Mike Rutherford – Bass A massively underrated bass player, transcribing Rutherford’s lines has revealed a creativity that is matched by few. There are sections on this tune that require an astonishing facility and it will be a struggle for people to get the articulation without using a pick, but using a pick requires a level…

Christian McBride – Bass McBride was born in Philadelphia on May 31, 1972. After starting on bass guitar, McBride switched to double bass. He is a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts and studied at the Juilliard School. Bride was heralded as a teen prodigy when he joined saxophonist Bobby Watson’s group, Horizon, at the…

Jeff Berlin – Bass This is more of an approximation than a transcription and shows my inadequacies as much as anything. I love this video. JB can be overly chopsy for me sometimes and I don’t really like his versions of ‘Imagine’ and ‘Tears In Heaven’ as I think these are both tunes where the…

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,…