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02-07-2008, 01:06 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mumbai , India | |  Which bassists and artists/albums/bands should I follow to pick up on walking bass...
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Like the question says , I wanna transcribe some cool walk lines . I'm currently addicted to 'So what' by miles davis , with Chambers holding the low , and want to through more songs which involving beautifull walking basslines . Any suggestions ?? I would just get some Miles davis , but getting his entire thing is too huge , so it would be great if you guys would recommend albums or something in that sort . Thanks .
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02-07-2008, 03:46 AM
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Also, Jerry Jemmott on B.B. King's "Completely Well".
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02-07-2008, 11:07 AM
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02-07-2008, 11:55 AM
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Damn...why didn't I know about this earlier?
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02-07-2008, 01:58 PM
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02-07-2008, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes when I humbly suggest this. | Nice Ed!
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02-07-2008, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes when I humbly suggest this. | I think I'm going to order that next paycheck.
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02-07-2008, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes when I humbly suggest this. | Ed is my hero for the day! Thanks so much! I am definitely snagging this one!
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02-07-2008, 04:59 PM
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02-08-2008, 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by magnusdeus123 Like the question says , I wanna transcribe some cool walk lines . I'm currently addicted to 'So what' by miles davis , with Chambers holding the low , and want to through more songs which involving beautifull walking basslines . Any suggestions ?? I would just get some Miles davis , but getting his entire thing is too huge , so it would be great if you guys would recommend albums or something in that sort . Thanks . | Definitely stating the obvious here, but you'd do worse then listening to some more of PC's work. My favorite walking bassist, just endlessly inventive and always interesting and grooving and musical. Him and Philly Joe Jones had a near telepathic understanding, too.
+1 on Ray Brown, too, and Neils Henning Orsted Pederson. |
02-08-2008, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes when I humbly suggest this. | OOOOOOOOOOOO  I've been looking for a book like that |
02-09-2008, 08:00 AM
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However, I suggest finding as many recordings with Mr. PC as possible, but try and branch out from there. Thats what I did. |
02-09-2008, 08:49 AM
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02-09-2008, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes when I humbly suggest this. | Awesome, just bought my copy 
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02-09-2008, 05:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mason City, IA | | | I would say to listen to just about any good recording (good meaning you can hear the bass line) of Count Basie or Duke Ellington, too. They have had many bassists between them, but they are carefully chosen and if they are playing in those bands, you know they can walk that bass all over town. |
02-19-2008, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Fuqua Hopefully I'm not stepping on any toes when I humbly suggest this. |
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Page 3...there is an example where bar 1's 1st note is a "D" (chord = Bb)-
Bass notes in this bar = lD-Ab-Bb-E-lF etc--L
This works for me, but at this point, you were talking about playing Roots on Beat 1...playing something other than a Root on the 1st Beat pops up on Pg. 10.
Did I catch a typo? 
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02-19-2008, 10:40 AM
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Siriusly tho', check out the second sentence of that section - "Then try starting on notes other than the root occasionally..."
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02-19-2008, 11:57 AM
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02-20-2008, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by JimK Dammit...I can't sight read English, either. |
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