Aebersold's "Approaching The Standards" Bass series

[chanson]

Anyone ever used these? I'm looking for some material to help me get to a decent foundational level with jazz. Currently I'm just playing to a metronome trying to make walking basslines to chord charts (using Friedland's book as well.)

Anyone had any experience with this book? Jamey Aebersold Jazz: Approaching The Standards Volume 1 in Bass Clef

[conttador]

Try Volume II of the Jamey Aebersold series, Nuthin but Blues. It has really helped me get a decent foundation for walking bass lines.

[chanson]

Could you explain what the contends of the book are? Is it just chord charts, or does it include pre transcribed basslines?

[Ed Fuqua]

If I might suggest this or that...

[conttador]

Originally Posted by chanson

Could you explain what the contends of the book are? Is it just chord charts, or does it include pre transcribed basslines?

It's chord charts. There is a section that talks about bassline construction, which while brief has really helped me expand on what I already knew. It comes with a CD so you can play along. Most walking basslines books cover the blues and of you worked on Building Walking Basslines you will see some overlap.

[Intenzity]

There is nothing unique about that particular book, all play-alongs work along similar lines: there are songs that have the chords listed as well as the melody line and then the way the band is mixed you can turn off either the piano or bass or whatever you want by either panning all the way left or all the way right to get rid of the instrument you don't want to hear. Then you play along with it and supply that part.

Some of them have the melody recorded, (Hal Leonard does this) some do not (Aebersold ones don't have the melody on the recording, just on paper).

As long as the tune list looks interesting to you, they are great to practice with since it is like having your own band that will go over the song as many times as you want.

Aebersold has over 100 of these, so does Hal Leonard now. The one you show is not actually recorded by Aebersold, just one that is sold on his site, but the idea is the same.

As long as the players are good and they have correct chord changes to the songs they are listing, anyone you get is useful, IMO.

[conttador]

Originally Posted by Intenzity

There is nothing unique about that particular book, all play-alongs work along similar lines: there are songs that have the chords listed as well as the melody line and then the way the band is mixed you can turn off either the piano or bass or whatever you want by either panning all the way left or all the way right to get rid of the instrument you don't want to hear. Then you play along with it and supply that part.

Some of them have the melody recorded, (Hal Leonard does this) some do not (Aebersold ones don't have the melody on the recording, just on paper).

As long as the tune list looks interesting to you, they are great to practice with since it is like having your own band that will go over the song as many times as you want.

Aebersold has over 100 of these, so does Hal Leonard now. The one you show is not actually recorded by Aebersold, just one that is sold on his site, but the idea is the same.

As long as the players are good and they have correct chord changes to the songs they are listing, anyone you get is useful, IMO.

He/she is trying to develop a jazz foundation. Every bass instructor I've ever used has always used the blues as a stepping stone into jazz. This volume has helped me quite a bit. I pick up things here an there from various books and use this Aebersold to play with drums and keys. Everyone will have different things that worked for them and those things won't work for everyone.