Bilbo

A special request that came through the website yesterday, this is the David Hood bass line from the tune 'Whale Meat Again' from the 1974 Jim Capaldi album of the same name. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/whale-meat-again-jim-capaldi/

Not enough double bass recently so here is the Robert Hurst bass part to the short interlude tune 'Juan (Skip Mustaad)' from the 1988 Wynton Marsalis album, 'Live At Blues Alley'. Some nice double stops but, otherwise, a fairly straight Jazz blues in Bb. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/juan-skip-mustaad-wynton-marsalis/

A one minute reading exercise that is 'real world' and represents a small part of the 2001 recording 'Here...Now' by the Wynton Marsalis Septet. The recording was a ballet Marsalis had written the music for and this is a tiny part of that, performed, I believe, by Gerald Cannon. It is not a show piece for anyone but it will allow a relative beginner to play at least a part of a Marsalis long form composition. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/style-wynton-marsalis-septet/

Another Mike Stern track, this is the Lincoln Goines bass part for the track '6th Street' from the 2009 Stern album, 'Big Neighbourhood'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/6th-street-mike-stern/

Another tune from the 1975 Rush album, 'Fly By Night', this is the complete Geddy Lee bass part for the tune 'Beneath, Between And Behind'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/beneath-between-and-behind-rush/

The complete Anthony Jackson bass part to the tune 'Race With Devil On Spanish Highway' from the 1977 Al Di Meola album, 'Elegant Gypsy'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/race-with-devil-on-spanish-highway-al-di-meola/

From the 1979 album, 'Touch Me' by The Enid, this is the first movement from the Charades suite and features the complete Terry Pack bass part to 'Humouresque'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/humouresque-charades-1-the-enid/

From the 1975 Rush album that introduced Neil Peart to the world, this is the complete Geddy Lee bass part to the tune 'Best I Can' from the album, 'Fly By Night'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/best-i-can-rush/

I have three more to post when I can get to it. It takes about 20 minutes to post an individual transcription and it is nearly all done on a laptop that is NOT the one I do the transcriptions on so it's a bit of a b*** ache sometimes to get it all sorted whilst there are other things going on. Bear with and I will get them up there soon.

Nick had my Marleaux from new. I think I am about the 10th person to own it 😊 I love it.

An early personal favourite of mine from 1976. I heard it recently on the radio and have always loved the bass line so, here we are.... From the 1976 album, 'Wings At The Speed Of Sound', this is Paul McCartney's bass part to 'Silly Love Songs'. Over 40 years in and this is the first PM part I have transcribed! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/silly-love-songs-paul-mccartney-and-wings/

You aren't Nick Latham, are you?

I record from the earphone socket of my phone into Cubase. I then transfer it into Transcribe so I can write it down. Job done.

I have a Marleaux Consat. I do enjoy the Cello Suites as an exercise and it is lovely to see people playing things other than the first Prelude in G. Worth spending time with and great for reading practice.

I would love to be able to execute material that is way in excess of my existing capabilities but slapping, popping and tapping are things that don't hold my attention as a listener so I cannot see the point in exploring them as a player (also bearing in mind that they are never called for on a gig).

Not read the whole thread but saw the OP's original video. I call these guys 'jugglers' and 'acrobats'. It is interesting to note that all of these guys (and girls) are presenting videos that they have recorded in their home studios/bedrooms etc and never on a gig. That's because most of this stuff is party pieces. An awful lot of work to impress other bass players. I can't say I ever actually get to the end of one of these videos. I remember spending time on these techniques many moons ago but quickly realised that, whilst progress is evident and it is perfectly possible to get the chops together, I just didn't like the noise very much. It's great that these things are out there but I am not going to invest any time in learning how to make sounds I don't like until I have mastered those that I do (which will likely be never).

Just realised the first and second time bars at the start are incorrectly labelled. The 'first time' bar at the end of the first section is actually played three times and the 'second' time ending is actually the 4th. Will re-do later and re-post. It makes no difference to the bass part which doesn't start until bar 24 but it will disorientate you if you are trying to pick up where you come in.

Sorry guys, I have been away at the Winter's End Prog festival in Chepstow and wasn't able to transcribe whilst away. The highlight of the festival for me was the introduction of a Norwegian band called 'Meer' which features some stunning compositions and arrangements by an eight piece band featuring two lead vocals, guitar, bass, drums, keys, viola and violin. At one point, all eight were singing - incredibly creative stuff. This is the Morten Strypet bass part for the tune 'Child' from the band's 2021 album 'Playing House'. It is a complete bastard to write out, not because it requires monster chops but because, despite running the tune 100 times, I cannot confidently identify the 'one'!!! Just to note, the first pizzicato violin passages are written out to give you some bearings but the part is not played. Bass comes in at bar 24. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/child-meer/

Today I received word that both Charnett Moffett and Peter Warren have passed away. Moffett was one of the stalwarts of the scene around the 1980s Marsalis thing (Wynton and Branford Marsalis, Donald Brown, Kevin Eubanks, Mulgrew Miller etc whilst Peter Warren performed and recorded with Jack De Johnette, David Izenson, Chick Corea, John Surman and a host of others. Their Wikipedia pages are linked below. Moffett died of a heart attack aged 54 whilst I am unaware of Warren's cause of death (he was in his later 80s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charnett_Moffett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Warren_(musician)

I would love a six string fretless but I can't justify the expense of more and more gear. A Sei Flamboyant fretless 6 caught my eye yesterday......

Every gig I do is with different people 😃 but that's Jazz for you. I remember my first gig. We were playing to an empty room, we started the first tune, the roadie was screaming at me 'you are out of tune', the barman was screaming at us 'it's too loud' and the guitarist said 'f*** this' and stopped the gig about 2 minutes in. I was devastated. Fortunately, the second gig was only two days later and went very well. I envy you having all the excitement of a career of gigging in front of you. There are lots of musicians who don't gig; I just don't get it. 'The gig' is the whole point of the thing for me. Welcome on board, TR.

Another head chart to day, this is the head and tag ending for the tune 'Simple Pleasure' from the 2010 Alain Caron album, 'Sep7entrion'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/simple-pleasure-head-only-alain-caron/

I was driving around recently and this tune came up on the radio and left me with a big grin at the fact that about half of the bass part is G quarter notes played on the beat. Absolutely brilliant writing and playing. I always used to think that this was easy when I was a kid learning how to play and never gave these kinds of parts the attention they deserved. My mantra now is, if you aren't enjoying playing root notes on the beat, you aren't doing it right This is the Phil Curtis bass part for the tune 'I've Got The Music In Me' from the 1974 Kiki Dee Band album of the same name. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ive-got-the-music-in-me-kiki-dee/

A request from a Talkbass user, this is Chad Stocker's bass line for the tune, 'The Luck You Got' by the band The High Strung. From the band's2005 album, 'Moxie Bravo'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-luck-you-got-the-high-strung/

Something a little different, this is the Glenn Tollett bass part for the tune 'The Devil/The Demon King' from the 1976 album 'In The Region Of The Summer Stars' by Prog mavericks The Enid. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-devil-the-demon-king-the-enid/