Walking - good recordings to study?

[project_c]

Not sure whether to post this here or to recordings.. I'm relatively new to jazz and am teaching myself how to walk over changes of jazz standards (like Afternoon in Paris for example). I'm looking for recordings of standards where the bass part is clearly audible and not totally impossible to decipher - does anyone have any good suggestions?

I mean something along these lines, nice clean recording, bass relatively loud in the mix:


What are some of the 'classic' jazz LP's that you would recommend for study?

thanks

 

[Sam Evans]

Anything with Sam Jones or Paul Chambers. Kinda Blue (Miles Davis) and Something Else (Cannonball Adderly) come to mind.

 

[Ben Rose]

Kenny Baron - Jazz My Romance
Ron Carter on bass.

This album may not be considered a "classic", but it features one of the true masters of walking bass, and the drummerless format makes his bass lines easy to hear.

 

[project_c]

thanks for those! keep 'em coming!

 

[dtiii]

Two Thelonious Monk album recordings:

The Unique Thelonious Monk
Monk Plays Ellington

Oscar Pettiford playing bass on both... The quiet trio setting allows full clarity in hearing the bass work, and not just walking. These are also some of the best solos you will hear on bass.

enjoy

 

[Ed Fuqua]

There are some nice trio records - Lee Konitz MOTION and Sonny Rollins WAY OUT WEST, Sonny Dallas and Ray Brown respectively - that it's easy to hear the bass and both bassists have an excellent quarter note melody. I'd also recommend the 2 volumes of THELONIOUS MONK LIVE AT THE "IT" CLUB, while not entirely standards, Larry Gales generally takes a chorus of walking over the form (with just Ben Riley accompanying) of the tune before he starts to solo.

 

[waveofthinking]

There are some nice trio records - Lee Konitz MOTION and Sonny Rollins WAY OUT WEST, Sonny Dallas and Ray Brown respectively - that it's easy to hear the bass and both bassists have an excellent quarter note melody. I'd also recommend the 2 volumes of THELONIOUS MONK LIVE AT THE "IT" CLUB, while not entirely standards, Larry Gales generally takes a chorus of walking over the form (with just Ben Riley accompanying) of the tune before he starts to solo.

I know Ed Fuqua always has good suggestions .....Another album i really like is Mellow by Duke Ellington. It really opened my ears.

 

[project_c]

Awesome, thanks for these suggestions - they ought to keep me busy for quite a while.

 

[Stinsok]

Country walking-Lynn Anderson's "I beg your pardon" (I never promised you a rose garden.)

 

[Dfrankjazz]

Hi Ed, great to see you mention Sonny Dallas. I used to go out to the end of the island to jam with him in Shirley on a regular basis, we had fun and Sonny played great and was a hoot

Blessings and keep swingin

Dave Frank
NYC

 

[Ed Fuqua]

I never got to hear him play except on recordings, John McCutcheon put me on the phone with him at a session one night and I finally got to meet him at Birdland when we both fell by one of Sal Mosca's gigs there.

 

[Mark Wilson]

As stated before, Ray Brown! His lines are totally functional. Paul Chambers is a guy to check out too. As far a recordings, whatever Ed said! Hah

 

[Vince Waldon]

As stated before, Ray Brown!

Yup, and since he did a ton of recording in trios, most notably with Oscar Peterson, it's really easy to hear and therefore pick out what he's doing.

Oscar's "Night Train" for example has tons of great walking bass lines, thanks to Ray.