Jimmy Johnson – Bass Allan Holdsworth has played with some great bassists in his time and I was a massive fan of his trio with Jeff Berlin but, when he brought on board Flim Johnson, I had great expectations because I had already been a fan of Johnson through his work on the first three…

Gary Willis – Bass These are such strong bass parts. The first two Tribal tech albums were really important for me at the time they came out and it is wonderful to be able to revisit them with the new technology of MOISES and Transcribe! The detail is exquisite and there is so much to…

Carlos Henriquez – Bass Another from the Marsalils stable, the tune ‘Feeling Of Jazz’ was a Diane Reeves features vocal tune from the 2004 Wynton Marsalis album, ‘The Magic Hour’. This ol’ New Orleans stuff is great. Henriquez plays some great down home bass at a tempo that most of us will deal with reasonably…

Bob Hurst – Bass Well, you can’t say I didn’t try. This NOT a complete transcription but it is the ‘bass part’ from the tune. I tries to get teh solo down but it is all over the place in terms of its phrasing and to say it is ‘loose’ is the understatement of the…

Chris Squire – Bass A simple but interesting line from the King of Prog Bass, Mr. Christopher Russell Edward Squire. As the only bass player with Yes during his lifetime (I think – ABWH doesn’t count) he defines the genre to the point where todays Prog seen is littered with Rickenbackers and growling basses (I…

Charnett Moffett – Bass Another from the discography of Wynton Marsalis, this is a ‘throwaway’ piece from the 1985 Wynton Marsalis ablum, ‘Black Codes (From The Underground)’. It was probably improvised on the spot for the purposes of creating an extra track to make sure there was enough material for a full album but I…

Carlos Henriquez – Bass I came upon this album earlier this year. It came out in 2007 but I missed it completely and only found it by accident when I was shopping for something else by Marsalis online. The album is called ‘From The Plantation To The Penitentiary’ and features long-standing Marsalis sideman Carlos Henriquez…

Renaud Garcia-Fons – Bass Another folksy tune from the mind of French bassist Renaud Garcia-Fons, this one with the bass player in the traditional role of bass playing – no stratospheric arco playing this time, just traditional rooted bass playing. There are challenges, however, as the piece is in 5:4 or 5:8 depending on how…

Renaud Garcia-Fons – Bass Another from the greatest export from France since Brie. This is one of those pieces that jumps back and forth between pizzicato and arco players. I wouldn’t worry too much about the swap over because you probably won’t be able to play either part! That’s actually not true but I suspect…

Bob Hurst – Bass A massively underrated player (there are several transcriptions of his on here and they are all goldmines), Bob Hurst was a mainstay in the early Marsalis bands, both Wynton and Branford and probably the other siblings and Dad too! *** I revisited this one for study purposes and it came to…