Thebasscases master list of transcriptions, sorted by bass player, song, album, and year. Coltrane, davis, ellington, shorter, mingus, monk and more. All bars are perfectly legible, notes are perfectly legible, and the chord symbols are extremely detailed i. A place to upload and share transcriptions of jazz solos. Enough reasons to be in the top 10 of best jazz transcriptions to learn from. The print is excellent which is important for such an advanced set of music which includes 32nd notes. I personally cannot think of a better goal to build a site around especially since there are so few sites that are providing such a quality service to the bass guitar community. The bassment is a mean machine groove for bass players. Eddie gomez s bass solo from frank carusos composition, waltz for gomez.
Bill evans was one of the most influential jazz pianists ever, and he always played with top tier musicians. Eddie gomez does a fabulous job of complementing evans in the unique trio style that encouraged a bass player to interact not simply support the piano player. It will help me have time to make the site even better. Aj pushed bass playing into new territory on the six tracks he graces on this album, not least because he played several of the songs on a fourstring fender bass tuned down two whole steps, in effect. The bass lines of eddie gomez in the bill evans trio. The two formed the bassment with the goal to provide as many high quality transcriptions to the bass community as possible. These are all complete bass lines and this is the first time i have put them up for the general bass playing. Morbi orci magna, tincidunt vitae molestie nec, molestie at mi. He then returns to the interlude of the theme, when the rest of bandmembers join again. Transcription archive sykes transcription custom music. Over the years, i have transcribed many bass parts and solos, as well as many solos from horn players and piano players. Eddie gomez is one of my favorite acoustic bass players in all of jazz. This website took lots of time and effort to build.
Due to covid19, mail service to many overseas destinations has been temporarily suspended. First is a 31 minute, october 1966 concert with eddie gomez on bass and alex riel on drums same one as the japanese dvd release autumn leaves. Bass guitar transcriptions double bass transcriptions. Bass transcription of the barney miller theme some of the more fun and funky basslines, ive played over the years, transcribed to share out for educational use only not for sale. I recall eddie telling a semihumorous story about how miles davis approached him to join his group for a tour but due to obligations to evans trio he had to turn it down. More than 470 free transcriptions for bass and other instruments on basslessons. Though marcus miller and willie weeks also feature on naughty, its anthony jackson who steals the show with his thundering low cs and killer grooves.
Alan broadbent 1, chick corea 10, geoff keezer 1, kenny. Ive contributed one other gomez transcription here for bass musician magazine awhile back. Bass transcription service if you want one of my bass transcriptions, theyre free. Nulla nulla lorem, suscipit in posuere in, interdum non magna. Bass transcription eddie gomez bass solo on bill evans we will meet again by lucas pickford.
I just noticed that i have tons of recordings with eddie gomez and yet i have a hard time listening to them, i was just forcing myself to listen to his playing and he is truly a bad dude, his phrasing is really melodic and creative, but i have a hard time dealing with his sound, his sound is always pick up like, ive been browsing and cannot find one record where the bass seems to be recorded. Jazz solo transcriptions, jazz licks and ear training exercises. Just found the best bass notation site in the universe, also offering tab to the lesser bass mortals, just cannot understand why it took me so long to find you. Home bass guitar double bass about contact testimonials media transcriptions. Artist transcriptions authentic notefornote transcriptions. The bass part is triplet heavy, so much so that it could be written in 128. Now resonance records has released another example of that with another time. I have stolen many a lick from this solo and i highly suggest you do the same. From the jaco pastorius album curtain call chuck rainey all of these transcriptions are from an instructional book that was never published. Fifty years after it was recorded, resonance records has unearthed yet another live album from the bill evans trio.
Subscribe to the youtube for regular updates when new. This is note for note as played on the record including johns cheeky overdub at bar 78. Free transcriptions ill be updating this list of free transcriptions as time permits. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. As a music student in the late 1970s i became fascinated by eddie gomez s bass playing in the bill evans trio. Queen bass transcriptions are few and far between online and are usually pretty inaccurate so i decided to do my own. He came to prominence in the 60s as part of the bill evans trio. One of the best ways to learn is through the playing and analysis of transcriptions of great players.
In my 40 year attempt to understand evans demons and the baggage he was carrying, this cd sticks in. This is another eddie gomez solo from that same album, this time on a beautiful bill evans. Licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of fantasy records. Legendary bassist eddie gomez has been on the cutting edge of music for over four decades. Bass transcription eddie gomez bass solo on bill evans. Live 66 next is the august 1980 molde jazz festival appearance with johnson and labarbera plus the postconcert. Free transcriptions for electric bass guitar and double bass from manchester bass lessons. I also provide a bespoke transcription service, please get in touch by. The jazz bassist eddie gomez is known for his technical virtuosity, stylistic interactivity, and singular tone quality. Bass transcription eddie gomez bass solo on bill evans we will meet again by lucas pickford acoustic bassist eddie gomez in one of my all time favorites. Simply enter the code 23years in the promo code field on the shopping cart page and click apply to receive your discount details. A technical aspect of this solo that is universal to all instruments is eddie s use of the entire range of the bass. Evans in england features the jazz pianist with his longestrunning trio filled out by drummer marty morrell and bassist eddie gomez live at ronnie scotts in london in december 1969 gomez remembers getting the call to work with evans.
The album is a rare recording featuring his trio with eddie gomez and jack dejohnette. All transcriptions are available in pdf format for free download. Eddie gomez featured on unearthed bill evans trio recording. The lowest note he uses is a low f, which is just a half step higher than the lowest open e on the bass. The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard. While gomez had played with evans for two years at the time of the recording he would. His late80s elektric band albums, chick corea released a number of. The bassment was established in 2009 by bassists simon merrick and ron mollinga. Featuring bill evans, eddie gomez bass and drummers marty morrell, philly joe jones and jack dejohnette. Mp3 you must believe in spring bass solo by eddie gomez with the bill evans trio 1153 kb. First, its an acoustic bass solo but eddie s command of the upper register is so complete that it almost sounds like hes playing a fretless electric bass.
An incredible 400 songs from the jazz giants of the last 40 years. This track can be found on carusos latest album, entitled chosen. Basstranscriptions is a free youtubeseries i run currently on hiatus that provides full transcriptions in proper notation of bass lines to accompany playalong videos. By 1984, steps aheads personnel had stabilized with original keyboardist warren bernhardt rejoining the group and teaming up with tenor saxophonist michael brecker, bassist eddie gomez, drummer peter erskine, and vibraphonist mike mainieri. Gomez uses techniques that are specific to the bass, such as sliding down from notes, using open strings, and using harmonics. From the weather report album night passage speak like a child. Nam sodales mi vitae dolor ullamcorper et vulputate enim accumsan. And here is a small sample of great books of transcriptions from a range of artists, many including performance and gear notes. Featuring bill evans, eddie gomez bass and drummers marty morrell, philly joe jones and jack dejohnette vol. Pdf bass transcription eddie gomez bass solo on bill. Now, pdfs of the majority of my transcriptions are available right here.
If you see mistakes, and there may be many, please email me and let me know. The conference brought middle and high school teachers from all over idaho to the college of southern idaho for three days of seminars and workshops. If you have gotten any use out of it, i would really appreciate you considering a donation. There was a striking contrast between the flowing bass lines i was being. As with any bass solo, these things can be hard to hear sometimes, so if you see any errors in. Top 10 best jazz transcriptions to learn from jazz scripts.