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…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin One more off the Bruford LP ‘Feels Good To Me’. Featuring the eccentric vocals of Annette Peacock, the beauty of Kenny Wheeler’s flugelhorn and the wonderful guitar of Allan Holdsworth, this is the bass part for both halves of the two part ‘Seems Like A Lifetime Ago’. Remember, this is Bilbo’s…

Bass Player: Martin Briley Another Martin Briley part from the Greenslade LP ‘Time and Tide’. This track is called ‘Newsworth’ which has some great lyrics from singer/second keyboard player, Dave Lawson. (Newsworth) I’ve heard that, a Newsworth) A newsworth lives in his pen. May I suggest, It’s likely that he lives in one then (Newsworth)…

Bass Player: Chris Squire Something simple after that ridiculous Bruford nonsense. Prog obscurity with Chris Squire’s bass part for ‘You By My Side’ off the ‘Fish Out Of Water’ album. The ‘live’ video attached is just him miming to the recording so it is the same lines as the chart. This is a really easy…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Bilbo: ‘Oh, my giddy Aunt. This one is all over the shop. I am not at all sure whether this is an accurate transcription or a bit ‘Heath Robinson’. There are passages where there is one bar of 4:4 followed by bars of 9:16, 3:4 and 15:16. I have no idea…

Bass Player: Jeff Berlin Bilo: ‘I am still working on these old Bruford albums I loved when I was starting to get my playing together. Jeff Berlin’s bass part of ‘Back To The Beginning’ from the first Bill Bruford album ‘Feels Good To Me’. The ‘jamming’ section is a tough transcription as the bass is…