Double Bass I'm looking for some Beginner to Intermediate Transcription Ideas

[HPYFLP]

Like the title says I'm looking for something easy/medium to transcribe for upright. Do you guys/gals have any tasty licks that are cool? I need specific recordings. Solos or cool walking lines are fine. Preferably better quality recordings so you can hear the intonation of the bass itself.

Ex: I recently did Sam Jones' walking bass line for Cannonball Adderly's Autumn Leaves. Pretty easy over all, but he uses basic ideas and makes em tasty!

Thanks for your input!

 

[kennypm]

I'd recommend Jimmy Blanton with Duke Ellington, both the duets and the big band stuff. There's relatively few recordings of him and they're all killin; I got the box set and it's served me well for years. Also, Paul Chambers is wonderfully mixed on all the Miles first quintet records and the lines are unbeatable.

 

[Adam Booker]

Are you limiting yourself to bass specific transcriptions? I am a big advocate of spending some serious time transcribing Miles and Chet solos. The range of the trumpet for the most part and particularly with these two players is very comparable to what we have to work with. Couple that with good, clear recordings and masterful phrasing and diatonic/modal soling and you can't lose!

 

[HPYFLP]

nice! thanks guys. i am just rockin some bass transcriptz for right now but in the next few months ill give some miles transcribing a try!

 

[Ryparo]

I agree with Kennypm and txstatebass. I don't think you can ever go wrong with Paul Chambers. Any bassline from "Relaxin' with The Miles Davis Quinet" or anything Ray Brown played from the "We Get Requests" record with Oscar Peterson is great. Every bassline on "Speak No Evil" is really happening too.

I've transcribed Miles' solo from that version on Autumn Leaves that you mentioned HPYFLP. That's a nice place to start for non-bass transcriptions. I've also done Mehldau's right hand from his solo on "Song-Song" (Art of The Trio Vol. 3) that's an amazingly lyrical solo!!

There's so much great music we have to learn from. It's difficult to go wrong. Enjoy

 

[matthewbrown]

Paul Chambers - definitely. Ray Brown's 1985 date with Gene Harris, The Red Hot Ray Brown Trio live, is well recorded, and there's some great stuff on that. Anything Charlie Haden has done with Quartet West, and his album with Pat Metheny, Missouri Sky.

I'd also recommend some Hammond organ players, as the bass is very easy to hear and the notes rarely clash with the chords -- Larry Golding is a big favorite of mine -- have a listen to "Moonbird" which is a great album.

 

[matthewbrown]

also, anything on this: Link Removed

But I don't know if you can get this on anything but vinyl!

 

[HPYFLP]

All great ideas guys. I'm deffs gonna scope some Paul Chambers. as well as some of your other suggestions.

 

[off-topic]

I don't have much experience in jazz but IMHO, NHOP's lines on Count Basie's Kansas City 6 are great (duh) and easy to transcribe - his bass is up front in the mix.