Double Bass Iconic jazz bass licks, lines, intros, and figures

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I'm revising the sophomore barrier exam for the U, and would like skew the material away from the same bebop heads that the horn players have to do and make it a bit more bass centric and include practical stuff that bass players should know out on a gig in the real world. Help brainstorming would be much appreciated.

So far, I've got the lines from:

So What
All Blues
Footprints
Bolivia
Killer Joe
Maiden Voyage
Cantaloupe Island
Black Narcissus
Mercy Mercy Mercy

And the "Bird of Paradise" intro from "ATTYA"

Need to revise by end of next week. Let the brainstorming begin!

 

[Lee Moses]

A Night in Tunisia

 

[Don C]

Red Clay

 

[Sam Dingle]

Joshua

 

[Ed Fuqua]

Intro to RECORDAME, hell ALL the intros to the Bird heads. Intro to JOY SPRING
if you want some fun throw SHADE OF JADE in there.

You gonna do tags too?

 

[Steven Ayres]

Parts:
Caravan
Equinox
Giant Steps
Played Twice
Recorda-me
Stolen Moments
Take Five

Melodies:
Goodbye Porkpie Hat
A Remark You Made
Spain

Speaking practically I'd also be looking at various dance grooves -- mambo, foxtrot, straight waltz vs jazz waltz, chacha, samba, and blues, blues, blues.

 

[Tom Lane]

+ Footprints and Little Sunflower

 

[FLORINS]

Haitian Fight Song
So Long Eric

 

[elgecko]

- Song for My Father/Josie Don't Lose That Number

- Green Dolphin Street

- Chameleon

- "The Lick"

 

[Don Kasper]

Josie Don't Lose That Number

"Ricky...", you have some 'splaining to do!

 

[Radio]

I wasn't going to mention Autumn Leaves, except there is a Ray Brown version that it killer. I'll have to find it again.

 

[elgecko]

"Ricky...", you have some 'splaining to do!

Oh...Rikki, Josie, Aja, Rose, Katy, Janie, Abbie, Pixeleen, Gina.

If you've met one Steely Dan muse, you've met them all!

 

[jmlee]

All The Things You Are

 

[Michael Karn]

ALL the intros to the Bird heads

Exactly, and i'd add especially Star Eyes. As far as others, Giant Steps was mentioned, i always make sure students play that whole step line that PC plays (and that Steve Davis plays more expansively on But Not For Me, Satellite and 26-2, among others). Another big one in this neck of the woods is KD's Short Story and the intro figure that Richard Davis plays, as well as the coda, which is really it's own (amazing) tune in and of itself

 

[Don Kasper]

Exactly, and i'd add especially Star Eyes. As far as others, Giant Steps was mentioned, i always make sure students play that whole step line that PC plays (and that Steve Davis plays more expansively on But Not For Me, Satellite and 26-2, among others). Another big one in this neck of the woods is KD's Short Story and the intro figure that Richard Davis plays, as well as the coda, which is really it's own (amazing) tune in and of itself

OK - I confess - I don't have this one in my quiver:
Thanks for draining another few inches out of my pool of self-esteem, Michael!

 

[Marial]

Haitian Fight Song
So Long Eric

This!!!!!!

 

[bassfiddlesteve]

Nica's Dream
Seven Steps To Heaven
Django
Caravan
500 Miles High
Spain

- Steve

 

[Groove Doctor]

Blue Bossa - original version (Butch Warren on bass).
Blue Bossa: What You Don't Know About The Standard

Blue Bossa Bass Tabs - Joe Henderson @ BigBassTabs.com

 

[Michael Karn]

Oh yeah, Manteca

 

[bassfiddlesteve]

Blue Bossa - original version (Butch Warren on bass).
Blue Bossa: What You Don't Know About The Standard

Blue Bossa Bass Tabs - Joe Henderson @ BigBassTabs.com

Here's an accurate transcription of Butch Warren's bass line. The high G and D in the second bar are played as harmonics.

- Steve