There is a reason that the Album of the Year went to Herbie for this album. It is lush and masterful. Joni's songs are well represented and given some beautiful treatment by Herbie, Vinnie, Lionel and... Dave Holland.
Drummer Billy Cobham of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame, made his most enduring contribution too the genre of jazz - fusion with his classic recording "Spectrum". The 1973 album featured: Joe Farrell, flute, saxophones; John Tropea, guitar, and Ray Barretto, congas.
Check out this transcription by Lucas Pickford at Bass Musician Magazine!
Welcome back to the Jazz Gym. In our last workout we learned some simple scale sequences over our Autumn Leaves progression in the upper register of the bass. If you finished your extra credit assignments, then you know that these melodic sequences have more than one function and sound great forwards and backwards.
Once again, I'd like to stick with the basics for this installment and take up where we left off last time around. In my last lesson, I went into the specifics of basic solid fretting hand technique; this time around I want to shift to the plucking hand. As you are probably already aware, it is the fine synchronization of the two hands working together that will really help you to get to the next level with your dexterity.
The 'London Solo Bass Night', I learnt whilst there, came into form when Todd Johnson was going to be staying with Steve Lawson. Steve decided that they should find another solo bassist, and do a small gig. Well he approached Yolanda Charles, a very talented London bassist who has worked with the likes of BB King, and Mick Jagger. According to Steve he had been suggesting that she should try her hand at some solo bass stuff for a while, and it seems like she finally relented.
In my interview with Victor in our February-March issue, Victor and I spent a great deal of time talking about the "instructional process." His views are unique and decisive, and his book "The Music Lesson" perfectly outlines his agenda on this particular subject.
In recent months I've been practicing a lot. My father and I have spent a lot of time talking about Arnold Schultz and his techniques and concepts and some of it has resonated very strongly with me.
Hello to you all, my name is Kenn Smith. For the past 4 to 5 years in doing clinics and writing articles it has been my goal to help the working musician by passing along what I feel is valuable information on how to survive in this business. Whether you are a freelancer or a member of a band, if you do this for a living there are some things I feel every working bassist should know. And FYI -- I base all of my information on 22 years as a professional.
Damian's book proves to be another well thought out text on presenting the fundamentals for any player to consider. A commendable array of scales, modes, chords, and their inversions are covered in depth, and presented in a well thought out manner.
After conducting many interviews for the magazine, I admittedly have more or less a recurring question I try to get to with all of these very accomplished players I've been lucky enough to spend time with.
