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9 hours ago, Bilbo said:

The other tune, a bit of throwaway virtuosity, the title tune from the same album, 'The Dream Of The Blue Turtles'.

...played by Darryl Jones. I had to check, as I did not recall Sting played any bass, but there was that Bourbon on double bass.

The studio album is just fine but the double live 'Bring on the night' is really good! To me it's the best Sting stuff ever. There the Bourbon was played by Jones and Stig - sorry, too much Top Gear - Sting played 'I burn for you'. Double bass, again.

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I have a suspicion that DJ played electric on TDOTBT whilst Sting played the Jazz section. The bass on that section is actually a bit clunky which it probably would have been if Sting had played double bass in a setting like that. It's just that I have never seen or heard DJ play a double bass in any other settings ever. We all know album covers are not always accurate. Who knows? I am simply speculating. 

 

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On 12/04/2021 at 09:55, Bilbo said:

I am really pleased with this one. I have wanted to do something off this album for years and this track has long been a favourite. Jaco's bass part from the tune 'Refuge Of The Road' from the 1976 'Hejira' LP.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/refuge-of-the-road-joni-mitchell/

Takes me back. I remember getting this album as a Christmas present (yes, I don’t know why either) before I’d even started playing bass so On reflection I’ve always known that Jaco’s (and everyone else’s) playing is just sublime. Of course, JM makes it with her beautiful voice, and the open tunings/sounds were captivating then and haven’t aged a bit.

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An important player in my day, DIll Katz featured with Barbara Thompson's Paraphernalia, Ian Carr's Nucleus and the South African band District Six. This is Dill's lucious bass part for the tune 'Little Annie Ooh from Thompson's 1980 'Live In Concert' album. A relatively easy play and read but fun, nevertheless.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/little-annie-ooh-barbara-thompsons-paraphernalia/

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1 hour ago, wrinkleygit said:

Big thank you for the Dave Holland, Thieves in the Temple transcription, after listening to a couple of YouTube videos of what appears to be a little known Herbie number, we’ve just started to rehearse it in the trio I play with, keep up the good work, Mike B.

Glad it is of use to you, wrinklers. 😊

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3 hours ago, Bilbo said:

I am not entirely convinced of the accuracy of this one so would welcome any feedback. Jaco's bass part of the live version of 'The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines' from the 1980 Joni Mitchell album 'Shadows and Light'. 

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/the-dry-cleaner-from-des-moines-joni-mitchell/

We can compare notes  🙂

https://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=252

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On 12/04/2021 at 09:55, Bilbo said:

I am really pleased with this one. I have wanted to do something off this album for years and this track has long been a favourite. Jaco's bass part from the tune 'Refuge Of The Road' from the 1976 'Hejira' LP.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/refuge-of-the-road-joni-mitchell/

Thanks for this one, and good timing - a student of mine just requested it!

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One of my own - the bass part for the old Jazz standard 'Witchcraft'. I recorded this the first year after I got the double bass (on loan from the legendary Jake Newman) and I transcribed it as a basic, quarternote walking line with almost no rhythmic inflections outside of the solo - just doom, doom, doom, doom,,, and off into the sunset.

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/witchcraft-simon-brown-trio/

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OMG! What is he doing! A GUITAR transcription on BASSCHAT!! 

 

THis is a head chart for the Philip Catherine tune 'Homecomings' from the 1977 acoustic duo album 'Twin House' which features Catherine alongside Larry Coryell. I have said elsewhere on here that I am working on my treble clef/guitar reading and this felt like something that I could put down. There are additional challenges with gutiar parts, where notes ring on in chordal arpeggios and this requires a different approach. I also struggle to stay in course when writing in treble clef as I keep reverting to bass so by Ds turn into Bs and my Gs to Es. Dont worry, though. There are no plans to start a Bilbo's Guitar Bites website.

 

Homecomings – Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine – Bilbo's Bass Bites (bilbosbassbites.co.uk)

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From the 1984 John Scofield album, 'Electric OUtlet', this is Sco's bass part to the tune 'Filibuster'. It is essentially only two bars long and moves about with the chords, changes keys and then changes back. There is a section where he doubles the guitar part and others where he pedals the part for a bit longer that normal but, otherwise, once you have the first two bars down, it's pretty simple from there on ;)

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/filibuster-john-scofield/

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Yes - this one was transcribed solely for the purpose of putting something on the website that began with X. Geddy Lee's bass part for the tune 'Xanadu' from the 1977 Rush album, 'A Farewell To Kings'. Note: the recording plays slightly sharp - legend has it that the tubular bells that the band used on the track were out of tune so the band tunes sharp to compensate. Whatever the truth of it, it is challenging little read and will test your concentration.

 

https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/xanadu-rush/

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