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…

Victor Wooten – Bass I am pretty sure this is my first Victor Wooten transcription. I am not a fan of transcribing slap stuff as you have to put text above each letter to show whether a note is slapped or popped or double thumbed etc and it is tiresome beyond belief but this one…

Jon Camp – Bass Jon Camp (9 October 1949 — 13 December 2024) was the bassist for UK band Renaissance from 1972 to 1985. His main influences were instrumental groups such as The Shadows, The Outlaws, The Ventures and The Tornados. Camp’s first group, which had him on lead guitar, was called 7th Dimension. He soon joined another group, Pepper, who were looking for…

Anthony Jackson – Bass I have put this transcription together over the last few days and, whilst I am satisfied with the rhythms, I do not have a bass available so cannot be 100% confident that every note is correct (there are times with AJ performances where the B, C and C# at the bottom…

Mark Egan – Bass One of the premier electric bassists of contemporary jazz, Mark Egan has distinguished himself over the past five decades with his distinctive fretless bass sound that has graced countless jazz and pop albums as well as award-winning movie and television soundtracks. An in-demand New York City studio musician who has played…

Victor Bailey – Bass A request from a website user this is a transcription of the tune ‘Blue Victory’ as performed on the attached YouTube video which is a live concert recording from 1990. If I am reading the internet correctly, the band was led by guitarist Gyula Babos (the tune appeared on his 1994…

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.…