Bass Player: Andy West Andy West is what happens when kids go to school with other kids who are monster musicians. West met Dregs guitarist Steve Morse in High School. What are the chances of that? The transcription is the title track from the 1978 Dregs album, ‘What If’, the album which features their most…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee Gary Lee Weinrib was named Geddy Lee because that is how his Jewish mother pronounced his name and the rest of the guys picked up on it. Actually, it is not widely known that Lee was not the first singer and bassist with Rush and was preceded by Jeff Jones who…

Bass Player: Anthony Jackson This track, from the 1984 Steve Khan album, ‘Casa Loco’ features Anthony Jackson playing a line that is as much sequencer as it is bass and AJ was on record at the time saying that he was not going to be beaten by a machine. Almost the whole transcription is played…

Bass Player: Alain Caron Alain Caron is best known for his many years as a member of Uzeb (Quebec Fusion supergroup), but also for having released many solo albums. He has recorded and toured with jazz greats including Oliver Jones, Lorraine Desmarais, Mike Stern, Frank Gambale, Bireli Lagrene,  Didier Lockwood, Tiger Okoshi, Billy Cobham and…

Bass Player (and vocals) – Esperanza Spalding A native of Portland, Oregon, Spalding began playing music professionally in her childhood, performing as a violinist in the Chamber Music Society of Oregon at age five. She was later both self-taught and trained on other instruments, including guitar and bass. Her proficiency earned her academic scholarships to…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin The complete bass parts for the 1986 Jeff Berlin album, ‘Pump It’ featuring: Pump It Joe Frazier Part II Bach All The Greats Crossroads Freight Train Shuffle Manos De Piedra

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin One of Bilbo’s greatest influences, users of the site will have noticed that New York born bassist Jeff Berlin’s playing features heavily. Today’s transcription is the only tune outstanding tune from the bassist’s 1986 album, ‘Pump It’. The title track opens with some fairly tricky harmonics (a repeating pattern played above…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another monster part from the ‘Marmite of Bass Education’, Mr Jeffrey Arthur Berlin. Berlin was born on January 17, 1953 in Queens, New York. He studied violin from 4 until 14 years of age, when he was inspired to play bass guitar after seeing The Beatles. He attended Berklee College of…

Bass Player: Colin ‘Wally’ Lowe Bassist Colin ‘Wally’ Lowe held the bass chair in Birmingham based Rock band Magnum from 1975 to 1995 and played on the bands most successful albums including their classic 1982 recording ‘Chase The Dragon’. Although the songs are almost entirely written by guitarist Tony Clarkin vocalist Bob Catley, Lowe was…

Bass Player: Jerry Peek Another tune from the Steve Morse Band’s first album, ‘The Introduction’, this transcription features bassist Jerry Peek’s line from the tune ‘Whistle’. A fairly straight forward part, it is not too challenging and should be playable for even those with fairly rudimentary skills – unlike a lot of Jerry’s other parts…