| I just got Oscar Stagnaro's Latin Bass Book and it is really good. It comes with three cd's and the tracks are in the 3 minute range, so you can actually play with them, as opposed to short snippets on most instructional material. There is not musch verbage with the book; it jumps right into the music. Also, it is in standard notation, so if you don't read it's a good place to start getting familiar with it. FWIW, there is not much direct discussion of the clave, but it is present everywhere. You can't really describe it anyway. It's like describing swing in jazz. Swung eighth note triplets, etc., but that doesn't really tell you about the FEEL. Same thing with the Latin stuff, hence the good cd's. Hope this helps. | 
