Bilbo Posted Sunday at 10:05 Author Posted Sunday at 10:05 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/ 3 Quote
ChrisDev Posted Sunday at 11:03 Posted Sunday at 11:03 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 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted Sunday at 11:46 Author Posted Sunday at 11:46 Nice one, Chris. I will avoid both for now, then. I have plenty of ideas for more obscure transcriptions to be getting on with! 1 Quote
ChrisDev Posted Sunday at 14:38 Posted Sunday at 14:38 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. Quote
itu Posted Sunday at 19:53 Posted Sunday at 19:53 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). 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted Sunday at 20:06 Author Posted Sunday at 20:06 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. 2 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted yesterday at 08:11 Posted yesterday at 08:11 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 Quote
itu Posted yesterday at 15:45 Posted yesterday at 15:45 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. 1 Quote
dmccombe7 Posted yesterday at 17:57 Posted yesterday at 17:57 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 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted yesterday at 20:40 Author Posted yesterday at 20:40 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/ 3 Quote
ChrisDev Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago 16 hours ago, Bilbo said: 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/ This is one of my all-time favourite albums 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted 7 hours ago Author Posted 7 hours ago I have never seen that recording before, Chris. I will see if I can get hold of it. Thanks for that! 1 Quote
Bilbo Posted 2 hours ago Author Posted 2 hours ago Another one from the Tribal Tech 'Spears' album, this is Gary Willis's bass part for the tune 'Island City Shuttle. Lots of weird bar lengths. Remeber, when you writing it down, you are recording what you are hearing not what the tune actually IS. The performance is what matters not the dots. So, if you disagree with my take on the differing bar lengths it doesn't make it wrong. It just means I have grouped it in a different way. It's the noise you make when you are playing it, not the dots themselves. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/island-city-shuttle-tribal-tech/ 2 Quote
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