Gary Willis – Bass Bloody hellfire – that was hard! This is the last of the current crop of ‘bucket list’ transcriptions which means I have transcribed ALL of the first Tribal Tech album, ‘Spears’ (1985) (N.B. for those who notice these kinds of things, the track ‘Tribal’ has no bass on it). It is…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabasse Guitar Another request from the internet, this is the complete Anthony Jackson performance on the tune ‘Southbound Traveller’ from the 1991 Al Di Meola album, ‘Kiss My Axe’. There is a lost of low end stuff which is always challenging to pick out and I have learned to find it through…

Head only – Marcus Belgrave/Kenny Garrett Just a blues head from the 1991 Geri Allen album, ‘The Nurturer’, this is a tricksy little head from trumpeter Marcus Belgrave with a lovely ‘Coltrane’ turnaround at the end. A nice tune and a challenge to read as it never goes where you expect it to.

Etienne Mbappe – Bass This is a transcription of the closing head only and not the whole thing. This popped up on YouTube when the Eddie Palmieri video ended and I just wanted to see where it went. It’s a gnarly little sucker but a close examination of the performance trough the Moises app suggests…

Andy Gonzalez – Bass Andy González (January 1, 1951 – April 9, 2020) was a jazz double bassist of Puerto Rican descent recognized as was one of the innovators of Latin Jazz. González was a versatile player, as well as an arranger, composer, music historian and producer of other musicians’ records. He embraced African, Cuban and Puerto…

Gary Willis – Bass With a career spanning more than 50 years, Gary Willis has released 5 solo CD’s, 10 as co-leader of Tribal Tech and has been a part of a multitude of other projects including playing alongside Wayne Shorter, Allan Holdsworth, Hubert Laws and many others. His own works include legends Dennis Chambers,…

Chuck Rainey – Bass Another one from the catalogue of Messrs. Becker and Fagen, this is the complete Chuck Rainey part for the tune ‘Josie’ which closed the original 1977 Steely Dan album ‘Aja’. I am not entirely sure what Rainey is doing it; it sounds like a king of hybrid slapping which doesn’t use…

Chuck Rainey – Bass Rainey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on June 17, 1940, and grew up in Youngstown. His parents were both amateur pianists. He learned viola, piano, and trumpet as a child and majored in brass instruments in college. He attended Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee. Rainey began playing guitar in the military. After college he played guitar in a local…

Stefano De Donato – Bass Another one from the same player and the same band. The tune is called ‘Jesahel’ and was featured on the 1997 Dirotta Su Cuba recording, ‘È Andata Così’ It’s essentially the same four bars repeated with a couple of asides so not a massive challenge to actually play but some…

Stefano De Donato – Bass I don’t know anything about this band or this guy. Internet says they are an Italian band from the 1990s. Someone asked for it on a Facebook forum so here we are. It’s a fun kind of ’80s’ thing and reminds me of the kind so things Go West and…