Bilbo's Transcription Archive

[Bilbo]

Some more Bob Mintzer, have a crack at the Will Lee bass part from the tune 'Truth Spoken Here' from the 2013 Live Bob Mintzer Big Band album 'Get Up'! Meaty as ever with a lovely Fender Jazz growl.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/truth-spoken-here-bob-mintzer-big-band/

[Bilbo]

Personal nostalgia - I did a gig with an Essex singer called Helen Abbey that featured some great tunes including Lulu's 'To Sir With Love' from the Sidney Poitier film of the same name. The track has been credited to several bass players but my instinct says Bob Lang. Don't hit me with a 1,000 'no, it was....' posts because, 'Frankly, my dear. I don't give a damn'.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/to-sir-with-love-theme-song-lulu/

Edited Sunday at 11:29 by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

From the same gig. Cilla Black performing Lennon and McCartney's 'It's For You'. Easy read, easy play but a great tune.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/its-for-you-cilla-black/

[Bilbo]

It's been a whole week so it's time for some more Dave Holland. The complete bass performance of the Kevin Eubanks tune 'The Watcher' from the 2013 album, 'Prism' that features Holland, Eubanks, Eric Harland on drums and Craig Taborn on piano. A wonderfully grungy sounding quartet with a real edge in terms of the compositions. Fairly demanding this time as the tempo is fairly quick and the lines fairly unpredictable and the time signatures are constantly moving.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-watcher-dave-holland/

Edited 19 hours ago by Bilbo

[Bilbo]

Another short solo bass piece from Jorge Roeder's 'El Suelo Mio' album. The tune us called 'Bounce'. It's a choppy little number and will test the best of us, even if the reading is not massively taxing in itself.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/bounce-jorge-roeder/