Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[Bilbo]

Should be working now, Dave.

[Bilbo]

Something from Jimmy Haslip today. This is his complete bass performance on the tune 'Homecoming' from the 1985 Yellowjackets album, 'Samurai Samba'. I chose it because it is mostly an easy read but there are some tricky fills in there so be warned!

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/homecoming-yellowjackets/

[ChrisDev]

57 minutes ago, Bilbo said:

Something from Jimmy Haslip today. This is his complete bass performance on the tune 'Homecoming' from the 1985 Yellowjackets album, 'Samurai Samba'. I chose it because it is mostly an easy read but there are some tricky fills in there so be warned!

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/homecoming-yellowjackets/

Nice. I'm currently transcribing some Haslip bass lines too. Allan Holdsworth and Yellowjackets

[Bilbo]

Nice one, Chris. I will avoid both for now, then. I have plenty of ideas for more obscure transcriptions to be getting on with!

[ChrisDev]

2 hours ago, Bilbo said:

Nice one, Chris. I will avoid both for now, then. I have plenty of ideas for more obscure transcriptions to be getting on with!

No need to avoid them for me. I'll DM you the tracks I'm working on.

[itu]

On 30/05/2025 at 21:24, Bilbo said:

...and some of their stuff is absolutely incredible so go and check it out. This transcription is not too difficult as the tempo is very forgiving but there are a couple of tricky moments.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/how-insensitive-sf-jazz-collective/

Arranged, yes. Jobim has never sounded like this.

 

In your pages you wonder, which bass is he using. I don't have IG, but managed to see one of his solos there. He has a greenish Moollon 5, a Gary Willis Ibanez fretless (GWB1005?), and a J like bass. Amp seems to be an Aguilar.

 

Whatever the bass is, his sound is pretty soft even with a fretted electric (something I like).

[Bilbo]

I agree. There is something about the bass where it sometimes works really well when you can't hear it as much as 'sense' it.