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And here is the bass part.... Julia – Medeski, Martin and Wood (feat. John Scofield) – Bilbo's Bass Bites

From the 2006 CD 'Out Louder' by Medeski, Martin and Wood (w. John Scofield), this is the minimalistic bass part from Chris Wood on the Beatles tune, 'Julia'. If I had recorded this and never recorded anything else, I would have gone to my grave a happy man. Julia – Medeski, Martin and Wood (feat. John Scofield) – Bilbo's Bass Bites

The website just crossed the 30,000 hits mark. How exciting.

From the 2005 Dave Holland Quintet CD 'Critical Mass', this is a transcription of the bass part for the head and first (trombone) solo from the tune 'Easy Did It'. To my ears, the tune sounds like it moves between bars of 3:4 and 5:4 but, in spite of that, the tempo makes it a relatively easy read - I almost think that this would be easier to read than to play by ear, the structure is so convoluted. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/easy-did-it-dave-holland-quintet/

This is absolute gold dust. I hope you guys appreciate the work Neil has put into this on your behalf. 😉

You should get an award for services to music, Chris.

I love this version of 'I Am The Walrus' by Jim Carrey.

Another favourite

Listen to the phrasing on this. And the organ solo is sublime.

Not learning but transcribing 'Easy Did It' by Dave Holland.

I got one of these a year or so ago. I realised that I had not practiced through a bass amp at home for decades, usually going through the computer/headphones or a handily placed guitar amp (Roland Cube). When I got this, I couldn't believe how much better it felt to practice with the 'air' in my sound. It's a Phil Jones BG-75 DOuble 4. Retails around £375

Something unusual today. This is a transcription of the Jerry Watts bass part for the tune 'Nostalgia' from the 1983 Eddie Jobson/Zinc album, 'The Green Album'. The transcription also contains Jobson's violin melody transcribed for bass so you can try both the bass part and the melody. Both are easy to play but it shows that you don't have to be Hadrien Feraud to play achingly beautiful music. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/nostalgia-eddie-jobson-zinc/

Miles Davis tune, Nardis, in case anyone didn't know.

It's been over twenty years since I played a Warwick so my opinion ain't worth shinola.

I never liked the Warwicks. Wanted to but never got on with them.

From the same 1985 Dave Holland Quintet album, 'Seeds Of Time', this transcription features the bass/percussion duet 'Walk A Way'. The piece is essentially a one bar riff of rapidly executed sixteenth notes that ends with two eight notes. It is then repeated endlessly with subtle variations - impossible to read at speed but an interesting insight into what makes the composition sound the way it does! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/walk-a-way-dave-holland-quintet/

Rumours are circulating that Vanilla Fudge bassist Tim Bogert has died, aged 76. Anyone in a position to confirm?

From the 1985 Dave Holland Quintet album 'Seeds Of Time', this is a full bass transcription for the tune 'Perspicuity'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/perspicuity-dave-holland-quintet/

This one came as a pleasant surprise. I learned it originally in the 1982 shortly after the album came out. I remember thinking it was a chorus effect on the bass but, coming back to it nearly 40 years later, I realised it was a three part bass harmony in which bassist Larry Klein had overdubbed three bass parts. I can't believe that I didn't notice it at the time! This is Larry K;ein's bass part for 'You Dream Flat Tires' from the 1982 Joni MItchell album, 'Wild Things Run Fast' https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/you-dream-flat-tires-joni-mitchell/

If anyone near Felixstowe ever wants to try a Wal, I am happy for them to visit (once lock down is ended, of course).

I love my '86 Wal (Mk I Custom Fretless) but a new one is the other side of a lottery win, I am afraid. I sometimes find it helpful to remember that we should be all about the music not the gear and, when it comes down to it, good enough is good enough. My £6k Wal will still sound like stinky poo if the drummer has the wrong ride cymbal or the venue has a tiled floor. 😃

My studio (shed) is 8x10. It is rammed with stinky poo. Three basses, one double bass, six guitars, 88 note electric piano, two amps, pc, shelves of books, 1000 + cds, a soprano saxophone, hi fi and, taking up the most space by a country mile, my massive inflated ego. I sit in the middle of it pretending most of it isn't there.

Another Dave Holland performance from the same album, 'Triplicate', this is the full transcription of the bass part to 'African Lullaby'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/african-lullaby-dave-holland-trio/