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…

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.