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.

[dmccombe7]

22 hours 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/

I've always wondered how he plays slap on his upside down lefty bass. ?

Dave

[itu]

7 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

I've always wondered how he plays slap on his upside down lefty bass. ?

Dave

I've seen him live and he sounded so good, but couldn't understand what happened there in the fretboard. Watching and hearing made my brains go crazy. 

[dmccombe7]

2 hours ago, itu said:

I've seen him live and he sounded so good, but couldn't understand what happened there in the fretboard. Watching and hearing made my brains go crazy. 

I've always thought he must be slapping with a finger rather than thumb and pulling with his thumb. Otherwise i cant get my head round how he does it.

An incredible player. Loved it when he played with Gino Vannelli especially Brother to Brother album and even coached / helped Sandin Wilson who took over bass duties with Vannelli. Again another fantastic bassist.

Dave

[Bilbo]

A stunning performance from Dave Holland on his composition 'The Empty Chair (For Clare)', a dedication to his wife who had recently passed away. Some deep guitar work from Kevin Eubanks who is such an idiosyncratic player. The tune is from Holland's 2013 'Prism' album.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-empty-chair-for-clare-dave-holland/