Anthony Jackson – Bass I know nothing about the artist this time. The suggestion came from a member on Talkbass. Whilst I obviously know about AJ and Steve Gadd, my only knowledge of violinist Michael Urbaniak was through his involvement with the Miles Davis ‘Tutu’ sessions and a couple of other ‘one-offs’ I have come…

John Giblin – Bass One of those ubiquitous guys from the 1980s who appeared on every album, tour and tv show; Chris De Burgh, Jon Anderson, Kate Bush, John Martyn, Brand X, |Simple Minds, Fish, his fretless sound was one of his defining characteristics and is probably what he is known for most. John passed…

John Lodge – Bass A special request, this is one of those songs that we have all heard a million times, probably like on some level or other, even if we are not fans of The Moody Blues etc. I enjoyed going through this with a fine tooth comb as there are some interesting elements…

Ron Carter – Bass Ronald Levin Carter (born May 4, 1937) has appeared on 2,221 recording sessions make him the most-recorded jazz bassist in history. He has won three Grammy Awards  and is also a cellist who has recorded numerous times on the instrument. In addition to a solo career of more than 60 years, Carter is well-known for…

Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo (Richard Bona) – Bass Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a young age. His grandfather was a griot – a West African singer of praise and storyteller – and percussionist, as his mother was a…

Unknown Bass Another piece of Piazolla – I love these melodies. The bass parts tend to be quite simple and really amount to note recognition exercises – watch (listen for) the tempo changes in this one. The chart is in Eb so you need to watch for those accidentals and there are a couple of…

Bob Marshall – Bass The other tune from this album that I like. Major 70s disco thing going on here and I am loving the talk-box guitar solo. Dated, maybe, but cool as it comes.

Bob Marshall – Bass I got this album when I was a kid. I was just getting into Rock music and came across the John Miles album, ‘Stranger In The City’ in the ‘cheapies’ bin (where the reduced/sale items were sold) so it was cheap at a time when money was short and records very…

Ben Wolfe – Bass Joe Cool’s Blues is an album by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his father Ellis Marsalis that was released in 1995. The album consists of a series of songs inspired by the Peanuts comic strip and television specials. Half of the songs are cover versions of pieces by Vince Guaraldi, who composed for the Peanuts franchise from 1965…

Geddy Lee – Bass Well, I thought. While I am here, I might as well….. Complete bass performance by Geddy Lee of the whipping boy of their back catalogue ‘The Necromancer’ from the 1975 Rush album, ‘Caress of Steel’. It was the dawn of the Punk era and Peart comes up with this bit of…