Felix Pastorius – Bass

Another Bob Mintzer tune, this one from the Yellowjackets album, ‘A Rise In The Road’ from 2013. It’s essentially a straightforward swing groove but the harmony is shifting chorus to chorus so you need to concentrate. The riff at the start is repeated later on but then there is a change to the way it lands so watch for that in the closing bars. Great fun. It is easy to make comparisons between Felix and his Dad but I think that this performance is just generic walking lines (there are subtle articulations that I did not include as it cluttered up the charts something rotten but you can play this one straight with no detriment.