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Another tune from the same album, this is the complete bass part for the tune 'Donde Se Fueron'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/donde-se-fueron-ozomatli/

At the suggestion of ChrisDev, I have redone the 'Slice Of Time' transcription in 3:4. It hangs together much better that way (no link - it is on the same age as the other 6:8 version).

A complete transcription of the Wil Dog Abers bass line for the tune 'Cut Chemist Suite' from the first Ozomatli album released in 1998. Lots of repetition and repeats so good for practicing 'geography' as well as dots. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/cut-chemist-suite-ozomatli/

Pauline Moran comes to mind. She played bass in The She Trinity, a Sixties all girl rock band that had a hit with a version of the Sonny Curtis penned 'He Fought The Law' which The Clash later covered. Moran is much better know as Miss Lemon, the secretary to Hercule Poirot in the David Suchet series 'Agatha Christie's Poirot'. I just looked the band up and apparently they also included the late Barbara Thompson of 'Colosseum' and 'Paraphernalia' fame. I had never made the connection before.

I always loved Level 42s songs but not enough to really spend a lot of time with Mark King's bass playing. Same with Nik Kershaw; great arrangements and great bands but my head was somewhere else!

I did google him. I have never see the Blues Brothers movie but the net says this guy is a bog deal on the NY studio scene (as are many of the Camilo band). No surprises really.

Yes - well spotted! Who the F is Blue Lou Marini? 😃

A complete transcription of Jonathan Davie's bass part for the tune 'First Steps' from the 1980 2nd Vision album of the same name. Nice littel chart that is only 1:36 long and he doesn't play on one third of it https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/first-steps-2nd-vision/

It's the finger in your ears, my friend. They are stopping you hearing the majestic beauty of the stuff

It's all perfectly logical, Dad. You just need to pay attention. As my Dad always said 'I like it when they all stop at the same time'. 'Emeril Kicks It Up' is a shuffle with some great melodies. What's not to like?

Listen to what AJ is doing at 6:28. There is an alto solo playing but listen to what AJ is doing in response!!

PS - I love this thread - some great memories. JJB sounds 'kin brilliant, Jimmy Johnson's solo is stunning, Manring, Jaco, AJ with Michel Camilo (that is also transcribed on my website) - all such wonderful players whose work I have enjoyed over the years.

I used to always say that my Big Four were Jaco, Jeff Berlin, Jimmy Johnson and Percy Jones - each for different reasons. I have also grown to love Anthony Jackson whose work with Michel Camilo and Hiromi Uehara and others can be absolutely thrilling (the whole Camilo album 'Caribe' is a rollercoaster of absolute delight). If I have to say which one of these was the one who had the greatest impact on me personally as a player, it would have to be Jeff Berlin. Our shared love of Jack Bruce, his work with Bruford, Allan Holdsworth's 'Road Games', his solo albums. I have since found flaws in his concept that often make me doubt myself (I have found the same with Jaco and Percy Jones, if I am honest, although I still love both) - his chorus sound I find irritating and his obsession with featuring the bass when it doesn't actually work very well (his Low Standards and High Standards cds are a it icky - I don't think he understands the Art of it as much as he does the Craft), his obsessions over bass pedagogy (just let it go, JB) but I keep going back to his back catalogue of recordings and many of them are just absolutely fantastic. It is appalling how little performance footage there is of JB where the sound is decent (a lot of it is mobile phone footage that sounds terrible). Here is a something I just found that gives a sense of where he comes from - the tune is 'Solar' by Miles Davis. I add a second track (recorded) just to show JB when he is smokin'. The tune is 'Emeril Kicks It UP' from the 2009 CD 'In Harmony's Way' - I also attach a link to a complete transcription I did of the tune. Transcription link - https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/emeril-kicks-it-up-jeff-berlin/

Tough little nut to crack, this one, and I am not convinced I have got it right. There is something going on with the bar lengths that is throwing me and I cannot find where it is and the lines are all over the bass so I am not even certain that I have it in the right octave at time! If you can see the odd bar length or disagree on the specific note choices, let me know so I can revisit the chart. In the meantime, this is the complete Dave LaRue bass part for the tune 'Slice Of Time' from the 1995 Steve Morse Band album, 'Structural Damage'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/slice-of-time-steve-morse-band/

Another relatively simple one, this is Victor Bailey's complete bass performance on the tune 'Confians' from the 1985 Weather Report album, 'Sportin' Life'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/confians-weather-report/