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Mellow Bass Solos
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Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
My style tends to be on the mellow side. Check out my "bass page", there are some mp3's there.
Joe
Joe
Damm! That was awesome! You are brilliant. Very, very, very, niceAlvaro Martín Gómez A.;3627032 said:
As for the OP are you looking for bass solos or solo bass pieces? check out some of the more calm wooten such as The Vision or Sometimes I Laugh. If you mean like mellow impro solo over a song you should get a teacher who can help you and teach you to play changes. It dosent even need to be a bass teacher, most teaching jazz musicians can tell you how to solo over changes. Impro is the way to go!!
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Man, thank you so much for your nice comment, but I'd really love to play like that. You can read more about that recording here.
Call me whack, but I've always felt Cliff Burton's Anaesthesia - Pulling Teeth was rahter mellow after the first rythm (it mellows when he starts playing wah'ed chords) and before the drums kick in...
This might be a little obscure, but Mark Egan on American garage by Pat Metheny, sublime.
Any Fraser's solo on Mr. Big by Free is also a slow building melodic classic.
Any Fraser's solo on Mr. Big by Free is also a slow building melodic classic.
Listen to Vic Wooten's solo on 'Flight of The Cosmic Hippo'. Great fretless tone, laid back, good note choices.
That song is just beautiful. Vic is just...out of this world, his music is so touching.
Stanley Clarke's "School Days" solo is great and a little mellow.
The beginning of Stu Hamm's "Live In Francisco Solo" is beautiful and very touching.
The beginning of Stu Hamm's "Live In Francisco Solo" is beautiful and very touching.
If you dig Love Thing by Stuart Hamm (even though it's Satch's piece) then make sure to check out Apologies and Charlotte's song by him.
A nice mellow bass solo by Jonas Hellborg is Reebop from his first album, dedicated to his late percussiontist friend. It's actually a very touching piece!
I'm not sure I would call School Days "mellow" at all though...it's a rocker!
A nice mellow bass solo by Jonas Hellborg is Reebop from his first album, dedicated to his late percussiontist friend. It's actually a very touching piece!
I'm not sure I would call School Days "mellow" at all though...it's a rocker!
Not quite a solo per se but Weather Report's 'A Remark You Made' has some beautiful sort of solo bass from Jaco...
