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Double Bass famous bass solo to transcribe
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Well "good" is sort of a broad category!
Anything by Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Jimmie Blanton, Ron Carter, Wilbur Ware, Israel Crosby, George Duvivier, Sam Jones, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, or me would do.
Seriously though - check out
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - Sonny Rollins, "Live at the Village Vanguard" - this is Wilbur Ware playing bass
If you want super simple and short, go for
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Harry Connick Jr. "When Harry Met Sally" Ben Wolfe - bass
I'm sure many other of our TB friends will chime in!
Good luck
Anything by Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Milt Hinton, Jimmie Blanton, Ron Carter, Wilbur Ware, Israel Crosby, George Duvivier, Sam Jones, Charlie Haden, Charles Mingus, or me would do.
Seriously though - check out
Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - Sonny Rollins, "Live at the Village Vanguard" - this is Wilbur Ware playing bass
If you want super simple and short, go for
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off - Harry Connick Jr. "When Harry Met Sally" Ben Wolfe - bass
I'm sure many other of our TB friends will chime in!
Good luck
The absence of the great Red Mitchell is glaring in this thread and the linked one.
His solos are considered, by most well known and astute bassists to be the most lyrical and musical in the history of the instrument. Jim Hall called them "gorgeous" and on a level with Lester Young's solos on the tenor saxophone. And "the fact that they were coming out of a string bass was mind-boggling."
Here's one of many hundreds......
His solos are considered, by most well known and astute bassists to be the most lyrical and musical in the history of the instrument. Jim Hall called them "gorgeous" and on a level with Lester Young's solos on the tenor saxophone. And "the fact that they were coming out of a string bass was mind-boggling."
Here's one of many hundreds......
This is a real good one for transcription. I love Red Mitchell's playing more than any other straight ahead player, but I might do some of his solos after this one.
He's tuned in fifths on that one, so some of it may be a bit tough in fourths. I would recommed the earlier fourth tuning stuff from his recording with with Billie Holliday up throught his days in L.A. to the mid 60's.
The Hampton Hawes Trio, Volumes 1 through 3 (all available) are a great starting point for Red tuned in 4ths with four gut strings. As you know, Damon, those sides were how I learned to play this music. His bass lines are also quite beautiful in the rhythm section.
The Hampton Hawes Trio, Volumes 1 through 3 (all available) are a great starting point for Red tuned in 4ths with four gut strings. As you know, Damon, those sides were how I learned to play this music. His bass lines are also quite beautiful in the rhythm section.
It's still bothers me that Ray Brown's never comes up in the top 3 or more than just a cursory mention... grr.
Anyways, RB's solo on Kadota's Blues has lots of juicy JUICY licks innit. Did I say it was Juicy? It's from Oscar Peterson's "The Sound of the Trio" with Ed Thigpen. There's a transcription of it out there but if you can transcribe it yourself, that's even better.
EDIT: I'm listening to it again right now and, man, that is such a badass solo!
Anyways, RB's solo on Kadota's Blues has lots of juicy JUICY licks innit. Did I say it was Juicy? It's from Oscar Peterson's "The Sound of the Trio" with Ed Thigpen. There's a transcription of it out there but if you can transcribe it yourself, that's even better.
EDIT: I'm listening to it again right now and, man, that is such a badass solo!
Personally Ray is a tie with PC for my absolute fav. I think many if
not most of us feel strongly like you do.
You're not alone on that one man.
not most of us feel strongly like you do.
You're not alone on that one man.
Wow thanks guys for the suggestions! I have actually done the wilbur ware transcription which is a really cool solo but I did have of it by ear. I played through it a couple times with the music and then tried to figure it out again by ear. This time will probably be by ear the whole way. I'm not to confident in my ear but hopefully i can find something from your guys' suggestions that I can figure out.
How about Paul Chambers' solo on Teenie's Blues (Oliver Nelson; "Blues and the Abstract Truth"). Its a classic, in my mind.
Not too flashy/pyrotechnical, great harmonic choices, melodic symmetry, and motivic development. Um, its also short and it swings like a mutha...(at least when he plays it)
Not too flashy/pyrotechnical, great harmonic choices, melodic symmetry, and motivic development. Um, its also short and it swings like a mutha...(at least when he plays it)
