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Double Bass Suggestions for newb jazz standards to learn

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HPYFLP

Feb 13, 2011
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Hey guys,

So I have been learning upright for the last year at college and at the end of the semester I need to have 5 jazz standards to perform (such as those from the realbook). I'm just looking for suggestions on good standards that a newer bass player can learn.

So far I am working on Autumn Leaves, There is No Greater Love, and Blue Bossa. So I need 2 more.

Also if you have any suggestions for an easy/cool bass line(walking and or solo) to transcribe I need to pick a tune for that as well.

Finally, I don't listen to enough upright players that rip. You can't really understand jazz unless you fully immerse yourself in da tunes. So any suggestions for great upright players would be greeeeeat. I'm also interested in any sweet horn players etc. you think rip as well.

Thanks for your help in advanced. Talkbass for the win!:bassist:
 
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HPYFLP said:
I'm just looking for suggestions on good standards that a newer bass player can learn.
...Also if you have any suggestions for an easy/cool bass line(walking and or solo) to transcribe I need to pick a tune for that as well.
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I suggest you simply pick tunes you like; if you like them, you're more likely to play them well.
Two tunes that give opportunities for nice bass lines are "I'm Old Fashioned" and "Have You Met Miss Jones"
 
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timobee4 said:
Last time I looked they were!!!!!! Not as common as Girl from Ipanema but be impressive to see the guy playing something else than what the dinosaurs considered to be standards!
USC School of Music
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and so on and on and on!
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That does not make those standards. The standards Jason Sypher listed are in line with what OP should be looking at and should be reviewed before moving on to more modern examples of jazz tunes.
 
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timobee4 said:
Last time I looked they were!!!!!! Not as common as Girl from Ipanema but be impressive to see the guy playing something else than what the dinosaurs considered to be standards!
USC School of Music
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and so on and on and on!
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I attend the School of Music at USC as a Jazz Studies student and I'm a big Mingus fan, and I will still admit that Nostalgia in Times Square and Pithecanthropus Erectus are not generally considered standards. No one is going to be calling these tunes at a jam session or club date.

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For now, focus on tunes that spend a lot of time in the tonic key or go to closely-related keys.

Autumn Leaves, No Greater Love and Blue Bossa are good.
Maybe a blues?
I Can't Get Started is a good vehicle to work on I-vi-ii-V at a lower tempo.
Fly Me To The Moon goes all over a single key center.
 
#17
MarcusNaldal said:
The danish NHØP, written NHOP in english, its Niels henning orsted pedersen, great danish player!

And another great dane, not a dog, but Chris Mihn Doky
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+1, NHØP has amazing tone, clarity, flow, and technique, listen to whatever he's playing, it's all good. He was the prefered bassist for Oscar Peterson for a great while, which says alot. RIP btw :bawl:

Another great upright player, is Christian McBride ( Christian McBride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). I saw him live with Joshua Redman Quartet some eight years ago, he plays really well.

Eddie Gomez as well, he was the go-to upright player for Chick Corea in the 70s and 80s.
 
#18
There's such an emphasis on learning all of these standards, but do you guys see anything wrong with just transcribing lines/songs that just sound good to you?

I ask, because I'm just starting to get into transcribing, and I wanted to transcribe Ray Brown on "Blues for Basie." I know it's not a standard, but hell, it's a great line.
 
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Klonk said:
+1, NHØP has amazing tone, clarity, flow, and technique, listen to whatever he's playing, it's all good. He was the prefered bassist for Oscar Peterson for a great while, which says alot. RIP btw :bawl:

Another great upright player, is Christian McBride ( Christian McBride - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). I saw him live with Joshua Redman Quartet some eight years ago, he plays really well.

Eddie Gomez as well, he was the go-to upright player for Chick Corea in the 70s and 80s.
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The recording of NHØP with Chet Baker, as a trio with Raney, has a really nice tone (and of course playing)
 

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