J.S. Bach – Bass I go back to these every now and then for reading practice and usually stay on the the first two suites as the later ones are not very ‘electric bass friendly’. I came across this one today that I must have tried before but couldn’t remember it. It has some challenging…

Les Holroyd – Bass Les Holroyd was the bass player with UK Prog legends Barclay James Harvest. Proper Prog – double neck guitars, mellotrons, orchestras – the whole shebang. lacking the virtuosity of the likes of Genesis and Yes et al, they nevertheless made some wonderful records in their date. Some of it has dated…

Mike Rutherford – Bass In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of this iconic album, this is the complete Mike Rutherford bass part for the title track of the Genesis classic ‘The Lamb lies Down On Broadway’. These recordings are tougher than they first appear and it is pertinent to point out that this is played…

Nico Assumpção – Bass Born Antônio Álvaro Assumpção Neto in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1954, his father was a professional bass player, but Nico debuted in music by playing the acoustic guitar at the age of 10, having classes with Paulinho Nogueira. He changed to bass at 16, to fill in the void in a schoolmate’s band. At age…

Alex Blake – Bass Bassist Alex Blake, born in Panama City, Panama, has a revolutionary playing style and technique distinctly his own. He combines innovative strumming, rapid lyrical notations and percussive slaps on his bass to create a unique and compelling sound. Some have called him “an entire rhythm section”. Alex Blake’s talent is measured…

Avishai Cohen – Bass Avishai Cohen, born in Kabri, Israel on April 20th, 1970, has over the course of his career helped bring the bass into the spotlight and has pushed the boundaries of jazz. His work has earned him international awards and global recognition, and  as the prestigious  Miles Davis Award presented at the…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabass Guitar This one came up on my mp3 player which was on shuffle (it always is) and I thought it was relatively easy to get down on virtual paper so here we are. This is the complete Anthony Jackson part for the tune ‘Fantasy’ from the 2012 Hiromi Uehara Trio Project…

Leon Wilkerson – Bass A little more Southern Rock from the Skynyrd. The bass parts to a lot of these songs are surprisingly complex and the only saving grace when looking through this chart is that the tempo is not too rapid. There are actually a couple of 32nd note fills in there which is…

Paul Epworth – Bass Beginning a 30 year journey in music as a tape op in London recording studios, Paul’s career as a sound engineer, producer, songwriter, musician and label head has brought an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Song, 7 Grammys, an Ivor Novello, 3 British Producer Brit awards, 4x MPG Producer…

Dave Holland – Bass This one was a request from Paul Hornsby, an old friend from way back who I recently got back in touch with after a long time (see the track ‘After Dark’ in the ‘Bits and Bobs’ section on this website). We used to play together in the Cardiff based Julian Martin…