jazz instruction video?

[riverbum]

any suggestions for a jazz instruction video? i play mostly straight bluegrass and classic country but would love to learn traditional jazz and big band. i can only play upright and not bass guitar. i would probably need to start back with the basics. i don't read music but i have a pretty good ear. thanks in advance, rhett

[bolo]

I like Ed Friedland's Jazz Upright Bass DVD. It's the latest one I've seen. I also own the Rufus Reid Evolving Bassist DVD which is good and four videos w/ Ray Brown, but I really like Ed's overall for the depth and breadth of the content.

[Paul Warburton]

" Walking Bassics " by our own Ed Fuqua. Search TB under title.

Catch: You'll need to learn at least some basic bass clef reading skills. Just learning the names of the notes and how to apply them on your fingerboard. And maybe just some 1/4 notes to start with.
This stuff is all over the internet.
The video stuff that Steve suggests is all over youtube.
Good luck!

MOST important: Use your ears!

[bolo]

Yeah Paul. Thanks. Does Ed Fuqua have a DVD, or just the book w/ a companion CD?

I've also got Bob Magnusson's The Art of Walking Bass, but I can't recommend it yet because I haven't spent any time with it. It is not a DVD per the OP, but perhaps another good reference.

The DVD from Ed Friedland covers a little bit on right and left hand techique, some scales and arpeggios, real cool stuff on skips, triplets and rhythmic embellishments, performance protocol, stock intros and endings, forms, "two-feel", ballads, and more. I am really impressed with it. The sections on thumb position alone could keep me in the shed for months.

But it is not about building walking lines, where (I think) Ed's book and Bob's book are.

Hm ... Two Ed F's. Fuqua and Friedland.