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Another horn solo this time, Sonny Rollins's first saxophone solo on the tune 'St. Thomas' from the 1957 album 'Saxopone Collosus'. An interesting insight into Rollins's concept and 'thematic development'. It is perfectly playable on the bass but woudl probably need some time spent with it in order to determine the best fingerings to get the phrases to flow. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/st-thomas-first-sax-solo-sonny-rollins/

My seven string is strung BEADGBE for the same reasons the OP proposed. Works well.

The fantastically named Colin Bass played the parts to this tune on a Wal bass. The beautiful tones open the 1981 Camel concept album 'Nude'. THis is a transcription of the opening tune on the album, 'City Life'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/city-life-camel/

Despite owning an Ovation Custom Legend, I got one of these for my last birthday (becasue it was there). It is a Vintage Paul Brett Parlour Guitar that cost £99. It is a sweet little guitar and I enjoy playing it.

Gary Moore's reframing of the Thin Lizzy classic 'Don't Believe A Word' features a simple bass part that fits the version perfectly. An easy read almost entirely free from accidentals. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/dont-believe-a-word-gary-moore/

Wynton Kelly, pianist with Miles Davis, was a bass player. https://youtu.be/wbrtwRZ9O2Q

Another Anthony Jackson part from the same Al DiMeola album. This is the title track, 'Land Of The Midnight SUn'. I am oretty sure that this was the first 'Jazz' album I bought after reading about DiMeola in Guitar Player magazine. Not AJ's 'For The Love Of MOney' bass sound!! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/land-of-the-midnight-sun-al-dimeola/

Gary Peacock. Keith Jarrett bass player for 30+ years. It was posted on Jack DeJohnette's page who was also in the trio and on Wikipedia.

Another quick transcrtiption from the same Al DiMeola album, this is Stanley Clarke's part to 'Love Them from 'Pictures Of The Sea''. Only really a two bar phrase repeated with a few asides. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/love-theme-al-dimeola/

Anthony Jackson's bass part to 'The Wizard', the opening track from Al DiMeola's 1976 album, 'Land Of The Midnight Sun'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-wizard-al-dimeola/

He is reportedly still alive. I heard it from a reliable source and Wikipedia confirmed it but apparently its not true. Hurrah for the Internet.

I can't isolate the tracks. I hear the details usually and can slow it down to check if a passage is too fast. I don't always transcribe with a bass in my hand but sometimes I do. On this one, I heard it the same way that you did on the headphones:straight Bs. When I went to post it and heard it on laptop speakers, like you, I heard the Cs and As. So I redid the relevant passage before posting. It is important to acknowledge that sometimes the bass is lost in the mix (common with double bass playing) and there are transcriptions I cannot do because I can't find the details.

None whatsoever 😂 😴 You got to learn the dots, mate. Trust me, it's worth it. Try Jeff Berlin's reading packages.

It's a great piece of Rock history. I love so many Canadian Rock bands, Rush, Max Webster, Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush, Pat Travers, April Wine. Even Joni Mitchell is Canadian. Battlescar is a BIG sounding record.

Four in one day. This is a transcription of the bass parts played by Dave Myles and Geddy Lee on the Max Webster/Rush mash up 'Battlescar'. I am not entirely convinced of the accuracy of the transcription as there is so much distortion on the basses and guitars that it is difficult to see the wood for the trees. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/battlescar-max-webster-rush/

Here you go, Captain. This was fun... 'Where's the one'?!!! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/ive-goy-you-eating-out-of-my-hand-it-bites/

Richard Nolan's bass part for the tune 'All In Red' from the It Bites album 'Big Lad In The Windmill'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/all-in-red-it-bites/

Three new transcriptions to post today: First one is a celebratory on. I said to myself that I was going to do 100 transcriptions this year (2 per week). Well this one was number 100. I wanted to do something 'special' for number 100 and the more I thought about it, the more I though that finding something special was taking me into very technical territory but, then it occured to me, 'What is it all about'? And this one came to mind Sara Lee's bass lines to the B52s signature tune 'Love Shack'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/love-shack-b52s/

Probably. I often neglect to add key signatures. It's my nemesis. So many Jazz transcriptions end up having accidentals all over the place either way.

Mexico's Juan Calleros performed this great little bass part from the tune 'Corazon Espinado' on Santana's 1999 album 'Supernatural'. An easy read but lots to enjoy in the groove. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/corazon-espinado-santana/

I will see what I can do.

Dave Holland's bass solo on the tune 'Old Folks' from the 1990 Pat Metheny/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes album 'Question And Answer'. Watch the phrasing as there are passages where there are triplet quarternotes that are crossing the bars and my old copy of SIbelius doesn't like that very much at all! https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/old-folks-pat-metheny/

A request that came through on Talkbass. J. Clifton MayHugh's lines on ADrian Belew's 'Adidas In Heat' from his 1982 solo album 'Lone Rhino'. Great lines but a tough read. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/adidas-in-heat-adrian-belew/

What a great story.

As a Genesis fan, I have loved this bass part since hearing the album when it came out in 1981. The track 'Behind The Lines' originated on the 'Duke' album but, the year after Genesis released that version, Phil COllins reframed the tune as a funk masterpiece featuring Weather Report bassist Alphonso Johnson. This is a masterpiece in funk phrasing and needs to be be listened to for the nuance and inflection. I have even broken my own rule and included a part that features popping (two notes here and there). A brilliant part. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/behind-the-lines-phil-collins/