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I like Jaco just fine and think he was a pioneer and a monster player, but I think Steve Bailey has surpassed him. I've seen Steve live a few times and the guy simply is a master on the fretless.

THIS is my response, also. Not just for bass, but for guitar too. Toss in some chromatics to connect the arps an you are off and running. Play through a few tunes without time to get the moves down. You will see repeating phrases because of the ii V I progression. After you can play'em...

While I will bow to Mr. Fuqua's ability, knowledge and expertise, I've used Ed Friedland's Building Walking Basslines with dozens of students over the years, and always to a good result.

I agree, good selections. Toss in All The Things you are, and a minor ballad like Alone Together, something in 3 like Bluesette, a bossa like Blue Bossa or Corcovado. Take 5 for the obvious is a hoot to play, and toss in a Monk tune like Straight No Chaser, and you've got a pretty good cross...

Great post, Ed. Occasionally I get guys, who are in high stress professions like medicine or law, who just want to learn jazz for the mental challenge of it. They put in some fretboard time, but don't really have the time to devote to such a demanding pursuit. This would fall into the...

Tico Tico and any Samba tune would get people dancing. Herb Alpert and the TJ Brass tunes are pretty upbeat.

I picked #4 because I'm a stickler for proper use of figurative speech.

Strength, flexibility and dexterity drills are always a part of whatever content I'm teaching. I use Jody Fisher's 30 Day Workout. Designed for guitar but great for bass, also. Basic, intermediate and advanced theory using music students like. Circle of 4ths, major scale theory, triads, 7th...

I was taught to recite major scales, major and minor triads and all 5 7th chords/arpeggios around the key circle and do it under a minute. Otherwise, if you can't pull up each of those chord tones quickly the chord of the moment has passed you by and the band is on to the next one. Writing...

Interesting clips. Definitely angular.

Gorgeous instrument. Good luck with the sale.

Don't sweat it. We all have the same experience when we get in front of someone better. Good luck with it.

If we connected the dots of vocal melody lines or melodic basslines on a page, they would mostly resemble waves. Angular lines are going to have larger intervallic leaps and feature more uncommon intervals. So if I were wanting to work out angular lines, I would think in terms of intervals...

Yeah, but there's a Skype app for android phones and tablets, and iPads, so the OP can still do Skype lessons. I studied jazz with a world class player across the country in NYC for a year. He captured our lessons and either emailed them via heavymail or burned to disc and mailed them for an...

Yep, me too. Jazz emphasizes the 2 & 4. I've been told to count there for years. Frankly, I feel my whole body becomes a metronome when playing bass. I have to move to all four (or three) beats. Can't help it. Not the same when I play guitar. Odd.

I play just for fun, too. However, I find it fun to keep growing as a musician and learning more and more about the possibilities under my fingers. One of the things I do with both guitar and bass students is to take their well worn pentatonic scales and replace a note with one of the modal...

Weight on the cab?

Please define "superlight" in lbs.

Here is a really nice one page lesson that shows how blues have progressed in jazz thru the decades. Invalid Link Removed

I am a big fan of having a method, but letting the student pick tunes. Now they often pick tunes that are above their head at first, but it is not a tough thing to find examples that will work with their level. Good luck with it.

5-10 minutes most days will propel you forward. It is slow, no way around it. Hang in there.

I am interested too, but wanna see her.

Looks great. Can't tell which flavor of red that is. Candy Apple, Fiesta?

Borrowing chords between the modes of other scales (major, melodic minor, harmonic minor) is referred to as modal interchange. You can borrow at will, and this is frequently done in jazz. It is a cool way to take a tired or well known chord progression and spice it up. Certainly these...

Absolutely Ralph's site. Unfortunately Ralph passed in January. He certainly has left behind a wonderful resource for jazzers.

Ed Freidland's Building Walking Basslines. He uses the blues as criteria for most of the book, and walking lines is useful in most all genres. http://www.amazon.com/Building-Walking-Bass-Lines-Instruction/dp/0793542049/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276703750&sr=1-1

Learn and recite all the notes in each key, around the key circle. Learn and recite all the notes in major and minor triads around the key circle. I was at a jazz camp for a week a few summers ago, and was required to do it in less than a minute (notes in each key). Having this knowledge...

Weight?

I was required to memorize them around the circle in 4ths, since the instrument is tuned in 4ths. Pretty simple really. Start with C (no #'s or b's), and as you go around you add a b to the 4th note in the scale until you get to the bottom. Going to B, they are all #'s, except the 4th...

Yep. As I posted on the similar thread, I have helped a number of kids make thier school ensembles, and currently have 4. I pretty much just use this book plus the Real Book. Good luck

I keep about 4 students (mostly a guitar teacher/player) who are on their MS/HS ensembles. I seem to be the only guy in my immediate area that teaches jazz guitar/bass. I use our own Ed Friedland's Building Walking Basslines book by Hal Leonard. Great book, very well laid out, and covers...

Will you throw in the cool red kicks?

As a guitarist who has played bass off and on for many years, I think it is easier at first to stick with a 4. You don't have to think about the fretboard, and can instead just worry about thinking/playing like a bass player. I have played 5 some, but have always gone back to a 4. I like 5...

The V to I cadence is the strongest in western music, because the V is the furthest from the I, thereby creating the most tension. Most western music is about creating and resolving tension. If we look at a ii V I in C, Dmin7 is the ii, G7 is V, Cmaj7 is I. But D is also the V of G. So...

I agree. I use it with my bass students. Very good book.

I currently play: Guitar in P&W band Bass in another P&W band Solo jazz guitar weekly in restaurants

I bought a 9 year old MIM J bass on ebay pretty cheaply. It had a BA II bridge and upgraded Fender pups on it. I am pretty pleased, but the crappy tuners slip. What tuners would be suggested on a bass that is worth about $250?

Nothing better imo, have fun.

I regularly play with a female singer who will unwittingly change the arrangement we worked on in rehearsal during the performance. Shortened solos by a few bars by coming in with the vocal too soon, shaving off a chorus, etc. Just have to be listening so we can, as a group, follow her...