Al Di Meola – Guitar I have two things that I like transcribing, bass and solo acoustic guitar. I try the guitar stuff for the same reason as I do the bass; I want to have material I can use to aid my practising that is more interesting than ‘Campdown Racing’ or cheesy, uninspiring classical…

Paul Martinez – Bass Paul Frank Martinez (6 October 1947 – 10 February 2024) was an English session musician and songwriter. Born in Leicester, England, Martinez was best known for his work with Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, Jackie Edwards, Dave Edmunds, George Harrison, Maggie Bell, Vasco Rossi, Peter Gabriel, Chicken Shack, and The Adverts, among others. On 13 July 1985, when Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones reunited as Led Zeppelin for the Live Aid concert…

Jimmy Johnson – Bass Jimmy Johnson (born 1956) is an American bass guitarist best known for his work with James Taylor, Allan Holdsworth, and Flim & the BB’s. Raised in a rich musical environment, his father was a 47-year member of the Minnesota Orchestra’s bass section, his mother a piano teacher and accompanist, and his brother Gordon is also a professional bassist.…

John Patitucci – Bass I can’t believe that it is 45 years since this album was released. This tune is a Patitucci composition that has Scofield written all over it – think ‘Techno’ and that whole ‘Still Warm’ period. We know that Patitucci didn’t invent the six-string bass but, for my generation, he was the…

Hans Glawischnig – Bass There is a lot of biographical information on here already so straight to the dots. This is another of those manic Latin charts that Glawischnig excels at. This time, it is a tune from the 2006 Paoli Meijas album, ‘Transcend’. The tune is called ‘Oye Como Suena’ ‘ (Hey! How it…

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…

Hans Glawischnig – BAss Something a bit different. From the 2005 Miguel Zenon album, ‘Jibaro’, the tune ‘Mariandá’ is very loose in terms of groove and there is a lot of breathing in the tempos. Stuff like this is usually played with lots of eye contact and nods that are interpreted by players who know…

Michael Viñas – Bass Another track requested through Talkbass. Lots of interesting ideas in terms of how to really play these Latin grooves. The root-five-octave thing is there all the way but there are lots of little nuances that MV uses to stop things becoming too predictable. A challenging chart primarily because of the tempo…

Michael Viñas – Bass A request from Talkbass, this is the complete Michael Viñas bass performance from the tune ‘Adan Garcia’ from the 1992 Rubén Blades recording, ‘Amor Y Control’. Classic Latin bass groove. Nothing chopsy but a great vehicle for developing your ability to make a tune of this kind groove nicely. There are…

Hans Glawischnig – Bass I often find myself wondering how this Austrian-born bass player got to be the first-call player with an intensely Puerto-Rican specialist Miguel Zenon and have to conclude it is nothing more complicated that Glawishnig is just s***-hot! Zenon charts can be astonishingly complicated and difficult to play and there is no…