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  1. I am working on a long complicated Branford Marsalis tune and needed some respite so I have put together this transcription of the Adalberto Cevasco bass part for the tune 'Milonga Del Angel' from the 2010 Astor Piazzolla release 'Piazzolla En Suite'. An easy read but a lovely piece. You can't have enough Piazzolla. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/milonga-del-angel-astor-piazzolla/
  2. i have bit more space now, Dave, so I will try and make sense of it for you. A head refers to the tune's melody. If you take something like the Wynton Marsalis tune on the website called 'Play The Blues And Go', the head is the first 44 bars. In reality, it is and 8-bar intro followed by 3x12 bar heads repeated (first piano only, second and third with horns). After that it is just a band playing fairly conventional 12-bar blues. A head chart would just have the 12 bar tune with something like 'solo over a C blues'. A 'chorus', in this case, is 12 bars i.e. once around the chord sequence. Sounds complicated written down like that but it's simple enough once you understand the principle. It then translates to any tune however simple or complicated. Many of the tunes on the website are of this type; round and round the same chord sequence with someone soloing over the songs changes.
  3. This is a head chart. It contains only the melody and the chords. Everything else, you are expected to know e.g. how to play a walking bass line over those changes (chord sequence), how to voice the chords on a piano or guitar, how to solo over those changes, what chords and scales work, how to start the tune, how to end it etc. My charts tell you exactly what was played on a recording. These head charts are as much an aide memoir as anything and are a guide to get you all working together on the same tune. They are useless if you don't know what is required of you. https://images.app.goo.gl/ftUV6PMZp2r4f8cH6
  4. I appreciate that, BB. I had a good session yesterday reading charts I did a while back and it makes such a difference to just keep doing it, over and over and over again. No other way.
  5. Another solo guitar piece, a tune called 'Ubi Sunt' from the 2017 Ralph Towner album 'My Foolish Heart'. A pretty little tune and perfectly playable by anyone with the least amount of guitar chops. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ubi-sunt-ralph-towner/
  6. I was practising reading today and came across this one that I did ages ago but neglected to put it on the website. It is the complete Richard Bona part for the tune 'Avenue B' from the 2003 Mike Stern Album, 'These Times'. Not massively challenging but a nice tune to test your progress on. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/avenue-b-mike-stern/
  7. Lovely and an uplifting story. Thanks for sharing.
  8. Do you need another bass (as well as, not instead of)? Most of us do.
  9. I have it quite bad but, as my relationship with really loud music is minimal, I have put it down to my diabetes so there isn't a lot I can do about it. It's just there. Not debilitating but I do find myself occasionally wondering what real silence sounds like as opposed to the silence that goes 'WEEEEEEEEEEEEE......'
  10. Something really special - no chops, just beautiful bass playing on a beautiful tune. This is the complete Jay Anderson bass part to the stunning 'Walking By Flashlight' from the 2015 Maria Schneider Orchestra album, 'The Thompson Fields'. I saw this band at Cadogan Hall some years ago and it sticks with me as one of the most exceptional evenings of music that I have ever witnessed. Thanks to my old friend Paul Hornsby for turning my on to this lady's work. It's not hard to play but I challenge anyone to match this performance. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/walking-by-flashlight-maria-schneider/
  11. Got another one in today, this is the Gary Brown part for the tune 'Primeira Estrela' from the 2003 Flora Purim album, 'Speak No Evil'. Needs a low B but not overly difficult to play once you get the feel. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/primeira-estrela-flora-purim/
  12. Yes - badly. I have done two gigs on guitar. One about 10 years ago and one when I was about 17. Hated it. I am better now than I was then but still wouldn't venture out in public! I do enjoy it, though.
  13. I guess I shouldn't really post this here but I can't help myself. This is a complete solo guitar performance of the Astor Piazzolla tune 'Romantico' from the 2008 Al Di Meola album, 'Diabolic Inventions And Seduction For Solo Guitar Volume I (Music Of Astor Piazzolla)'. It's actually playable (unlike most Al Di Meola solo guitar). It's reading the chords and the contrapuntal voices that makes its challenging. I have to say that the concerted practice I have done with the guitar reading (another 'lockdown' project) has really paid dividends. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/romantico-al-di-meola/
  14. A lovely little tune from the 1993 Jimmy Haslip solo album, 'Arc'. This is the full performance (including the bit where he doubles the head) of the tune 'Niños' (Spanish for children). Some subtle challenges in getting the thing to sound right and it helps if you have a sense of Latin/Samba grooves. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ninos-jimmy-haslip/
  15. Top drawer, Chris. Love it.
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