Here are
a few of my transcriptions of other people's compositions, made available
for study purposes.
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| John McLaughlin's "The Wish" was recorded by Shakti on "Remember Shakti" and "The Promise". | |||
| John Coltrane's "Resolution" has
been recorded by many artists since "A Love Supreme". This version was influenced by Marc Johnson's "Bass Desires". |
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| Jimmy Johnson's wonderfully-constructed and executed bass solo on Allan Holdsworth's "54 Duncan Terrace" (recorded on "Secrets"). | |||
| John Coltrane's "Countdown", arranged here for 6-string bass. The melody is accompanied by a walking bass line. | |||
| Ralph Towner's "Distant Hills" from Oregon's record of the same name. | |||
| The Latin-Jazz tune "Angelica" by Emiliano Salvador as played by Jorge Reyes (bass). | |||
| The bass line for "Jovenes Del Ritmo" as played by Cachao Lopez. | |||
| Kurt Rosenwinkel's "Use of Light" as played on "The Next Step". [Please contact me for password to open this one!] | |||
| The bass line for "Al Fin Te Ve" (E. Lecuona) as played by Cachao Lopez. | |||
| Jaco Pastorius' classic groove tune "Come on Come Over" from his self-titled album, Jaco Pastorius. | |||
Samples of compositions
To
give you an idea of what my own compositions look like, I have made some of my compositions available on-line. These are able to be viewed and played
for free, and downloaded and printed for a small fee at Score Exchange (formerly Sibelius Music).
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