Chris Minh Doky – Bass Chris Minh Doky (born 7 February 1969) is a Danish jazz bassist. He is the younger brother of jazz pianist Niels Lan Doky. He released his first album, Appreciation, in 1989 four years after picking up the instrument. As a sideman, he has collaborated with Mike Stern, Michael Brecker,Trilok Gurtu, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Sanborn. His sound is often described as a blend…

Renaud Garcia-Fons – Bass This is actually an arco line from the French bass player Renaud Garcia Fons and features the first 2:16 of the title tune of his 2009 album. I stopped there because his arco solo which starts soon after is, frankly, beyond me. This can be played pizz on a double bass…

Tommy Shannon – Bass Tommy Shannon (born Thomas Lafitte Smedley; April 18, 1946) is best known as a member of Doube Trouble, a Blues/Rock band led by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Born in Tucson, Arizona, Shannon moved to Dumas, Texas, when he was nine, where he originally started as a guitarist, though he started playing bass at the…

Renaud Garcia-Fons – Bass I heard this when driving and thought that this section would make a great Etude. The piece is called ‘Bolbol’ and comes from the 2001 Renaud Garcia-Fons recording ‘Navigitore’. It is a twelve bar passage from the 3:23 point. It is 5:4 and is a challenging read for that reason alone…

Jeff Berlin – Bass Everyone knows about the Kazumi Watanabe Trio albums, ‘Spice Of Life’ and ‘Spice Of Life Too’ and the Mo’ Bop series with Marcus Miller and Richard Bona but there are a lot of people that have not happened upon the 2013 recording the Japanese guitarist undertook with Jeff Berlin and drummer…

Gary Willis – Bass A sombre piece from the 1999 Tribal Tech album, this is the title track ‘Thick’. It is essentially a two bar part that repeats through most of the performance but it got a bit dense so I pulled out. Whilst I only got about 3 minutes in, you can see how…

Kenneth ‘Spider’ Sinnaeve – Bass Kim Mitchell has always played with rock solid bass players from back when he was with Max Webster through to his solo recordings. This is a typical Mitchell/Sinnaeve conceived part; solid to the floor but always interesting root movement, timing-wise. Generally fairly easy to read but there are a couple…

Carlos Henriquez – Bass I love all the Latin grooves and the subtle differences between the different styles but I have to admit I don’t know one from the other in terms of explaining a Son from a Guaguanco. This Carlos Henriquez performance is from the Jazz At Lincoln Center album, ‘Live In Cuba’. It’s…

Reginald Veal – Bass Another sensitive ballad from the 1991 ‘Intimacy Calling’ recording from Wynton Marsalis, we have another example of great ballad playing from Brother Veal. Reginald Veal held the Marsalis chair for decades. I don’t know why he gave the gig up – normally it is family stuff and the endless time away…

Jimmy Haslip – Bass I recall listening to this track when the album was released but I was reminded of it when someone asked for a transcription on one of the Facebook Groups I belong to. It is a straight swing tune in bass terms but there is a lot of ‘outside’ playing in the…