Mark Egan – Bass I know that Egan had lessons from Jaco but I don’t know if this tune was dedicated to Pastorius himself, or titled this way because the closing choruses are pure Pastorius 16th note grooving but, in the end, it doesn’t matter. This one is being put up because the last Egan…

Jay Anderson – Bass Bassist/composer Jay Anderson is among the most versatile and respected jazz artists performing today. Born in Southern California, Anderson began playing acoustic bass at the age of twelve. Throughout junior high, high school, and college, Anderson won numerous awards for excellence in both jazz and classical music. One week after receiving…

Mark Egan – Bass I bought this record shortly after it came out along with the sequel, ‘American Garage’. For a long time, I could never understand why Egan was replaced by Rodby but I have since gained a greater insight into Metheny’s vision. Nevertheless, these first two albums very much have their own identity…

Steve Rodby – Bass Another fine example of Rodby’s capacity to play the right notes, nothing more and nothing less. The phrasing on this is perfectly suited to the song, a Pat Metheny composition from the 2002 Metheny Group album, ‘Speaking Of Now’. Having Richard Bona in the band and not playing bass is evidence…

Dave Holland – Bass Another monster Holland chart – 11 pages in all (the tune is 9:18 long). I did a rehearsal recently with a couple of guys locally and the piano player, whose name, by a strange quirk of fate, is actually Dave Holland, pulled out three Dave Holland charts (no he didn’t try…

Joe Dart – Bass Joe Dart first picked up a bass at the age of eight, when his parents suggested that he and his siblings form a family band.The family band never materialized, but Dart stuck with it, and soon developed a love for the instrument, and for the bass-driven funk and soul music of the…

Tim Esau – Bass I think they call it Neo-Prog – the movement of Prog Rock bands that arose from the post-Marillion/Pallas/Twelfth Night/Solstice/IQ bands that proliferated at The Marquee in London and took to the stage at the Readign Rock Festival in the early 1980s. I believe all of these bands are still going in…

Glenn Hughes – Bass Another bucket list translation. I was in a band called No Quarter that hailed from the South Wales area and everyone suggested had something of Led Zeppelin about them (I couldn’t hear it, myself but the other guys were big fans) but I had a secret preference for Deep Purple. I…

Jimmy Bain – Bass I still think that the 1976 Rainbow ‘Rising’ album is the greatest Rock album of all time and this is the opening track from that album. There is a 90 second synth intro on the record and Don Airey remains arguably the most important Rock keyboard player next to Deep Purple’s…

Jeff Berlin – Bass A simple one from the King of the Impossible, this is another from that duo of albums that Berlin did with guitarist Kazumi Watanabe and drummer Bill Bruford. Watanabe has worked with all of the great electric players; Marcus Miller, Jeff Berlin, Richard Bona, Janek Gwizdala etc and there some major…