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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/

A simple but exquisite part from the hands of Charlie Haden, this is the tune 'Etudes' from the 2011 Haden release 'Private Collection'. Simple to read and simple to play but, as is always the case with Haden, it is all about the feel and the sound. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/etudes-charlie-haden-quartet/

Will Lee's complete performance of the tune 'It's Your Thing' from the 2015 Bob Mintzer Big Band album, 'Get Up'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/its-your-thing-bob-mintzer-big-band/

That's what it is there for, Dave.

I wasn't paying attention but the website hit 150k over the weekend. That's around 2k hits a week currently.

In my experience, the 'rules' have been created within the context of Classical music forms and don't always travel that well into 'secular' music. I always try to keep all flats or all sharps in the same bar but, even then, there are passages where this is compromised. Chromatic lines are one area where the ideals are often difficult to maintain. I have to admit that, as someone whose is essentially self taught as a reader, I may be getting things wrong sometimes.

Just a head this time. This is the legendary bass part for the opening head of the Jeff Watts arrangement of 'Autumn Leaves' that featured on the 1987 Wynton Marsalis album 'Standard Time: Volume One'. Anyone who knows this arrangement will understand the challenges in terms of playing, reading or even transcribing the line! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/autumn-leaves-head-wynton-marsalis/

I have knocked this one up if you want to have a look at it. Much more interesting than I thought it would be. If anyone wants to redo this as a tab chart, be my guest. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/I-Wanna-Know-What-Love-Is-Rick-Will-Bass.pdf

Someone asked about the one; Rick Wills' bass part for the tune 'I Wanna Know What Love Is' from Foreigner's 1984 album, 'Agent Provocateur'. A lot more interesting a part than I though it would be. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/i-wanna-know-what-love-is-foreigner/

Yes 😄

Another wonderful bass part from Reginal Veal, this is a complete transcription of the tune 'Habanera' from the 1997 album, 'Jump Start And Jazz: Two Ballets by Wynton Marsalis'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/habanera-wynton-marsalis/