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Another from the same 2014 album, this is the tune 'Seeker'. More digestible altogether but there are some passages that test your 16th note reading to the full. Lots of evidence of the James Jamerson influence Jackson often speaks of. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/seeker-hiromi-trio-project/ Now I am off to collect a new (to me) Markbass set up for my electric playing!

'Dreamer' from the 2014 Hiromi Trio Project album, 'Alive'. Not 100% sure as there are some classic AJ 'what the f*** is he doing NOW' moments but most of it is safe. There are some heavy challenges with the read, though, as a lot of the chart is in weird time signatures which does odd things to the ties in Sibelius. Once you 'get it', though, it soon settles. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dreamer-hiromi-uehara-trio-project/

I used Rotosound Solo Bass strings for three and a half decades on my Wal and it didn't do any damage at all. Groundwound i.e. roundwounds but with the surface ground down so it is less inclined to damage the fretboard.

Anthony Jackson's complete bass part for the tune 'Beethoven's Piano Sonata 8 - Pathetique' from the 2011 Hiromi Trio Project album, 'Voices'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/beethovens-piano-sonata-8-pathetique-hiromi/

Another one I am proud of, this is the complete Felix Pappalardi bass performance on the album version of 'Nantucket Sleighride' from the 1971 Mountain album of the same name. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/nantucket-sleighride-to-owen-coffin-mountain/

I did this one for a giggle. This is the most meaningless transcription on the website….. Four notes, most of which are Bb. There is some significant E activity in there but the G and F# barely get a look in. ‘The Pump’ from the 1980 Jeff Beck album, ‘There And Back’. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-pump-jeff-beck/

The room. Concrete walls and tiled floors? Forget it

I had meant to do this one for ages - Kai Eckhardt's bass solo from 'Blue In Green' on the John McLaughlin Trio's 'Live At The Royal Festival Hall' recording in 1989. So not Wally Lowe! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/blue-in-green-bass-solo-john-mclaughlin-trio/

'Vigilante' from the 1986 Magnum album of the same name. I think that's the lot for now. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/vigilante-magnum/

'All England's Eyes' from 'On A Storyteller's Night' by Magnum. I am not entirely confident on this one as there are passages where the bass is lost in the what is a fairly dense mix. I have had to 'guess' some of the details here and there so, if you hear it differently, you may be right. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/all-englands-eyes-magnum/

'Days Of No Trust' from the 1988 Magnum album, 'Wings Of Heaven'. Five in one day. I'm off to bed now. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/days-of-no-trust-magnum/

Sorry, Dave. My bad. I used the wrong dooberry ferkin which caused the fidgle to blurg. Should be working now

'Endless Love' - endless Magnum tunes, more like! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/endless-love-magnum/

'On A Storyteller's Night' from 'On A Storyteller's Night', oddly enough. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/on-a-storytellers-night-magnum/

'Two Hearts' from 'On A Storyteller's Night' has just gone up. Knocked that one out in my lunch break (working from home today)! My brother just told me Tony Clarkin died last year. I was so sad to hear that. I think he was a massively underrated writer and I have loved so much of his work over the years. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/two-hearts-magnum/