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Bass Day 97: Highlights contains performances, instructional material, and post-clinic comments from all six Bass Day clinicians, as well as a behind-the-scenes look at ten incredible hours the bass world will never forget. As an added bonus, this DVD contains exclusive footage of Tony Levin playing the Chapman Stick. DVD special features include: Bonus performance: Steve Bailey and Victor Wooten; bonus performance: Bill Dickens; bonus lesson: Rufus Reid right- and left-hand technique; bonus lesson: tapping, harmonics, and double stops.
Bass Day '97 was a historic event organized by the Bass Collective NYC and Bass Player magazine. It brought together world-class bassists from all over the globe for an all-day show that included an all-star jam session. Billy Sheehan has rewritten the book on virtuoso rock bass. His groundbreaking style and technique has been an integral part of Talas, Mr. Big, Niacin, and David Lee Roth's band. On this instructional DVD from Bass Day '97, Billy intertwines stunning solo performances with answers to audience-selected questions such as about tapping, neck bending, scalloped frets, dual-output basses, 4-finger plucking, covering several parts at once, string gauges, "playing" the pickups, distortion, compression, and much more. Learn from one of the true legends of bass from this remarkable, once-in-a-lifetime event. Special features include DVD-ROM content with the complete video formatted for computer and iPod.
World-renowned acoustic and electric bassist/composer John Patitucci is one of the most influential jazz musicians of his generation. His amazing career includes work with a hall of fame of artists including B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Natalie Cole, and his incredible association with Chick Corea spanning three decades. In 1997, John served as Master of Ceremonies at the inaugural Bass Day celebration, a festival that brought together the world's greatest bassists. In this hour-long DVD, John performs Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and five of his original compositions on both acoustic bass and 6-string electric bass. Experience John's masterful technique in solo, duo, trio, and quartet settings. Following the performance, John hosts a candid question and answer session with the audience on all topics from his own personal bass setup to composing. Special features include DVD-ROM content with the complete video formatted for computer and iPod, a preview of John Patitucci Electric Bass, and a preview of Billy Sheehan: Bass Day '97.
(Book). More than a player's manual, this book portrays jazz bass as a vital element of 20th century American music. Citing examples from key recordings in the jazz canon, the book defines the essence of the musical contributions made by more than 70 important jazz bassists, including Ray Brown, Eddie Gomez, Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton and many others. Bassists get expert guidance on mastering proper technique, practice methods and improvisation, plus new insight into the theoretical and conceptual aspects of jazz. The companion audio featuring bass plus rhythm section allows readers to hear technical examples from the book, presented in slow and fast versions. It also offers play-along tracks of typical chord progressions and song forms.
Billy Sheehan shares the secrets of his signature techniques, including neck bends, tapping, pinch harmonics, and much more! This eye-opening look into the mind of a bass master will add new dimensions to your own playing. 32 pages.
This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines. Comprehensive, easy to understand, with page after page of great transcriptions of the author's walking lines on the accompanying CD. The CD of NY professional jazz players can also be used as a swinging play-along CD. Endorsed by Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Haslip, John Goldsby, etc.