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A request from the website, this is a full transcription of Jimmy Johnson's bass part for the tune 'Home' from the 1985 Allan Holdsworth album, 'Metal Fatigue'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/home-allan-holdsworth/ PS that's the 300th transcription now available on the site

A request from the website, this is Walter Becker's bass part from the tune 'Florida Room' from the Donald Fagan 1993 album, 'Kamakiriad'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/florida-room-donald-fagan/

By the way, I have 10 JLP cds, Inc Enigmatic Oceans, that I got as part of that original albums series. Astonishing value for money.

Indeed I have and JLP had some great bass players over the years.

I have heard of them and heard that they were often compared to 'Yes' but, no, I have never followed them up either. Just did... eeek. A bit syrupy 🤪

It's ok but a little naive for my tastes. Lacks the edge of Bruford etc. I found Flim and The BBs a bit like that. Kinda nearly but not quite. Occasional passages that are nice but, overall, a bit 'lightweight'. Nice to check out something new, though, and I had never heard of this guy so thanks for sharing. I will look for some more by him and see where it takes me.

Something a little funky, in a 'broken beat' style that the young people have started to use This is, I believe, Vincente Archer's bass part to the tune 'Free Style' from the 2020 Donald Harrison compilation 'The Burners'. There are indications on the web that this was Ron Carter but it just doesn't sound like Uncle Ron to me... there are also indications that Carter and Archer both featured on the Free To Be album that this track originally comes from. If anyone knows anything I don't, please get in touch and I can correct if necessary. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/free-style-donald-harrison/

The link is to the full album sequence on YouTube. You don't get to choose!

I lived (yes, lived) those Bruford albums when I was a kid. Couldn't get enough of them. Love Jaco but Jeff Berlin was the bloke who captured my imagination. I think Bruford (the band) are more 'English/European/Prog Rock' influenced that Jaco's stuff which is more Funk/Jazz/Blues. I am not a massive funk fan so tended to 'hear' the melodies in Bruford more readily. I was also a Yes fan before I discovered Bruford so was into his drum concept already. Love them both but I always thought Jeff Berlin was the stronger player. Less iconic, probably, but less 'lick' based. If you listen to t a lot of Jaco, there is a lot of repetition. You don't get that so much with JB.

As promised - a pdf of the whole 'One Of A Kind' album. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/one-of-a-kind-full-album-bruford/

I thought I had done this already but I was trying to put together a 'full album' pdf of the Bruford 'One Of A Kind' and could not find it anywhere on any of my devices. So here it is. This is the full Jeff Berlin bass part for the beautiful 'Forever Until Sunday' from the 1979 Bruford album. Full album PDF to follow. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/forever-until-sunday-bruford/

Complete set of Jeff Berlin bass parts to the 1980 Bruford album 'Gradually Going Tornado'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/gradually-going-tornado-full-album-bruford/

The full set of transcriptions of the Tony Reeves bass parts to the 1973 Greenslade album, 'Bedside Manners Are Extra'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/bedside-manners-are-extra-full-album-tony-reeves-bass/

Another Tony Reeves chart from the 1973 Greenslade album, 'Bedside Manners Are Extra'. This is a transcription of Tony Reeve's part. It is not complete as the long solo section at the end is not transcribed in detail but presented as a four bar repeated section featuring the core elements. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/chalkhill-greenslade/

I have had 1400 hits on the website in the last two days and 3000 in the last week.

And another (I am writing out the whole album). The track 'Before You Go' from the 1988 Mike Stern album, 'Time In Place'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/before-you-go-mike-stern/

They existed long after I left the band so maybe they went up that way with a later line-up.

Where is up this way? 😄 I have never been to Scotland.

FRS session and a HM Heroes compilation album.

An old photograph has appeared on line. I am far Left. Nothing much has changed there, then. 19881, I believe.

Another Jeff Andrews part from the same Mike Stern album, this is the title track, 'Time In Place'. A much easier read but watch the 6:4 bars. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/time-in-place-mike-stern/

That was why I wanted to post these transcriptions. I found learning to read using conventional method books very uninspiring. Tedious etudes with no aesthetic relationship to the kinds of music I wanted to play. When I started transcribing, I found loads of charts that would be great for learner readers and, in this day of YouTube and Spotify, the tunes were really easy to access. So I thought, stick them out there and let people use them. 73000 hits to date so they have found a niche!

A full transcription of Jeff Andrews' performance on the tune 'Gossip' from the 1988 Mike Stern album, 'Time In Place'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/gossip-mike-stern/

Great work. Just read through the Camilo chart. Very clearly presented and, as far as I can see, entirely accurate. What more could anyone ask for.

IIRC....there was always time to listen to different people but these were the ones that I rated as I was developing as a player Steve Harris Chris Squire Jaco Jeff Berlin Percy Jones Jimmy Johnson Marc Johnson Dave Holland Mingus (as a composer, though, rather than as a player) Everyone.....(I stopped being a fan boy and started focussing on the music)