Easy Bass Jazz

Composer: Hayhurst, Oli
Instrumentation: Double Bass with backing tracks
Publisher: Clifton Edition

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Product Code: 979-0-570-81185-4
ISMN: 979-0-570-81185-4
Publishers Number: C185D
Difficulty: Grades 3 & 4
Exam Info.: Trinity grades 3 and 4
Published date: 20230612
Language: English
Condition: New

Description

Set on the Trinity double bass syllabus Grade 3: The Bottom Line and Grade 4 Ol’ Orleans. 16 funky pieces for the beginner Jazz Bass player, with downloadable backing tracks and further listening suggestions. Includes ‘Bass by the Bay’ (Calypso 145 bpm – Listen to St. Thomas on Sonny Rollin’s album ‘Saxophone Collosus’) and ‘Ol’ Orleans'(New Orleans Second Line feel 149 bpm – listen to Dr. John’s album ‘Gumbo’).    

1. Bass by the Bay Calypso 145 bpm. Demo Track 1, Backing Track 2. Listen to St. Thomas on Sonny Rollin’s album ‘Saxophone Collossus’. 2. Preservin’ Reggae 139bpm. Demo Track 3, Backing Track 4. Listen to Bob Marley’s ‘Exodus’. 3. The Bottom Line Gentle swing 120bpm. Demo Track 5, Backing Track 6. 4. Ballad for Charlie Even quavers. Ballad 84bpm. Demo Track 7, Backing Track 8. Dedicated to the great bass player, Charlie Haden. Hear him on his album ‘Steal Away’ with Hank Jones. 5. Walk the Walk Swing walking bass line 120bpm. Demo Track 9, Backing Track 10. For some great walking listen to Ron Carter on Miles Davis’ album ‘The ’64 Concert’. 6. Ol’ Orleans New Orleans Second Line feel 149 bpm. Demo Track 11, Backing Track 12. Listen to Dr. John’s album ‘Gumbo’. 7. Song for my Brother Blue Note Bossa 111bpm. Demo Track 13, Backing Track 14. In tribute to Horace Silver. Listen to his album ‘Song For My Father’. 8. Strolling Along Swing feel 109bpm. Demo Track 15, Backing Track 16. Walking bass line with the bass taking the melody in the bridge section. 9. Going to the Club Lively swing 170 bpm. Demo Track 17, Backing Track 18. A 32 bar AABA tune like many jazz standards. 10. The Teacher Swing feel 130bpm. Demo Track 19, Backing Track 20. Bass melody. Another tribute to Horace Silver. Some tricky slurs to be played with the left hand with hammer-ons and pull-offs. 11. Make Five 5/4 swing 132bpm. Demo Track 21, Backing Track 22. Listen to Dave Brubeck’s ‘Time Out’ album. 12. Blues for Brown Swinging Blues 113bpm. Demo Track 23, Backing Track 24. A tribute to the great bass player, Ray Brown. Hear him on Oscar Peterson’s ‘Night Train’ album. 13. Keep On Keeping On Rock feel 132bpm. Demo Track 25, Backing Track 26. Listen to Brad Mehldau’s album ‘Day Is Done’. 14. Hollerin’ Swing with bass melody 139 bpm. Demo Track 27, Backing Track 28. Listen to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers’ ‘Moanin”. 15. Ooga Booga Looga Boogaloo 120bpm. Demo Track 29, Backing Track 30. Listen to John Scofield’s album ‘A Go Go’. 16. The Half to the Whole Swing feel 103bpm. Demo Track 31, Backing Track 3Ï€2. A tune going through many keys. Listen to Clifford Brown’s ‘Joy Spring’.
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