jazz standards

I am using a soundgear by Ibanez bass and I have an acoustic amp and a fender rumble amp. I have a gig tomorrow night playing several jazz standards and I am looking for any advice (that isn't too incredibly expensive) to get a "jazzy" tone out of my bass. Thanks!

Hi all, I'm interested in hearing from others how they go about practising their walking bass. I've got a reasonable understanding of constructing lines, chord tones, arpeggios, chromatics etc. and have done a few jam sessions which went pretty well. However, I find myself repeating a lot of...

I lead a casual jazz trio and often use EB on the dates, usually my Ibby Volo (5-string, high C). Recently I played a date that was just me a drummer and a woodwind player. This put quite a bit of responsibility on my shoulders with respect to supporting the harmony, and as I had more time to...

Hi everyone. So I decided to take jazz lessons by the end of this year. To prepare for that I'm starting a beginning Jazz course on ScottsBassLessons. The course focus heavily on Autumn Leaves but this time around I want to focus not just around Autumn Leaves but on four or five standards at a...

Any jazz standards other than ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’ where Harmonic Minor, or any of it’s modes, are particularly useful or even essential? Recently, after gigging ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams‘ a bunch of times, I was running through the song in my daily practice, decided I was tired of...

I’ve been playing bass since I was around 12-13 and I can physically play my bass okay, though my technique is far from perfect (but that’s something I’ve really made strides in recently). I can read tabs/staff alright. The issue that I’m having is that, especially when it comes to jazz songs...

Hey there, So I've recently started a jazz standards trio with a guitar player and drummer. We're looking at playing some restaurant/coffee shop type gigs, background music essentially. I've been playing jazz for a good bit and am currently pursuing a jazz degree in college at the minute but...