Jazz standards for bass

[WrapRough]

This was the OP: "So I know absolutely know nothing about jazz. can someone please educate me and tell me where to get started "

This was the thread: IM GUNNA TELL YOU EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT MUZIK THEERY LOOK AT ME REEEEEEEEE also weird argument about a dude who works a lot.

You want to discourage someone from learning a style of music? This is how you do it.

Internet at it's finest

 

[Spin Doctor]

No worries. I went back and re-read what you wrote and saw that I was mistaken.

To answer your question, I wish I could come up with a long list of people like that. But by definition they're pretty rare.

I think I should have explained what I was saying a bit more clearly as I can see how you would think I'm dismissive of technical ability, but you can't have greatness without it so, I kinda assumed it was a part of the equation by default.

But yeah, true greatness is rare, although it seemed like back in the day, i.e. the 50's and 60's, there was genius on every street corner. And indeed, a lot of people who eventually became iconic, actually grew up together.

Anyway, I'm glad we cleared that up. And to be tit for tat, this is one of the people who I think currently has something to say.

 

[TrevorG]

iReal Pro is SOOOO easy to use and sits on your laptop waiting to go. You can change tempo and backing music as the chords are highlighted in front of you and expand the library from the internet. You don't get the tune written out but the bass is well catered for.

 

[MVE]

iReal Pro is SOOOO easy to use and sits on your laptop waiting to go. You can change tempo and backing music as the chords are highlighted in front of you and expand the library from the internet. You don't get the tune written out but the bass is well catered for.

I love IRealPro!
Changing the song “style” and listening to the fake bass line can even help learn elements of those styles.
Its awesome.
But it does kinda make me a lazy counter. I can improvise over any chord chart as long as there is a little yellow highlighter moving from measure to measure. Lol

 

[g-dude]

iReal Pro is SOOOO easy to use and sits on your laptop waiting to go. You can change tempo and backing music as the chords are highlighted in front of you and expand the library from the internet. You don't get the tune written out but the bass is well catered for.

This is true.

I love IRealPro!
Changing the song “style” and listening to the fake bass line can even help learn elements of those styles.
Its awesome.
But it does kinda make me a lazy counter. I can improvise over any chord chart as long as there is a little yellow highlighter moving from measure to measure. Lol

This is also true!

 

[sean_on_bass]

Aimee Nolte has a pretty good list

 

[WrapRough]

Aimee Nolte has a pretty good list

Aimee is brilliant. An excellent resource for Jazz studies regardless of instrument

 

[sean_on_bass]

Aimee is brilliant. An excellent resource for Jazz studies regardless of instrument

Agreed! I've learned alot from her channel.

 

[consectaneus]

I got a keyboard this last Christmas and then found Aimee. I like her too.

I think I've already told my story of how I am getting into walking bass, but it may be a little specific for me and not for someone else. It's so hard to know exactly where someone is actually at who posts with questions. I know a little theory so I'm not too intimidated by it. I just couldn't apply it in a jazz setting and actually I don't know many jazz standards anyway. So I discovered Jim Stinnett's Real Bass Lessons youtube channel. He has a thing where he will play 16 bars of what he calls Jazz architecture--basically lines taken from the greats like Chambers, Brown, Carter, etc. He encourages you to listen and repeat. No written music no theory even. Just play what he plays and get it in your ears and fingers. Sixteen bars of real bass you now own.

Probably the most helpful to me was his Blues in Bb lesson. This is a "jazz blues", and he explains how it is different. Someone above mentioned how learning jazz blues could be a good way to start because that form covers many tunes. After learning the above mentioned line, I searched transcriptions of jazz blues in the key of Bb. I am working with Tenor Madness (Sonny Rolllins) and Blues By Five (Miles Davis) both featuring Paul Chambers on bass. That 16 bar line Jim Stinnett taught fits. Though he never mentions where the line comes from I am now pretty convinced it based off of Blues By Five.

In any case this is just a first step but I think it could be a useful one for someone wanting to try this genre out without feeling overwhelmed. Once the interest is piqued, I feel ones own developing enthusiasm at having obtained a small success will naturally carry them along. Thankfully we live in an age where bass line transcription to many standards are available. Also if you are developing your reading like me, quarter notes are fun and doable and without the distraction of rhythmic considerations chord tones and harmony come more in focus since every bar is describing the melody with chord tones.