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One of my favorite jokes:

Guy decides to go deep into Africa up the Congo River. After getting to the last easily accessible entry into the river, they board the smallish boat to begin the arduous trek deep into darkest Africa.

A day or three into the journey they start hearing distant drums, then as they continued after some days it got slowly louder. The guy started getting spooked and asks the Captain, "What's up with those drums?"

The Captain replies, "Don't worry. Everything's perfectly fine so long as they continue."

After more days of journeying, suddenly, one night, the drums just stop cold.

Fearfully, the guy inquires, "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!"

The Captain replies, "Bass solo."

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A married couple hasn't spoken to each other in 10 years. Their daughter seeks out the best marriage counselor she can find and gets her parents to agree to go to a session.

After their first visit the daughter follows up with the therapist and asks if he could get them to talk to each other. "Not this time, but we have another appointment next week. I'll take another crack at it."

The parents show up to their next appointment. The therapist is trying everything he can think of to get them to speak to each other. Because he has a reputation to uphold he's getting a little worried. He tells the daughter, "We've got another appointment next week and I've got one last thing I can try."

When the married couple steps into the therapist's office, therapist doesn't say a word but pulls out an upright bass out of his closet and starts playing a solo. They immediately start talking.

You two! Bass solos can be great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it0PN8RrEZI

Thanks, I've never heard of them before. Excellent.

For whatever reason, we love this session by this incredible jazz band:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pYHCGYJbw0

"Enjoy." --Daniel Tosh

I am a bass player sir.

My joke has more to do with the fact that bass players tend to feel unappreciated when the audience talks during their solo. Bass solos are always quieter so, there's some sort of bias there I'm sure.

Recently at a jazz club a bass player friend of mine who graduated from the same music school as me found ourselves talking through the bass solo from the act on stage. "Oh man, we're doing it now." Lol

bass is actually short for "basically not an instrument"

This drummer is sick of everyone ribbing him about not being a real musician, so he goes to the music shop to buy a proper instrument.

He says to the owner "I'd like to see some guitars, please".

The owner says "you must be a drummer".

The drummer says "How did you know that?".

The owner says "This is a fish shop".

The drummer wanders down the street and finally finds the music shop. He's in there for hours, overwhelmed by the choice, weighing up all the different options.

After much thought, he musters up all of his courage and says to the owner "I'd like the big red trumpet and that accordion over there".

The owner says "Well, you can have the fire extinguisher, but I can't sell you the radiator".

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