Mike Metheny – flugelhorn/Pat Metheny – guitar This one was a request from someone on Talkbass – ‘do you do solos that aren’t bass’? There are a few on here , one of the earliest was Gerry Mulligan’s ‘Song For Strayhorn’ and there is some Miles and Wynton Marsalis amongst a small number of others…

Carlos Enriquez – Bass Carlos Henriquez’s musical journey began in the vibrant borough of the Bronx, New York, where he first drew breath in 1979. His affinity for music became evident from an early age as he immersed himself in its world. As the chords of opportunity sounded, he embraced the guitar during his formative…

Reginald Veal – Bass I love Reginald Veal. He is one of those players who can go unnoticed in these days of slapping and tapping shock troops but, as I have said do many times on here, this guy’s playing is deep, not just tonally but soulful and profound. It’s like every note has the…

Reginald Veal – Bass Another from the Marsalis canon, Reginald Veal plays a mixed pizzicato and arco part on this simple waltz from the Marsalis album, ‘In This House, On This Morning’ from 1994. I don;t think this is as strong a piece as ‘Citi Movement’ but it has it’s moments. This is another exercise…

Reginald Veal – Bass I have packed all my cds up for a move and had not had access to this recording for a while but it pooped into my head when I was looking at some other Marsalis records. The album ‘Citi Movement’ came out in 1992 when Wynton Marsalis was at the top…

Jeff Berlin – Bass A stonking album from 2005 featuring Dennis Chambers, Jeff Berlin, Dregs keyboard player T. Lavitz and guitarist David Fiuczynski. The record is chock full of that tight fusion that a lot of players were doing around this time and the chart evidences the intensity of the performance. It’s not as hard…

Dwayne Dolphin – Bass Dolphin first picked up the electric bass at age 10, switching from guitar because the sound of it was too high and it hurt his ears. By the age of 15, he was playing locally in Pittsburgh. One Friday during high school, one of his teachers gave him Miles Davis’s album Kind of…

Aaron Bell – Bass A simple tune from my favourite Duke Ellington 1969 album, ‘And His Mother Called Him Bill’, recorded shortly after the death of Ellington’s right arm, pianist/composer/arranger Billy Strayhorn. Some of Ellington’s greatest tune were Strayhorn’s, if you see what I mean, and many of them are included on this album. If…

Victor Bailey – Bass Born in Philadelphia, on 27 March 1960, Victor Randall Bailey was raised by a highly musical family. His father, Morris Bailey Jr., was an active musician and composer, while his uncle, Donald “Duck” Bailey, was a jazz drummer, who played on numerous Blue Note records (e.g., Jimmy Smith Trio, Hampton Hawes, Carmen McRae, Dizzy Gillespie). Like another…

Jaco Pastorius – Bass Last week it was Uncle and Nephew, this week it is Father and Son. Someone on one of the Facebook forums asked for a transcription of ‘Young and Fine’. I had a quick dig around on the other transcription websites and was surprised that none of the usual suspects had done…