Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another partial transcription from the 2005 album, ‘Boston T party’ featuring Jeff Berlin with Dennis Chamber, T. Lavitz and David Fiuczynski. The transcription features the first half of the tune and the end. The missing section is essentially a four bar repeating section with improvised fill; you will get the idea…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Another transcription from the 1985 Jeff Berlin solo album, ‘Champions’. This is Jeff’s arrangement of Cannonball Adderley’s ‘Marabi’. The chart features the main theme played in unison by Jeff and guitarist Scott Henderson. It is not a complete transcription but the rest of the tune features a fairly routine III, Vi,…

Bass Player: Kevin Fitzgerald/Mac Hines Bilbo is currently working with Suffolk, UK, based guitarist/compose Kevin Fitzgerald on taking his studio project ‘Panoply’ on the road. As part of this process, he is transcribing charts for the tunes that Kevin is looking to include in the band’s set list. The attached chart is the bass part…

Bass Player: Kevin Fitzgerald/Mac Hines Bilbo is currently working with Suffolk, UK, based guitarist/compose Kevin Fitzgerald on taking his studio project ‘Panoply’ on the road. AS part of this process, he is transcribing charts for the tunes that Kevin is looking to include in the band’s set list. The attached chart is the bass part…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin There is always room for some more Jeff Berlin on this website. This is a full transcription of the tune ‘Lien On Me’ from Jeff’s 2004 CD, ‘Lumpy Jazz’. A VERY tricky chart. The ledger lines are a nightmare but we have stuck with them rather than the 8va approach due…

Bass Player: James Jamerson The unmistakable sound of James Jamerson, this was a request that came through the website. A player out there needed a set of dots transcribed into a different key from the tune’s original key of C. The attached charts are in C, G for a 5 string bass (low B) and…

Bass Player: Kevin Fitzgerald/Mac Hines Panoply is a highly original instrumental progressive music project which draws on Classical, Jazz and Rock influences. Panoply creates high quality, melodic, powerful, emotional and intelligent music for those seeking something outside of the musical mainstream. The compositional emphasis is on complex arrangements mixed with strong melodies arriving at serious…

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews The complete bass performance on the 1988 Mike Stern album, ‘Time In Place’ as performed by the late, great Jeff Andrews.

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews The last of the ‘Time In Place’ transcriptions, this is the complete Jeff Andrews performance of ‘Four Shades’. A tough nut to crack, this one, and there are a couple of bars around the 108 mark that are a bit vague as the recording of the bass loses it’s definition here.…

Bass Player: Jeff Andrews Another transcription from the 1988 Mike Stern album, ‘Time In Place’, this is the tune ‘After All’, a ballad with a funky staccato section. Classic Stern composition beautifully executed by Andrews. Listen for the part when he plays a rooted C AND plays the melody in unison with Stern’s chords. A…