I didn't mean that you literally play bass lines. I meant you used your left to tell the bass player what to do. Usually the bass player uses roots.

Rootless left hand chords doesn't make sense to me in an arranger setting. Well yes if you are used to playing rootless chords with your left, and can't quickly adjust to using roots, well then I can understand it. But it must be confusing for the arranger too. Let's say you play a Dm9, but rootless (F - A - C - E) with your left, then how can the arranger know if it should play Dm9, or Fmaj7?

[This message has been edited by doc-z (edited 10-19-2005).]