Bass Audition Song

[rosiewolfnote]

Does anyone have suggestions on pieces to play at an audition for a big band on electric bass? I don't really have an idea of where to start looking. Would I be looking for a transcibed jazz solo, or something else? A song geared towards the more beginner/intermediate pieces would be good. Any suggestions?

[ostrich]

just play whast you can play there isnt much point of trying to play t e hardest or jazziest song you are capable of, as long as you play something with a bit more to it than root notes you'll be fine the band will know what they are looking and if you are that or not with or without a rapid wooten solo

[iplaybassguitar]

Originally Posted by ostrich

just play whast you can play there isnt much point of trying to play t e hardest or jazziest song you are capable of, as long as you play something with a bit more to it than root notes you'll be fine the band will know what they are looking and if you are that or not with or without a rapid wooten solo

first off, wooten solos arent usually very jazzy

id look in a real book or something, check out some jazz standards.

learn the chords and figure out a walking line or maybe even a solo...i guess it depends on what kind of big band were talking about, just play what ever seems appropriate.

[rosiewolfnote]

Thanks guys, I will check that out. No Wooten for sure! (it's not even a possibility!)

[Dbassmon]

Definiately some walking bass stuff. No solo stuff, you need to groove walking that bassline, outlining chords etc.
Killer Joe, All Blues, So What, all good bass features.

[jady]

Check out some bass centered tunes like So What, One Bass Hit, etc...........classic jazz with a bass melody and nothing that technically hard.

[rosiewolfnote]

Thanks! I will look into those songs. So far the only one I am familiar with is So What, but I will try to find those others as well.

[SLaPiNFuNK]

Billies Bounce or Anthropology are good tunes to play...

Play the head, then walking, then a solo, then head out...

these tunes are nice because if you can play them well etc, they show basic bebop vocabulary