Bass Player: Jeff Berlin

Another Jeff Berlin transcription. This is ‘Q.E.D’, another track from the Bruford album ‘Gradually Going Tornado’.  ‘Some tough counting in the early stages of this transcription and it is absolutely possible that I am not hearing the pulse correctly (I am thinking 6:4 listening to Dave Stewart’s keyboards. Once the melody kicks in (played in unison by Jeff), the time settles down and it is easier to follow. Jeff told me that the tunes were always a mixture of charts and rehearsal arranging (I love that Jazz musicians are so approachable – I can’t imagine getting a response from a Chris Squire (yes, I know he is dead, but you know what I mean). There are also a couple of passages where he is playing sliding double stops and octaves so I have tried to find a way to write it down but it nevertheless feels like a fudge. Anyway, have a look and see what you think.