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  • Spanish Eyes – Al Di Meola

    Spanish Eyes – Al Di Meola

    Bass Player: Anthony Jackson Jackson is a massive legend on the bass scene and has played with pretty much everyone from Steely Dan to Paul Simon, Michel Camilo to Hiromi, Steve Kahn to Dave Valentin, Luther Vandross – the discography is incredible. Jackson was also a massive advocate for the six string Contrabass Guitar and…

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  • 45:8 – Pat Metheny Group

    45:8 – Pat Metheny Group

    Bass Player: Steve Rodby Rodby was born in Joliet, Illinois, into a musical family. His father was a music teacher who bought him an acoustic bass, electric bass, and amp when he was 12. He heard classical from a young age and was educated in classical until high school when he learned jazz. During high school…

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  • How Long? – Wynton Marsalis Septet

    How Long? – Wynton Marsalis Septet

    Bass Player: Reginald Veal Citi Movement (Griot New York) was a 1992 recording by the Wynton Marsalis Septet. CITI MOVEMENT (GRIOT NEW YORK) embraces the aural and visual cacophony of the cityscape, its throbbing heartbeats, and the harmonies that emerge from the conflicts and compromises of urban life. Wynton’s first dance score, and one of…

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  • Smooth – Santana

    Smooth – Santana

    Bass Player: Benny Reitveld Bassist Benny Rietveld brings an impressive resume with him. After moving to Hawaii from his native Utrecht, the Netherlands, he attended the University of Hawaii College of Music for two years. Island dates with artists such as The Crusaders, Richie Cole, Barney Kessell, Howard Roberts, Bill Mays, and Makoto Ozone followed,…

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  • Stargazer – Rainbow

    Stargazer – Rainbow

    Bass Player: Jimmy Bain Jimmy Bain had a perfectly decent career as one to Heavy Rock’s first call guys, performing with Ronnie James Dio, his own Wild Horses and a handful of other Rock legends but it is for his contribution to the 1976 Rainbow album, ‘Rising’ that he is most widely known. Bain unexpectedly…

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  • Tango Apasionado (Prologue) – Astor Piazzolla

    Tango Apasionado (Prologue) – Astor Piazzolla

    Bass Player: Andy Gonzalez Originally released in 1989, Astor Piazzolla’s The Rough Dancer and the Cyclical Night was recorded in New York in September 1987, with an ensemble that included Fernando Suárez Paz (violin), Pablo Zinger (piano), Paquito D’Rivera (alto sax, clarinet), Andy González (bass), and Rodolfo Alchourrón (electric guitar). The recording was produced by Kip Hanrahan…

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  • Bolero – Maurice Ravel

    Bolero – Maurice Ravel

    Bass Player: Not applicable ‘Bolero’ is a one- movement orchestral piece by the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875-1937). Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian actress and dancer Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel’s most famous musical composition. (courtesy Wikipedia) Boléro – Wikipedia The transcription is the melody which repeats…

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  • Three Nighter – Jeff Berlin

    Three Nighter – Jeff Berlin

    Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another chart from the 1985 Jeff Berlin solo album on Passport Records, ‘Champion’, these are the dots for the tune ‘Three Nighter’. With the exception on on bar of sixteenth notes, this chart is generally fairly playable. The bass part under the guitar solo is not transcribed as it would take…

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  • What I Know Now – Jeff Berlin

    What I Know Now – Jeff Berlin

    Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another transcription from Jeff Berlin’s 1985 solo debut album, ‘Champion’, this is a transcription of the power ballad ‘What I Know Now’. A lovely arrangement featuring Jeff playing the melody and some great soloing from Scott Henderson. Some really challenging fills and a gorgeous key change, the chart intermittently goes from…

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  • Into The Lens – Yes

    Into The Lens – Yes

    Bass Player: Chris Squire Up until this point in the Yes catalogue, the progress of the band was uncontroversial. A new drummer here and a new keyboard player there and a new guitar player all came and made their subtle and nuanced mark on the Yes sound. In 1980, however, things took a very strange…

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