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Bass: Unknown
Album: Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Album: Time Out for Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
Bass: Leon Sylvers III
Album: Three for Love
Soul meets disco from the early 80s
Album: Three for Love
Soul meets disco from the early 80s
Bass: Various
- Apollo 440 - Deep Nine Bass Song
- Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch (Jared Hasselhoff)
- Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks (Cubbie Fink)
- The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (Bob Babbitt)
- Jet - Are you gonna be my girl (Mark Wilson)
- Nirvana - Come as you are (Krist Novoselic)
Bass: Fred Thomas
Album: Doing it to death
70s funk with James Brown and Fred Wesley
Album: Doing it to death
70s funk with James Brown and Fred Wesley
Bass: Various
- Avishai Cohen - Smash
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
- Ben E. King - Stand By Me
- Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle
- Michael Jackson - Beat it
- Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Bass: Tal Wilkenfeld
Album: Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's 2007
Bass solo
Album: Jeff Beck - Live at Ronnie Scott's 2007
Bass solo
Bass: Duke McVinnie
Album: I oghtta give you a shot in the head for making me live in this dump
Good songs for beginners. Using Roots, fifths and the Aeolian (Minor) scale
Album: I oghtta give you a shot in the head for making me live in this dump
Good songs for beginners. Using Roots, fifths and the Aeolian (Minor) scale
Bass: Various
- Erykah Badou - Annie don't wear no panties
- Stevie Ray Vaughan - Crossfire
- Incognito - Colibri
- Don't call me baby/Ma Quala Idea - Madison Avenue / Pino D'Angio
- Punk it up - Infectious Grooves
- Mary J Blige - Be Happy
Bass: James Jamerson
Album: I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Album: I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Bass: Carol Kaye
Album: Love Songs
Album: Love Songs
Bass: Various
- Black Eyed Peas - Let's get it started
- Bob Marley - Stir it Up
- Daft Punk - Around the World
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the pleasuredome
- Pink - Funhouse
- The Commodores - Brick House
Bass: Graham Gouldman
Album: Bloody Tourists
A classic from 1978. Not that difficult, but fun to play.
Album: Bloody Tourists
A classic from 1978. Not that difficult, but fun to play.
Bass: Unknown
Album: We Are Your Friends
A nice synth bass line that's quite a challenge to play on electric bass.
Album: We Are Your Friends
A nice synth bass line that's quite a challenge to play on electric bass.
Bass: Ryan Newman
Album: We free again
A super laid back bass line from, in my opinion, the best roots reggae band of this time.
Album: We free again
A super laid back bass line from, in my opinion, the best roots reggae band of this time.
Bass: Anthony Vitti
Album: The Dig
This CD from Berklee Professor Anthony Vitti contains some very nice bass grooves. The first riff contains only chord tones. The second riff is in 7/4. 16th note funk the way I like it.
Album: The Dig
This CD from Berklee Professor Anthony Vitti contains some very nice bass grooves. The first riff contains only chord tones. The second riff is in 7/4. 16th note funk the way I like it.
Bass: Shaun Ward
Album: Stars
This song contains 3 nice bass grooves.
Album: Stars
This song contains 3 nice bass grooves.
Trumpet: Freddie Hubbard
Album: Empyrean Isles
Freddie Hubbard Trumpet solo.
One of the first modal jazz pieces on a funky beat.
Album: Empyrean Isles
Freddie Hubbard Trumpet solo.
One of the first modal jazz pieces on a funky beat.
Bass: Jeff Andrew
Album: Time in Place
For those who like a challenge: try the melody line on bass.
Album: Time in Place
For those who like a challenge: try the melody line on bass.
Bass: Various
- Airto - Partido Alto
- Angie Stone - Wish I didn't miss you
- Béla Fleck & the Flecktones - Bil Mon
- Terence Trend D'Arby - Dance little sister
- DeeLite - Groove is in the heart
- Martin Solveig - Jealousy
Bass: Freddie Washington
Album: Somebody Else's Guy
Groovy song with a nice slap bass line. This transcription is from the original 1984 version.
Album: Somebody Else's Guy
Groovy song with a nice slap bass line. This transcription is from the original 1984 version.
Bass: Unknown
Beautiful soul song. Ideal for beginning bass players. The hit version of the song is often wrongly credited to Aretha Franklin.
Beautiful soul song. Ideal for beginning bass players. The hit version of the song is often wrongly credited to Aretha Franklin.
Bass: Paul S Denman
Album: Diamond Life
There are several versions of this song with slightly different bass lines. This version is from the CD "Diamond Life".
Album: Diamond Life
There are several versions of this song with slightly different bass lines. This version is from the CD "Diamond Life".
Bass: Unknown
Album: Jazz A Saint Germain
A Herbie Hancock composition from 1962 which became popular after Mongo Santamaria released a Latin version one year later, that reached the top10 in the charts. Later on Herbie Hancock released a new version with The Headhunters. Dee Dee Bridgewater brings a funky interpretation losely based on the original version.
Album: Jazz A Saint Germain
A Herbie Hancock composition from 1962 which became popular after Mongo Santamaria released a Latin version one year later, that reached the top10 in the charts. Later on Herbie Hancock released a new version with The Headhunters. Dee Dee Bridgewater brings a funky interpretation losely based on the original version.
Bass: Robbie Shakespeare
Album: Throw Down Your Arms
Album: Throw Down Your Arms
- He Prayed
- Y mas Gan
- Vampire
Bass: Bootsy Collins
Album: Bootsy? Player of the Year
Album: Bootsy? Player of the Year
