Anthony Jackson – Bass This one caught me ear a while back but I wasn’t ready to try it but I came back to it a few days ago and did the Moises thing and there is was in all it’s glory. These Camilo/Jackson grooves sound impossible but, actually, with a little practice and attention…

Jonas Westergaard – Bass Westergaard, who comes from Copenhagen, studied at the Rytmisk Music Conservatory. Since the 1990s, he has worked in the Danish and German jazz and improvisation scene with Christopher Dell, Benjamin Koppel, Christian Lillinger, Henrik Walsdorff, Marc Schmolling, the trio Spoom (with Ronny Graupe and Christian Lillinger, Michael Wollny and the formations Delirium (with Mikko Innanen, among others)…

Felix Pastorius – Bass It takes a certain amount of courage to take up an instrument that your father was responsible for revolutionising but he did and he has made a noise all of his own. This is the Felix Pastorius bass part for the Bob Mintzer tune ‘I Knew His Father’ from the 2013…

Sting – Bass Not everyone knows this but Sting was a Jazz musician long before he hit the big time with the post-Punk/White Reggae icons The Police. When The Police wrapped things up and he went on to front his own band, he picked up the guitar and left the bass duties to former Miles…

Anthony Jackson – Bass Here we are with another complete Anthony Jackson performance. This one is from the 2011 Hiromi Trio Project album, ‘Voice’. The part is fairly accessible, a couple of fills that will test your rhythmic reading but, otherwise, its not too difficult. You will need a low B to pull this one…

Ugonna Okegwo – Bass Born in London, Okegwo is the son of Christel Katharina Lulf and Madueke Benedict Okegwo. In 1963 the family moved to Munster, Germany, where Okegwo grew up. As a youngster he enjoyed working with his hands and played the electric bass. At age 21, he took a class in violin-making and started…

Marc Johnson – Bass I remember getting hold of that Marc Johnson ‘Concepts For Bass Soloing’ book when it came out. Still have it. It’s a really great book in terms of insights into how the whole thing works and why it isn’t #random noodling’ to used the common pejorative that we hear from musicians…

Reginald Veal – Bass Veal grew up in New Orleans where he began piano lessons at a very early age. After receiving a bass guitar as a gift from his father at the age of eight, Veal went on to later join his father’s gospel group as the bassist. Veal studied with the legendary New…

Adalberto Cevasco – Bass I am not entirely sure if this is Cevasco but a search though the discographies and the dates of the recordings suggests he is the most likely candidate. Cevasco first became known as a bassist in the group of guitarist Rodolfo Alchourron. With trumpeter Gustavo Bergalli, saxophonist Bernardo Bara and drummer Nestor Astarita, he…

Ralph Towner – Gutiar Towner was born into a musical family in Chehalis, Washington, United States. His mother was a piano teacher and his father a trumpet player. Towner learned to improvise on the piano at the age of three. He began his career as a conservatory-trained classical pianist, attending the University of Oregon from 1958 to…