Rosanna Nicolosi – Bass This track was recommended by a Talkbass member. I have to admit that, whilst I was a massive fan of what was eventually called Fusion (I think it was still Jaxx-Rock when I was listening to it), I was never really a fan of Billy Cobham. Great player, it was just…

Stefano Cerri – Bass I have enjoyed this album since purchasing the vinyl the year it came out. It was always a little confusing who the bass players were on each track as the credits listed Cerri alongside Jack Bruce and John Giblin. I am pretty confident that this is Cerri, however, as the other…

Unknown (suspect sample) – Bass I know nothing about this thing other than it was from a movie that was supposedly a spoof on Three Men and a Baby or Four Weddings and a Funeral or something. Or was it Alien 3? It is a request from a Talkbass forum user. A relatively easy read…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabasse Guitar The more time I spend transcribing this guy, the deeper my respect for him. There are a couple of passages in this tune where I am struggling to get down what he is playing even when I slow it down to 25% of the original speed. This one is fun…

Anthony Jackson – Contrabasse Guitar One of those albums where the bass playing is stunning from the first note to the last. I first heard Michel Camilo on an album (yes, it was vinyl) called ‘French Toast’ which came out in 1984 and featured Anthony Jackson with both Dave Weckl and Steve Gadd but there…

Gary Willis – Bass I got hold of this album around the time that it was released. I had seen these guys talked about in guitar magazine and thought they sounded cool and I think I had heard Scott Henderson with either Jeff Berlin or Chick Corea. Anyway, the 1985 Tribal Tech album ‘Spears’ was…

Stanley Clarke – Bass This is a request from an email I got through the website – the track has a history. When Stanley Clarke and Jaco and a small number of other ‘superstar’ bassists started to appear on the scene, established bassist Charles Mingus was very scathing and suggested that, despite the chops, people…

Jeff Berlin – Bass In the late 1980s, Kazumi Watanabe recorded two albums with the Bruford rhythm section, Jeff Berlin and Bill Bruford himself on a Simmonds kit that had been programmes to play all sorts of chords and synthesised effects as well as conventional drum sounds. The results were mixed and some of the…

Lincoln Goines – Bass A mainstay of the New York City jazz/Latin/studio scene since the early 1980s, Goines’ career includes performance credits as sideman to Sonny Rollins, Paquito D’Rivera, Michel Camilo, Mike Stern and Carly Simon. He is also an educator and author, having written “Funkifying The Clave: Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums” with drummer…

Ricardo Lugo – Bass I picked up this album because Paoli Mejias plays percussion on a lot of Miguel Zenon’s stuff which IO adore and Zenon is on the Mejias recordings. I have been wanting to capture some of these furious Latin grooves that Zenon et al perform for a while but they are so…