Bass Player: Doug Ferguson Doug Ferguson was the bass guitarist of the band Camel from September 20th 1971 to January 1977. Before he played with Camel, Doug played in a jazz orientated trio called The Brew, along with Camel members Andrew Latimer and Andy Ward. Doug Ferguson was the one who suggested Andy Ward should…

Bass Player: Steve Swallow Taken fron the 2007 album ‘This Meets That’ by the John Scofield Trio, this transcription is a one chorus bass solo by long time Scofield sideman, Steve Swallow. Swallow and Sco have played together since they were at Berklee together in the 1970s and it is apparent from their playing that…

Bass Player: Martin Briley Another relatively easy read, the transcription is Martin Brliley’s bass part for the tuen ‘Waltz For A Fallen Idol’ from the 1975 Greenslade album ‘Time And Tide’. Essentially a Rock ballad with nothing particularly demanding in terms of playing. Just something to give a beginner reading a sense of what is…

Bass Player: Martin Briley Another track from the Greenslade ‘Time And Tide’ album, this one a slightly more sophisticated shuffle called ‘The Flattery Stakes. Martin Briley. A name that is not that well known to most of us but Briley’s WIkipedia pages suggests that he has played and recorded with Meatloaf, Julian Lennon, Bonnie Tyler,…

Bass Player: Not Known Is this a double bass or a VST? The bass player on the rest of the 2000 Kirsty MacColl ‘Tropical Brainstorm’ album is Chucho Merchan whose impressive CV includes Nucleus, Eurythmics, The Pretenders, Thomas Dolby, David Gilmour and many more but the album credits are silent on the bass player on…

Bass Player: Anthony Jackson A relatively simple part from the King of the Big Six, it is interesting to look at the detail in the transcription as it shows how, with a little imagination, you can take a simple part and build variations and interest without needing to throw in technical excess. Dave Holland is…

Bass Player: Anthony Jackson Bilbo first came across this track as one of the pieces of music that Tommy Vance used to use on his Friday Rock Show, long before Bilbo started getting into Jazz and Fusion music. BIlbo was a Heavy Rock fan orginally and did actually record a session for FRS in 1981…

Bass Player: Martin Briley Another track of one of Bilbo’s first Prog purchases, this is Martin Briley’s bass part for the tune ‘Catalan’ from the 1975 Greenslade album ‘Time And Tide’. Not a difficult part but interesting and a great bass sound (reportedly a Rickenbacker).

Saxophone Lead: Alan Wakeman A transcription of the saxophone melody for the tune ‘Aubade’ from the Soft Machine album ‘Softs’. The piece is a guitar/sax duet featuring Alan Wakeman and John Etheridge. A simple but beautiful melody over first position chords. Perfectly playable on the bass.

Acknowledgement, Resolution, Puruance and Psalm from A Love Supreme – John Coltrane. This is a transcription of the saxophone parts for the whole LP (not Jimmy Garrison’s  bass parts) but transcribed in bass clef. The piece is a four par ‘suite’ so we have presented it in four parts. A lot of the performance is…