Iconic jazz bass licks, lines, intros, and figures

A Night in Tunisia

 

Red Clay

 

Joshua

 

Intro to RECORDAME, hell ALL the intros to the Bird heads. Intro to JOY SPRING
if you want some fun throw SHADE OF JADE in there.

You gonna do tags too?

 

Parts:
Caravan
Equinox
Giant Steps
Played Twice
Recorda-me
Stolen Moments
Take Five

Melodies:
Goodbye Porkpie Hat
A Remark You Made
Spain

Speaking practically I'd also be looking at various dance grooves -- mambo, foxtrot, straight waltz vs jazz waltz, chacha, samba, and blues, blues, blues.

 

+ Footprints and Little Sunflower

 

Haitian Fight Song
So Long Eric

 

- Song for My Father/Josie Don't Lose That Number

- Green Dolphin Street

- Chameleon

- "The Lick"

 

"Ricky...", you have some 'splaining to do!

 

I wasn't going to mention Autumn Leaves, except there is a Ray Brown version that it killer. I'll have to find it again.

 

Oh...Rikki, Josie, Aja, Rose, Katy, Janie, Abbie, Pixeleen, Gina.

If you've met one Steely Dan muse, you've met them all!

 

All The Things You Are

 

Exactly, and i'd add especially Star Eyes. As far as others, Giant Steps was mentioned, i always make sure students play that whole step line that PC plays (and that Steve Davis plays more expansively on But Not For Me, Satellite and 26-2, among others). Another big one in this neck of the woods is KD's Short Story and the intro figure that Richard Davis plays, as well as the coda, which is really it's own (amazing) tune in and of itself

 

OK - I confess - I don't have this one in my quiver:
Thanks for draining another few inches out of my pool of self-esteem, Michael!

 

This!!!!!!

 

Nica's Dream
Seven Steps To Heaven
Django
Caravan
500 Miles High
Spain

- Steve

 

Blue Bossa - original version (Butch Warren on bass).
Blue Bossa: What You Don't Know About The Standard

Blue Bossa Bass Tabs - Joe Henderson @ BigBassTabs.com

 

Oh yeah, Manteca

 

Here's an accurate transcription of Butch Warren's bass line. The high G and D in the second bar are played as harmonics.



- Steve