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FOR THE LOVE OF JAZZ
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The word "Jazz" derives from mid-1800's slang for "pep" or "energy." The music emerged out of the cultural stew around New Orleans late in that century, and morphed as it spread across the globe.
Beyond that, attempting to describe Jazz is dangerous. And un-Jazz-like. Here's what some smart people have said about it.
"What's tied Jazz together is its foundation in the Blues, a reliance on group interplay and the unique phenomenon of spontaneous improvisation." --D C DowDell
“Anybody can play. The note is only 20 percent. The attitude of the mother****er who plays it is 80 percent.” --Miles Davis
"Get out there and improvise and take chances and don't be a perfectionist." --Dave Brubeck
"The better it gets, the fewer of us know it." --Ray Brown
"I start in the middle of a sentence and move both directions at once." --John Coltrane
"Anyone who understands Jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it." --Yogi Berra
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NEW!
BEST OF THE
JAZZ MASTERS
VOLUME 1
Aidan Hampson's latest transcription collection presents masterworks in Jazz bass from Ray Brown, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Garrison, Scott LaFaro and Charles Mingus.
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THE ALL-JAZZ
REAL BOOK
A massive guide to playing over 200 Jazz tunes in the Classic, Contemporary and Latin forms. 550 pages and a CD with 37 selected numbers.
(Not bass-specific.)
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BERKLEE JAZZ BASS
Beginner or expert, electric or acoustic, the experienced authors/instructors at Berklee can help you expand your ability and refine your technique.
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THE JAZZ MUSICIAN'S
GUIDE TO
CREATIVE PRACTICING
Make practicing interesting and enjoyable by identifying manageable tasks you can master.
(Not bass-specific.)
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BASS STANDARDS
Note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised Jazz bass performances ever recorded.
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BEYOND TIME AND
CHANGES: MUSICIAN'S
GUIDE TO FREE
JAZZ IMPROVISATION
Hal Crook offers a methodology to guide the advancing improviser through the uncharted musical territory of free Jazz.
(Not bass-specific.)
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100 JAZZ LESSONS
A huge variety of Jazz bass styles, techniques, and concepts are covered in 100 modules with detailed instruction, playing examples, and an audio download of performance demos.
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A GUIDE TO
JAZZ IMPROVISATION
A practical and intuitive approach to learning basic Jazz improvisation through 12 lessons and an accompanying CD.
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MEL BAY'S COMPLETE
JAZZ BASS BOOK
This comprehensive method covers all aspects of Jazz bass performance, from basic theory and fingerboard studies to rhythm patters, chord construction, melodic minor scales and much more.
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THE JAZZ
THEORY BOOK
With over 500 pages and 750 musical examples, this is the most comprehensive study of Jazz harmony and theory.
(Not bass-specific.)
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ONLINE CLINIC WITH JAIME DAVID VAZQUEZ
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TEACH ME BASS GUITAR: DIGITAL MASTER COURSE by Roy Vogt
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This may be the most comprehensive, effective, and entertaining self-paced bass-instruction course ever created. TEACH ME BASS GUITAR is a one-of-a-kind master class in bass guitar taught by Roy Vogt, head of the Bass Department at Nashville's prestigious Belmont University for 30 years.
This digital-download course is available from the TEACH ME BASS GUITAR website, where we will send you for ordering.
Among the many features designed to help you learn:
▪ 16 hours of video instruction
▪ More than 100 video play-along tracks with professional studio musicians
▪ 162-page 4-color fully illustrated ebook
▪ All original music
▪ Impressive loop library
▪ Animated fretboard naming and showing every note Roy is playing
Three separately available print books -- Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced -- follow the course structure but can also be used standalone.
Beginners and old pros alike will learn and grow in their bass playing with this unique digital course, now offered at just $79.95.
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BASS MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION EBOOKS from Aidan Hampson
JOHN MAYER TRIO:
WHERE THE LIGHT IS
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
Pino Palladino's athletic bass lines added meat to John Mayer's expressive arrangements. Learn the lines to all eight songs of the trio set on the 2008 album, Where the Light Is.
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EARTH, WIND & FIRE
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
The versatile superband owed much of its power to Verdine White's incomparable bass playing. Here are his lines on 11 of the band's favorite hits, from six albums recorded between 1973 and 1979.
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THE BEACH BOYS
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
A celebration of the California Sound, created by some kids from Hawthorne who went on to become pop/rock giants. Learn the bass lines to 12 memorable hits.
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BILL WITHERS
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
Seminal hits like Ain't No Sunshine, Lean on Me, and Just the Two of Us helped Bill Withers set the sound of '70s soul. Here are bass lines to 11 hits.
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THE BLUES BROTHERS
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
Donald "Duck" Dunn played on the sound track for this musical-comedy cult classic, and even portrayed himself in the film. Songs included favorites from James Brown, Cab Calloway, Aretha Franklin and more.
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MILES DAVIS
KIND OF BLUE
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
60 years on: the best-selling jazz album of all time was not even rehearsed!
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HERBIE HANCOCK
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
The creative Jazz-Fusion composer and performer has won 14 Grammy Awards!
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BEST OF DURAN DURAN
BASS
TRANSCRIPTIONS
-EBOOK/PDF-
This book collects 12 of the band’s greatest hits, and details the driving, funky bass lines played by John Taylor.
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THE BEATLES:
SGT. PEPPER'S
BEST OF ELVIS
BEST OF
NATHAN EAST
PAUL SIMON
BOB DYLAN
STEVIE WONDER
VOL. 1
STEVIE WONDER
VOL. 2
BILLY JOEL
QUEEN
FRANK SINATRA
JAMES BROWN
PINK FLOYD
BEST OF
RADIOHEAD
THE BEATLES:
1965-1970
MICHAEL JACKSON:
THRILLER
MICHAEL JACKSON:
OFF THE WALL
MICHAEL JACKSON:
BAD
BEST OF
DIRE STRAITS
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JAMES JAMERSON
ELTON JOHN
FLEETWOOD MAC
ABBA
TOTO
BEST OF
PRINCE
'70s SOUL
'70s FUNK
'80s ROCK
BEST OF
THE EAGLES
STEELY DAN
BERNARD EDWARDS
BEST OF
OASIS
MARVIN GAYE
BEST OF
VAN HALEN
NEW WAVE
GREATEST STUDIO
BASS PLAYERS
VOL. 1
GREATEST STUDIO
BASS PLAYERS
VOL. 2
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BASS MUSIC TRANSCRIPTION EBOOKS from Eric Beaulé
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FREE STUFF
BassBooks.com offers a vast collection of videos, lessons and transcriptions, absolutely free, for the benefit of the bass-playing community.
Click here to see all Free Stuff available.
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Click here to see free Lessons.
Click here to see (and hear!) the BassPod.
Here's what we have added to the
Free Stuff library this month:
ERIC BEAULÉ
www.PlayBassLines.com
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This transcription is compliments of Eric Beaulé, at www.PlayBassLines.com, author of several titles we carry.
Transcription of
slow blues in G
Here's a seven-chorus Jazzy blues track as played by Rufus Reid on the Jamey Aebersold collection, Nothin' But Blues. It contains many gems worth learning.
See all Eric Beaulé transcriptions available in our catalog
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JAIME DAVID VAZQUEZ
www.jaimedavidvazquez.com
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BASS TIPS:
Latin Jazz Bass
Jaime explores the basics of playing Jazz with Latin American rhythms.
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MIKE OVERLY
www.basstruth.com
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Playing Jazz, Part 1
In this lesson Mike Overly, GRAMMY® nominated music educator and author of Bass EncycloMedia, offers a first step for getting serious about learning to play Jazz well.
Check out Mike's excellent book, TONE NOTE MUSIC METHOD FOR BASS, Book 1
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JOHN FALSTROM
www.EADG4.com
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The Big Boppers perform
Mr. P.C. by John Coltrane
John Falstrom, author of EADG 4, shows how it's done in a 1991 recording of his band playing a Coltrane composition, named in honor of bassist Paul Chambers.
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