The boss james brown transcribed by ian dodge paterson, 2011. Bye bye blackbird cool walk our love is here to stay put your little foot right out work song. These are all complete bass lines and this is the first time i have put them up for the general bass playing. These transcriptions come from my own curiositypursuit of more stuff to play what is that player doing. Hot tracks herb ellis and the ray brown sextet concord jazz. Notefornote transcriptions of 18 classic performances, by matthew rybicki.
Best of ray brown trio 19772000 collects a nice crosssection of the recordings bassist ray brown made with his various trio configurations for the concord and telarc labels. This page features over 180 free bass transcriptions in standard notation. From the funkiest bass grooves to the most lyrical bass solos, from the 50s up until 2020. I believe the most amazing solo ive ever heard from ray brown is on this obscure late 70s tal farlow recording called a sign of the times, trio with ray and hank jones. From the weather report album night passage speak like a child. The most common voicing in ray brown s bass lines is the voicing 1. I just thought id share what ive done so far with you and also ask for some feedback on the new look transcriptions. Now, pdfs of the majority of my transcriptions are available right here. Artist transcriptions are authentic, notefornote transcriptions by legendary artists including miles davis, thelonious monk, stan getz, oscar peterson, jim hall, and dozens more.
Hal leonard ray brown legendary jazz bassist artist. Ray brown night train sheet music pdf notes, chords jazz. All who are interested are invited to download it in pdf format from the download page. If you have the bass part to speak no evil, that goes here to. Transcription of ray browns bass line on the tune bye bye blackbird from the album. A tribute to ray brown including 18 transcriptions, performance notes, photos, and a foreword by christian mcbride. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from ray brown trio at the discogs marketplace. His experiences with dizzy gillespie led ray around the world, playing, learning and composing his own music. He asked about chord symbols in the transcriptions on thebasscase. Many of these transcriptions are ones that ive done for myself as part of my own study. Ray brown legendary jazz bassist artist transcriptions bass. Ray brown bass transcription pennies from heaven yes.
More than 460 free transcriptions for bass and other instruments on basslessons. Bring your solos to the next level with these meticulous transcriptions of some of the best artists in jazz. If you want not only the piano part but also the bass guitar part it may be an upright bass on the recording, a transcription is also available that contains the bass part notefornote every single bass note of the entire etta james recording. Blues for basie ray brown lines solo sheet music for contrabass. This is the memorable organ intro as played by the late ray manzarek, who played all the bands bass parts on keyboard. Verve, 1956 this is ray brown polygram, 1958 jazz cello verve, 1960 ray brown with the allstar big band verve, 1962 much in common with milt jackson polygram, 1962 ray brown milt jackson verve, 1965 this ones for blanton.
I am 68 and started to play the elbass and sightreading one year ago. He also supported many other artists of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. On green dolphin street ray brown bass transcription. Funk bass transcriptions of bootsy collins transcriptions of basslines by other james brown bassists such as tim drummond, charles sherrell, and bernard odum bass transcriptions of billy cox, the funky bassist with jimi hendrix on dolly dagger and izabella complete transcriptions of paul mccartneys bass parts on abbey road reggae. So please consider making a donation or by submitting your own transcriptions to the archive. If you find it useful why not give a small donation to a charity of your choice. For educational and personal use only not to be sold but please share. This is a descending voicing beginning on an upper root and continuing down to each next lower chord tone. I would like to thank you for your amazing work with the bassment project. On april 3, 1956, ray started his ray bryant trio album for epic records, which contains his own.
Though there are tons of tabs and transcriptions of varying quality circulating the internet of popular songs and even some lesser known songs and even songs, finding a reliable source of readable, userfriendly bass guitar transcriptions can be very difficult. Transcription archive sykes transcription custom music. From the jaco pastorius album curtain call chuck rainey all of these transcriptions are from an instructional book that was never published. Donald brown is considered one of the masters of contemporary jazz composition. More double bass inspiration can be found on my youtube channel. I have to tell you that especially your jamiroquai bass transcriptions have given me a lot of inspiration and helped me to develop more in bass playing. Join me on facebook and like my page so you can download free bass solos and bass line transcriptions. Bye bye blackbird ray brown bass transcription on vimeo. On green dolphin street was one of them so this was my next choice for a walking bass line to transcribe. Ive posted a transcription of ray browns bass line and solo on night train from the oscar peterson recording on my site.
One of the alltime, heavyweight champions of the upright bass, ray brown pushed the limits of the instrument both physically and musically and will be forever regarded as one of the finest musicians in jazz history. Ray brown night train bass transcription pon2w3e53yn0. This live boston summit meeting between ray brown, christian mcbride and john clayton was the logical outcome of several joint appearances, as well as an extension of a oneoff bass troika track that mcbride included on his first solo album. Easy does it sheet music ray brown bass transcription. One of the best ways to learn is through the playing and analysis of transcriptions of great players. Download ray brown night train sheet music notes and chords for bass transcription. All transcriptions are available in pdf format for free download. Topics bass jazz method collection opensource language. Ray brown is one of the greatest bass players in the history of jazz, and was essential in the creation of modern jazz. Ray brown produced by joan merrill grammy awardwinning doublebassist ray brown was a leader in defining the modern jazz rhythm section in addition to being a firstrate soloist.
Ra y brown on in the still of the night january, 2016 dave speranza so, oscar peterson trio plays the cole porter songbook was the first jazz record i remember actually liking loving really, and i believe its singlehandedly responsible for me deciding to actually learn jazz and learn how to play the bass. Read them on a desktop, laptop, phone or tablet, and print out pages as you wish. Shop for the hal leonard ray brown legendary jazz bassist artist transcriptions and receive free shipping on your order and the guaranteed lowest price. I dont know of any bassist that doesnt love and want to learn from ray browns performances over the years. Ray brown legendary jazz bassist transcription book at. Legendary jazz bassist ray brown reveals his lessons and teaching philosophy in this indepth book. Bass transcriptions jazz classical pop rubenheimans. I searched through as many different versions of the song i could find and this version by the oscar peterson trio is the most swinging version by far. Transcription of ray brown s bass line on the tune bye bye blackbird from the album moore makes 4 with the ray brown trio and ralph moore. Print and download in pdf or midi blues for basie oscar peterson. He started touring with dizzy gillespie in 1946 and through gillespie performed with charlie parker, ella fitzgerald, oscar peterson and many others. The bass guitar magazine for bass players worldwide. Ray browns bass method upton bass string instrument company.
Recent transcriptions are highlighted in orange, and new transcriptions are highlighted in green. The following is a selection of high quality bass transcriptions written in standard notation and tab. Ray brown legendary jazz bassist artist transcriptions. Ray browns bass method is a must have for all double bassists. Oscar peterson on piano ray brown on bass ed thigpen on drums. Check out the song below and then read on to see what the mighty ray brown was getting. Included is work the iconic musician made with such pianists as cedar walton, gene harris and monty alexander, as well benny green and geoff. Over the years, i have transcribed many bass parts and solos, as well as many solos from horn players and piano players. It must be one of the best recordings of rays bass, pure mic delight no direct sound. Ray brown reveals his lessons and teaching philosophy in this indepth book. The idea of a bass trio on records probably would have been unthinkable in the primitive days of recording when brown was coming up, but telarcs. Download and print easy does it sheet music for bass transcription by ray brown. Dangelo when we get by synth bass line, from brown sugar 1995 randy debarge w debarge i like it bass line, from all this love. Bass transcription archives bass musician magazine, the.
Transcriptions more information home about fji departments linear jazz improvisation. Superbass recorded live at scullers ray brown allmusic. Order books and transcriptions in easytodownload pdf form. Bass transcription service if you want one of my bass transcriptions, theyre free. The track is stompin at the savoy, and the cd is available on concord records. Brown is wellknown for his work with oscar peterson. If youre looking for bass tabs, then click here these free bass transcriptions are provided for educational use only click on the transcription title to view and download the pdf. These transcriptions are free to download and are for educational use only. Years before james jamerson who, as one man puts it, was the schoenberg of simple chord changes, there was ray brown. Quality bass guitar transcriptions can be difficult things to find on the internet. Focusing on the latter part of his career, the doubledisc anthology bassics. The bassment free bass guitar transcriptions in standard.
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