Bass Player – Eddie Gomez

Chick Corea recorded his ‘Children’s Songs’ album for ECM in 1984. It was an album of 20 or so short solo piano pieces that he had worked on since 1971. The transcription featured here is ‘Children’s Song No, 15’ and the bass part is taken from the 1978 recording of the tune on the Chick Corea album ‘Friends’ which featured Corea alongisde saxophonist/flautist Joe Farrell, drummer Steve Gadd and Puerto-Rican born bass player, Eddie Gomez. It is a simple tune and the rhythms in each bar are identical throughout the performance. This is what makes it a tricky read becasue, if you lose your concentration and lose your place, you will never find it again!

Thanks to Seanmo from the Talkbass forum for spotting a couple of errors that we were able to address.