Bilbo

I just wanted to make a point here. The tunes are selected for the website as opportunities to practice reading and not based on the popularity of the musicians or tunes featured. If you only 'have a go' at the tunes you 'like', you are missing the point. The idea is to find the ones that test you enough to move your reading forward. Some of these charts will test the best of us but some are really easy which is why they are on there. If you only have a look at the tunes you know, you are missing out on a lot of learning opportunities. Dive in - it's all good.

Another complete Ruben Rodriguez transcription, this one is a tune called 'Go Home (Vete A Casa)' from the 2017 album 'Backlog'. A bit more demanding that 'Nature Boy' but still achievable and a great tune to move forward in exploring Latin grooves. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/go-home-vete-a-casa-steve-kahn/

Mine came with a wedge type thing that you can use to tilt the combo back so you can point it directly at yourself. I have a similar arrangement on the Acoustic Image Ten2Ex. It does help (although I also have a Phil Jones EarBox for double bass gigs also).

No but how cool does that look!! 😎

Another simple chart (easy to read and a very basis introduction to the most simple of Latin feels), this is the Ruben Rodriguez bass part for 'Nature Boy' a bonus track on the 2019 Steve Khan album, 'Patchwork'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/nature-boy-steve-khan/

The bass part for the tune 'Mali' off John Patitucci's 2009 trio album, 'Remembrance'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/mali-john-patitucci-trio/

I am, Dave. I am happy with my Acoustic Image Clarus for my double bass set up but it wasn't doing it for me on the electric front, even with a PJB extension cab, so I just got myself a CMD151P (the Jeff Berlin model). I also got frustrated with my 5-string bass earlier this year (a Marleaux Consat, I think) so sold that on here and bought a Cort Rithmic 4. I now have a complete Jeff Berlin fan-boy set up (not because it is Jeff Berlin endorsed but because it works). I got the Markbass (w. an additional New York 151 extension speaker) off ebay - a total bargain and the seller was only 30 miles away from me! The Markbass set up is astonishing - I tried the combo years ago and thought 'I have got to get me one of these' and it has taken me this long. I will be selling some other kit to off-set the cost but, frankly, it was an absolute steal.

Sorry, guys. I bottled it. Head only chart for the tune 'At One' from the 1993 Michel Camilo album, 'Rendezvous'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/as-one-michel-camilo/ Got the Markbass kit. Wow!

Another from the same 2014 album, this is the tune 'Seeker'. More digestible altogether but there are some passages that test your 16th note reading to the full. Lots of evidence of the James Jamerson influence Jackson often speaks of. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/seeker-hiromi-trio-project/ Now I am off to collect a new (to me) Markbass set up for my electric playing!

'Dreamer' from the 2014 Hiromi Trio Project album, 'Alive'. Not 100% sure as there are some classic AJ 'what the f*** is he doing NOW' moments but most of it is safe. There are some heavy challenges with the read, though, as a lot of the chart is in weird time signatures which does odd things to the ties in Sibelius. Once you 'get it', though, it soon settles. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dreamer-hiromi-uehara-trio-project/

I used Rotosound Solo Bass strings for three and a half decades on my Wal and it didn't do any damage at all. Groundwound i.e. roundwounds but with the surface ground down so it is less inclined to damage the fretboard.

Anthony Jackson's complete bass part for the tune 'Beethoven's Piano Sonata 8 - Pathetique' from the 2011 Hiromi Trio Project album, 'Voices'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/beethovens-piano-sonata-8-pathetique-hiromi/

Another one I am proud of, this is the complete Felix Pappalardi bass performance on the album version of 'Nantucket Sleighride' from the 1971 Mountain album of the same name. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/nantucket-sleighride-to-owen-coffin-mountain/

I did this one for a giggle. This is the most meaningless transcription on the website….. Four notes, most of which are Bb. There is some significant E activity in there but the G and F# barely get a look in. ‘The Pump’ from the 1980 Jeff Beck album, ‘There And Back’. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-pump-jeff-beck/

The room. Concrete walls and tiled floors? Forget it

I had meant to do this one for ages - Kai Eckhardt's bass solo from 'Blue In Green' on the John McLaughlin Trio's 'Live At The Royal Festival Hall' recording in 1989. So not Wally Lowe! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/blue-in-green-bass-solo-john-mclaughlin-trio/

'Vigilante' from the 1986 Magnum album of the same name. I think that's the lot for now. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/vigilante-magnum/

'All England's Eyes' from 'On A Storyteller's Night' by Magnum. I am not entirely confident on this one as there are passages where the bass is lost in the what is a fairly dense mix. I have had to 'guess' some of the details here and there so, if you hear it differently, you may be right. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/all-englands-eyes-magnum/

'Days Of No Trust' from the 1988 Magnum album, 'Wings Of Heaven'. Five in one day. I'm off to bed now. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/days-of-no-trust-magnum/

Sorry, Dave. My bad. I used the wrong dooberry ferkin which caused the fidgle to blurg. Should be working now

'Endless Love' - endless Magnum tunes, more like! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/endless-love-magnum/

'On A Storyteller's Night' from 'On A Storyteller's Night', oddly enough. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/on-a-storytellers-night-magnum/

'Two Hearts' from 'On A Storyteller's Night' has just gone up. Knocked that one out in my lunch break (working from home today)! My brother just told me Tony Clarkin died last year. I was so sad to hear that. I think he was a massively underrated writer and I have loved so much of his work over the years. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/two-hearts-magnum/

I loved their multiple 12-string arranging. I still can't figure out what they were doing.

Putter Smith, proper bass player. Taught the instruments, led albums, murdered people etc.