Anthony Jackson – Bass Another request, although this is a tune I have long adored, this is the opening track of Michel Petrucciani’s 1989 album, ‘Music’. I got to see Petrucciani with AJ and Steve Gadd at the Brecon Jazz Festival in, I think, 1998 (Petrucciani died in ’99) and I remember it very well…

Seth Govan – Bass Here is about two and a half minutes of Seth Govan’s playing on his brother Guthrie’s tune, Hangover, from the 2006 Guthrie Govan album, ‘Erotic Cakes’. I stopped at the 2:38 mark as things get impossible to hear, never mind write down. Seth is from down the road from where I…

Steve Rodby – Bass I believe I read it in the Pat Metheny Songbook, that this tune was Metheny’s attempt at doing something like those great Earth, Wind & Fire records with the harmonised vocals but mainstream pop music this isn’t. The whole thing is a masterpiece of melody, rhythm and harmony. It is also.…

Dusty Hill – Bass Hill was born in Dallas, Texas. As a child, he began performing music with his brother, Rocky Hill. In 1968, he and the drummer Frank Beard joined the guitarist Billy Gibbons in ZZ Top; they went on to release albums including the bestselling Eliminator (1983). Hill favored simple compositions and a “big”, distorted sound. Critics described his basslines as a critical…

Marcus Miller – Bass William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on June 14, 1959. He grew up in a musical family; his father, William Miller, was a church organist and choir director. Through his father, he is the cousin of jazz pianist Wynton Kelly. He became classically trained as a clarinetist…

Itibere Swarg – Bass Swarg is a bass player and composer who was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1950. After starting studying music with his father, Antonio Bruno Zwarg, he began his career with the Ray Carelli group, playing in ballrooms in the city of São Paulo. In the 70’s, he was part of…

Anthony Cox – Bass Anthony Cox (born October 24, 1954) is an American jazz bass player. He is known for his work with several leading musicians including Geri Allen, Dewey Redman, Dave Douglas, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Gary Thomas, Marty Ehrlich, Ed Blackwell, Joe Lovano, and Dave King.[1] Cox grew up in Minneapolis and attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. Cox plays mainly in the post-bop, avant-garde, and traditional styles,…

Bob Daisley – Bass My little tribute to the late great Ozzy Osbourne. I saw the Rhoads/Sarzo line-up at Port Vale in 1991 (I was mainly there for Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush’ but remember the gig well. All that aside, this was, for me, THE Ozzy tune that launched his post- Sabbath career. Enough…

Ralph Towner – Composer For many many years now, I have loved interesting melodies that challenge the ear. I was feeling a bit jaded after the last Anthony Jackson transcription and was thinking about what to do next when this one came up on my mp3 player. It is a Ralph Towner composition that was…

Anthony Jackson – Bass I have been listening to Anthony Jackson since I bought my first fusion record in the late 1970s, ‘Al Di Meola’s ‘Land Of The Midnight Sun’. AJ was on several tracks (Jaco was on one of them which, if I recall correctly, was what drew me to the album in the…