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 7:01 am:   Edit Post

He was the only bass player I ever saw who made Stanley Clarke look physically small by comaparison.
57basstra
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Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2009 - 7:24 am:   Edit Post

Very sad news.
fmm
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Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 5:11 am:   Edit Post

I used to manage the Maintenance Shop bar in the Iowa State University Student Union. It was a Friday night, and we were to play Oklahoma in basketball the next day. I think they were ranked #2 in the country at the time.

Several players from the Oklahoma team came into the bar, and I started giving them beer in the hope that they would over consume and be hung over for the game, and perhaps ISU would have a chance.

Wayman Tisdale came in and said, “I see that you are giving my friends beer. If you give me some beer, I might score 40 points tomorrow!”. I gave him a six pack and asked him to please not do that. I think he scored 38.

After the team left the bar, one of my bartenders said, “Call the police, and tell them that the Oklahoma team was here and stole a bunch of beer!”. I declined, knowing that the ISU coach (Johnny Orr) would kill me if I pulled anything like that.

By the way, all of the players were perfect gentlemen.

I wish I had known at the time that Tisdale was a bass player. I’ll bet he didn’t get the chance to talk about that much during basketball season.
georgie_boy
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Post Number: 727
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 5:54 am:   Edit Post

WOW!!!
What a great guy.....and what a performer..I was well impressed by his tone and the feel he put into "Sunday's Best"
What a tragig loss to the world.yet again.
What bass was that ??
georgie_boy
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Post Number: 728
Registered: 8-2005
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 5:59 am:   Edit Post

I see also, that he was another "upsidedown" player Brilliant!
edwin
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Post Number: 433
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 4:46 pm:   Edit Post

This is so sad. From all accounts he was a truly wonderful human being.

Edwin

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