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Originally Posted by Bruce Lindfield I would disagree - so first you need to know basic stuff like Jazz forms and playing protoculs etc. etc, which are covered in "Jazz Bass" - then you have your whole life to work on perfecting walking basslines!!  |
Your tag line says it all! Inveterate dissenter - I love it!
I agree that forms and protocols are important but I picked these up by listening to jazz songs and by playing with real people with sharp and/or heavy objects in their hands. It was much later that I really studied these formally - and then found that different styles broke the rules all the time anyway and it was back to being more a feel thing between the musicians.
For someone just starting out who wants to play some of the standards they like, these things can be learned by osmosis and blunt object trauma, and reinforced by the theory. Jazz is a lot like surfing - jump in on someone's wave and see what happens to you. Doesn't take long to learn the protocol!
If you want specific practice and advice on forms, protocol etc. then Ed's second book "Expanding Walking Bass Lines" talks about that very thing as well. I have all three books and love them - I bought Building, then Jazz Bass, then Expanding in that order.
Either way - they are all terrific books and you won't go wrong with any or all of them in your book shelf.
