More than a playerÕs manual, this book portrays jazz bass as a vital element of 20th century American music. Citing examples from key recordings in the jazz canon, the book defines the essence of the musical contributions made by more than 70 important jazz bassists, including Ray Brown, Eddie Gomez, Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton and many others. Bassists get expert guidance on mastering proper technique, practice methods and improvisation, plus new insight into the theoretical and conceptual aspects of jazz. The companion CD featuring bass plus rhythm section allows readers to hear technical examples from the book, presented in slow and fast versions. It also offers play-along tracks of typical chord progressions and song forms.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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An entertaining and instructive collection,
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This book is essentially an annotated and expanded collection of columns originally published in Bass Player magazine. As such, it's more of a disconnected set of essays than a narrative; the discussion of significant bass players is somewhat spotty, and doesn't go into great detail on their music and style in the way that (for example" Todd Coolman's "The Bass Tradition" does. But it's still both entertaining and educational. The chapters, being mostly self-contained, can be read at random as the reader's interest dictates.The first section of the book is primarily short snapshots of significant bassists, each being composed of a short biography accompanied by brief musical examples. The latter section- almost an appendix- consists of longer examples of styles and techniques. It's not really a method book, but it does offer some insight into styles and harmonic and rhythmic concepts for the beginning or intermediate jazz bassists. The accompanying CD helps illustrate the musical examples for those whose reading and playing technique are at a more basic stage. All in all, a very entertaining and useful book for jazz bassists of all abilities, and an excellent choice for bedside reading.
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Good for electric or upright,
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I'll chime in with the previous review. A loose collection of essays with helpful information for aspiring jazz bassists.
The biographical information is almost incidental and a getting a bit dated. And there are some rather unnecssary editorial essays at the end telling us what it means to be a good bass player. But those are just quibbles. The musical examples and appended information are what make the book worthwhile. I wouldn't want this to be my primary source for learning jazz bass, but it's fun browse, a useful reference and a good book to learn some new lines and pick up some basic tips. It's a book to mine for ideas. And don't walk away from this one because you play electric. In fact, the information presented and the perspective this book takes makes this valuable for the electric bass player. Oh and by the way, no tab on the printed music. A good thing IMHO. Read the music, stay off the crutch.
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great for learning bass history as well as the bass,
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The format of self-contained essays makes the book great for browsing. Someone just getting to know the jazz bass will be hearing a lot of names listed as important bass players (and seeing their names on liner notes), and you can find a nice summary of the context and contribution of each of these guys in this book.
The parts in the book about actually playing make it a good companion to a more methodical bass method book, with transcriptions of great players' solos as well as more exercise-oriented pieces developed by Goldsby to help your technique.
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"I JUST PLAY ANY OL'GO-TO-HELL NOTE, AS LONG AS IT SWINGS," explained seminal New Orleans jazz man Pops Foster. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jazz bass playing, modern bass playing, rhythmic embellishments, bass tradition, second bassist, bebop scale, bob haggart, red mitchell, other bassists, bebop language, oscar pettiford, rufus reid, great bassists, wilbur ware, chromatic passing tones, thumb position, paul chambers, slam stewart, percy heath, jazz bassists, ray brown, milt hinton, jazz language, ron carter, modal tunes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Blue Note, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, New Orleans, Walter Page, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, West Coast, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Jones, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Los Angeles, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Eddie Gomez, Oscar Peterson, Benny Goodman, Israel Crosby, Louis Armstrong New!
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jazz bass playing, modern bass playing, rhythmic embellishments, bass tradition, second bassist, bebop scale, bob haggart, red mitchell, other bassists, bebop language, oscar pettiford, rufus reid, great bassists, wilbur ware, chromatic passing tones, thumb position, paul chambers, slam stewart, percy heath, jazz bassists, ray brown, milt hinton, jazz language, ron carter, modal tunes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Blue Note, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, New Orleans, Walter Page, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, West Coast, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Sam Jones, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Los Angeles, Art Blakey, Bud Powell, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Eddie Gomez, Oscar Peterson, Benny Goodman, Israel Crosby, Louis Armstrong New!
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- Duke Ellington by Scott Yanow in Front Matter, page 11, and page 49
- The Red Cross (Charities) by Stephen Parker on page 11, and page 13
- Speak No Evil by Gary Aldrich on page 126, and page 167
- Bass Line: The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton by Milt Hinton on page 24, and page 44
- Buddy DeFranco: A Biographical Portrait and Discography by Arne Astrup on page 91, and page 129
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