Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another monster part from the ‘Marmite of Bass Education’, Mr Jeffrey Arthur Berlin. Berlin was born on January 17, 1953 in Queens, New York. He studied violin from 4 until 14 years of age, when he was inspired to play bass guitar after seeing The Beatles. He attended Berklee College of…

Bass Player: Colin ‘Wally’ Lowe Bassist Colin ‘Wally’ Lowe held the bass chair in Birmingham based Rock band Magnum from 1975 to 1995 and played on the bands most successful albums including their classic 1982 recording ‘Chase The Dragon’. Although the songs are almost entirely written by guitarist Tony Clarkin vocalist Bob Catley, Lowe was…

Bass Player: Jerry Peek Another tune from the Steve Morse Band’s first album, ‘The Introduction’, this transcription features bassist Jerry Peek’s line from the tune ‘Whistle’. A fairly straight forward part, it is not too challenging and should be playable for even those with fairly rudimentary skills – unlike a lot of Jerry’s other parts…

Bass Player: Anthony Jackson Anthony Jackson’s CV is absolutely astonishing and runs into hundreds of albums – in fact, let’s stick it up here!!! As co-leader Easy Pieces by Easy Pieces (Steve Ferrone, Renee Geyer, Anthony Jackson, Hamish Stuart) (A&M, 1988) Trio in Tokyo with Michel Petrucciani, Steve Gadd (Dreyfus, 1999) Interspirit with Yiorgos Fakanas (Abstract Logix, 2010) As studio musician or guest[edit]…

Bass Player: Bert Ruiter Focus are a Dutch progressive rock band formed in Amsterdan in 1969 by keyboard/vocalist/flute player Thijs Van Leer anbd Jan Akkerman. The line-up has changed throughout the life of the band but their biggest hit remains the tune ‘Sylvia’ from the 1972 album, Focus 3. The bass player on that track…

Bass Player: Mike Rutherford Mike Rutherford is more than simply a bass player and, with the legendary Prog band, Genesis, has played bass, guitar, Taurus bass pedals and backing vocals. More importantly, however, he is a composer and arranger and his writing has been a major element in the success of Genesis since their origins…

Bass Player: Dave LaRue Dave LaRue is the bass player with the virtuoso rock group Flying Colors. He is also a long-time member of the instrumental groups the Steve Morse Band and the Dixie Dregs. LaRue’s technical prowess is formidable among other jazz-fusionists, but his unique talent is to project his virtuosity with remarkable soul…

Bass Player: Tony Reeves In or around 1974, keyboard player Dave Greenslade disbanded his group, Greenslade, and produced his first solo album, ‘Cactus Choir’. Whilst he did not play on all of the album (Dave Markee and John G. Perry performed on some tracks), Tony Reeves, the bass player from the Greenslade band, was the…

Bass Player: Tom Hill A band that had it’s own moderate successes, Geordie are primarily known as the band that AC/DC’s Brian Johnson led before joining Australia’s finest. A request from a member at Talkbass, this is the bass part for the tune ‘Going Down’ from the band’s 1974 album, ‘Don’t Be Fooled By The…

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…