Bass Player: Dave LaRue Dave LaRue is the bass player with the virtuoso rock group Flying Colors. He is also a long-time member of the instrumental groups the Steve Morse Band and the Dixie Dregs. LaRue’s technical prowess is formidable among other jazz-fusionists, but his unique talent is to project his virtuosity with remarkable soul…

Bass Player: Gerrit-Jan Bloemink Silhouette are a Dutch Prog rock band that came into existence in 2005, started by a couple of friends with passion for progressive rock music. At that time, the band consisted of Brian de Graeve (vocals and guitars), Jos Uffing (vocals and drums), Gerrit Jan Bloemink (bass guitar), and Erik Laan…

Bass Player: Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the manbo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States…

Bass Player: Dick Nolan Dick Nolan is primarily known for his work with UK neo-Prog band It Bites who had a massive impact on the scene in the late 1980s with their three albums, ‘The Big Lad In The Windmill’ (1986), ‘Once Around The World’ (1988) and ‘Eat Me In St Louis’ (1989). The band…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee The complete set of pdfs for the 1978 Rush album, ‘Hemispheres’, including the tracks: 1. Cygnus XI: Book Two – Hemispheres I. “Prelude” II. “Apollo (Bringer of Wisdom)” III. “Dionysus (Bringer of Love)” IV. “Armageddon (The Battle of Heart and Mind)” V. “Cygnus (Bringer of Balance)” VI. “The Sphere (A Kind…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee The tune that got them into trouble, with Neil Peart painted as a mindless disciple of Ayn Rand etc etc.. A clumsy critique of Communism etc etc. Who knows? We are here for the bass part. Some lovely lines from Uncle Geddy but watch those time signatures again.

Bass Player: Geddy Lee What else can we say about Geddy Lee? One of the pre-eminent bass players in Rock, he has won awards and plaudits from a host of sources and has influenced more than one generation of bass players. A lot of his reputation arose from the halcyon days of 1970s/80s Rush and…

Bass Player: Harvie S (Swartz) Harvie S, award winning bassist, educator, composer, arranger, and producer, is continually challenging himself and his peers, expanding the borders of musical direction. Harvie’s latest project is a recording done in 1985 with Jazz legend Alan Dawson and Mike Stern. going for it on High Note Savant Records.https://njjs.org/2021/03/07/bassist-harvie-s-rediscovers-three-historic-nights-from-cambridges-1369-club/ His last…

Bass Player: Zev Katz Who is Zev Katz? Not a name you hear a lot but let’s have a look at his performance credits…. Patti Austin, Elmer Bernstein, Bono, Garth Brooks, James Brown, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Felix Cavaliere, Eric Clapton, Marc Cohn, Paula Cole, Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Elvis Costello, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Sheryl…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee Another complete transcription from the Man of Willowdale, Geddy Lee. This is the bass part from the tune ‘Cygnus X1: Book II: Hemispheres’ from the 1977 Rush album, ‘A Farewell To Kings’. Some very subtle stuff going on here with the counting and it is hard to be sure what the…