Bass Player: Jeff Berlin The tune ‘Bach’ off Jeff Berlin’s 1986 album ‘Pump It’ is based around Bach’s Two Part Invention in C Minor from The Well Tempered Clavier. The core Bach composition is rearranged to give Jeff space to solo of Bach’s changes. The piece is challenging and it is recommended that players spend…

Bass Player: Ney Conceicao Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter Joao Bosco is one of the leading artists in Brazil and he has worked with all the greats within the Brazilian music sphere. He has also appeared alongside the bass player John Patitucci, on Patitucci’s album, Mistura Fina. Bosco’s first call bassist is the Brazilian Ney Conceicao and it is…

Bass Player: Dave Holland Another in the series of Dave Holland Quartet/Quintet albums, the 1996 recording ‘Dream Of The Elders’ featured Holland alongside saxophonist Eric Person, vibraphonist Steve Nelson and drummer Gene Jackson. The transcription is the title tune from this recording and features the full performance including Holland’s bass solo. Again, we are unable…

Bass Player: Gary Brown Gary Brown is a versatile bass player who has recorded with many high profile jazz and rock artists ranging from Lou Rawls and Airto Moreira to Jimmy Dillon and Steve Winwood. He has been a member of Flora Purim’s group since the early ’90s, and is also active in soundtrack work.…

Bass Player: Dave Holland This transcription is the title track of Dave Holland’s first album on the ECM label. ‘Conference Of The Birds’ featured a pianoless quartet of Holland, saxophonists Sam Rivers and Anthony Braxton and drummer Barry Altschul. The music is very ‘free’ but there is structure and composition in there. The interplay between…

Bass Player: Ben Wolfe In 1999, the Wynton Marsalis Septet released a seven cd boxed set of performances recorded ‘Live At The Village Vanguard’. Given the flexible nature of membership in Jazz ensembles, the bass players changed and, alongside Marsalis mainstay, Reginald Veal, one of the gigs recorded featured bassist Ben Wolfe who has also…

Bass Player: Dave Holland Wolverhampton born Holland has had the kind of career we all dream about and has performed with everyone from Miles Davis, Hank Jones, Chick Corea, Anthony Braxton, Pat Metheny, Kenny Wheeler and a myriad of other legendary players the world over. His own recordings are pretty much essential listening and feature…

Bass Player: Will Lee Will Lee is one of the busiest bass players in the history of popular music. A first call New York session guy, his list of credits runs into hundreds of pages. And that is just the ones beginning with S…. Donald Fagan’s ‘The Nightfly’ features a few bass legends including Anthony…

Bass Player: Ron Carter Ron Carter is arguably one of the most influential double bass players in modern Jazz. Having been the bass player for Miles Davis’s second Classic Quintet, alongside pianist Herbie Hancock, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and drummer Tony Williams, Carter found his voice in one of the most interactive ensembles ever to take…

Bass Player: Milt ‘The Judge’ Hinton In 1989, saxophonist Branford Marsalis recorded a sax/bss/drums trio album called ‘Trio Jeepy’. The band featured long time Marsalis sideman Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts on drums but, for the bass chair, Marsalis strayed from the stable of so called and called a bass player who was as steeped in the…