Bass Player: Jeff Berlin

Wow! This one is a monster. Jeff Berlin’s part for Land’s End, a 10 minute ‘epic’ from the Gradually Going Tornado album. There are some very ‘vague’ passages in the middle around the piano interlude but, with a little poetic licence, you should be able to figure this out. Some monstrous grooves at various points in the performance. ‘I remember trying to work this out in the pre-Transcribe days and got the first few bars of the ‘funky’ bit but, after that, no chance. It is a thrill for me to be able to put these things down later in life and to see what he was doing. Remember, this recording is now 40 years old so JB was about 27 when he recorded this (he is 67 now) and was probably the era’s most technically advanced bass player. Things have moved on since then (he would be the first to admit it) but this album remains a major influence on my electric playing.