Bass Player: Robin Phillips ‘This one was a labour of love. I was a fan of this band when the first album appeared in 1984 and remember seeing them at The Granary in Bristol. I remember it because the singer who was with the band when they recorded their first album was not at the…

Bass Player: Robin Phillips Just wrapping up the ‘complete’ set for the 2021 album ‘Sia’ by UK Prog band ‘Solstice’. This is Robin Phillips’s bass part to the tune that closes the CD, ‘Cheyenne 2020’. The tune was originally recorded for their 1984 debut album, ‘Silent Dance’, this version is a reimagining of the song…

Bass Player: Robin Phillips Another tune from the 2021 album, ‘Sia’, from UK Prog band, Solstice. Nothing overly challenging about Robin Phillips’s bass part but the wonderful thing about these kinds of charts is that the learning reader can find themselves executing a competent performance of a professionally recorded song really early on in their…

Bass Player: Paul Chambers During his 13 year career between 1955 and 1968, Paul Chambers was one of the leading double bass players in jazz, performing with a wide variety of artists and a range of the music’s sub-genres and recording over 300 LPs for labels such as Blue Note, Riverside, Mercury and Columbia Records.…

Bass Player: Paul Chambers A Chambers composition, this is a transcription of the head and the first few bars of the tune ‘Ease It’ which has appeared on several albums under different ‘leaders’ but which is a live recording of Chicago gig by a band featuring PC with Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelly and…

Bass Player: Robert Hurst (transcription is not bass part) Another chart found in a drawer that was prepared for a pianoless Quartet Bilbo led in the 1990s, this is the head chart for the tune ‘Cochise’ from the Ellis Marsalis album, ‘Whistle Stop’. The head of the infamous Marsalis clan from New Orleans, pianist Ellis…

Guitarist: Pat Metheny There is always learning to be had in transcribing music that is not written for bass and this brief theme from the tune ‘The Search’ from the 1979 Pat Metheny Group album, ‘America Garage’ presents an interesting challenge in terms of reading in 12:8. The phrasing cuts across the basic 12:8 rhythm…

Bass Player: Robert Hurst A Detroit native, Hurst has enjoyed a stellar career spanning 30 years, and is a highly respected and well recognized composer, electric and acoustic bassist, educator, recording artist, and business man. His cultivation into a membership of talented musicians from around the world was fostered by lengthy tours and GRAMMY® Award…

Bass Player: Jack Bruce Another short transcription from Jack’s 1969 album, ‘Songs For A Tailor’, this is the tune ‘Boston Ball Game 1967’. The chart is essentially a one bar riff in 12:8 that goes up a fourth and resolves with a 3:4 bar. A simple idea that is all about the arrangement but, from…

Bass Player: Mark Egan Mark Egan learned his craft at the feet of Jaco Pastorius and first found international renown as part of the original line-up of the Pat Metheny Group. He has also performed as part of the band Elements and has recorded his own albums as leader. Other notable appearances have included Mark…