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  • Catalan: Greenslade

    Catalan: Greenslade

    Bass Player: Martin Briley Another track of one of Bilbo’s first Prog purchases, this is Martin Briley’s bass part for the tune ‘Catalan’ from the 1975 Greenslade album ‘Time And Tide’. Not a difficult part but interesting and a great bass sound (reportedly a Rickenbacker).

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  • Aubade – Soft Machine

    Aubade – Soft Machine

    Saxophone Lead: Alan Wakeman A transcription of the saxophone melody for the tune ‘Aubade’ from the Soft Machine album ‘Softs’. The piece is a guitar/sax duet featuring Alan Wakeman and John Etheridge. A simple but beautiful melody over first position chords. Perfectly playable on the bass.

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  • A Love Supreme – John Coltrane

    A Love Supreme – John Coltrane

    Acknowledgement, Resolution, Puruance and Psalm from A Love Supreme – John Coltrane. This is a transcription of the saxophone parts for the whole LP (not Jimmy Garrison’s  bass parts) but transcribed in bass clef. The piece is a four par ‘suite’ so we have presented it in four parts. A lot of the performance is…

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  • Seems Like A Lifetime Ago – Bruford

    Seems Like A Lifetime Ago – Bruford

    Bass Player: Jeff Berlin One more off the Bruford LP ‘Feels Good To Me’. Featuring the eccentric vocals of Annette Peacock, the beauty of Kenny Wheeler’s flugelhorn and the wonderful guitar of Allan Holdsworth, this is the bass part for both halves of the two part ‘Seems Like A Lifetime Ago’. Remember, this is Bilbo’s…

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  • Newsworth – Greenslade

    Newsworth – Greenslade

    Bass Player: Martin Briley Another Martin Briley part from the Greenslade LP ‘Time and Tide’. This track is called ‘Newsworth’ which has some great lyrics from singer/second keyboard player, Dave Lawson. (Newsworth) I’ve heard that, a Newsworth) A newsworth lives in his pen. May I suggest, It’s likely that he lives in one then (Newsworth)…

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  • You By My Side – Chris Squire

    You By My Side – Chris Squire

    Bass Player: Chris Squire Something simple after that ridiculous Bruford nonsense. Prog obscurity with Chris Squire’s bass part for ‘You By My Side’ off the ‘Fish Out Of Water’ album. The ‘live’ video attached is just him miming to the recording so it is the same lines as the chart. This is a really easy…

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  • If You Can’t Stand The Heat – Bruford

    If You Can’t Stand The Heat – Bruford

    Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Bilbo: ‘Oh, my giddy Aunt. This one is all over the shop. I am not at all sure whether this is an accurate transcription or a bit ‘Heath Robinson’. There are passages where there is one bar of 4:4 followed by bars of 9:16, 3:4 and 15:16. I have no idea…

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  • Back To The Beginning – Bruford

    Back To The Beginning – Bruford

    Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Bilo: ‘I am still working on these old Bruford albums I loved when I was starting to get my playing together. Jeff Berlin’s bass part of ‘Back To The Beginning’ from the first Bill Bruford album ‘Feels Good To Me’. The ‘jamming’ section is a tough transcription as the bass is…

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  • Hell’s Bells – Bruford

    Hell’s Bells – Bruford

    Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another Jeff Berlin special. ‘Hells Bells’, the opening track from the Bruford album ‘One Of A Kind’. ‘There is one mad passage that I am not entirely satisfied with as the bass part is lost in the mix, even if you slow it down ( bars 89 to 101 – it…

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  • Animal Farm – Greenslade

    Animal Farm – Greenslade

    Bass Player: Martin Briley Bilbo: ‘Another early favourite for me. Like Chris Squire, the tune is all tone. There is nothing ‘chopsy’ about it and it is a relatively easy read. I have always enjoyed this album and the bass sound that Martin Briley has achieved (using a Rickenbacker, I am reliably informed) is on…

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