Bass Player Magazine September 2004

(All musical examples in this issue are in music notation and bass tab)

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Feature Interviews and Lesson Articles

Interview with Mike Dirnt - Interview with Mike Dirnt of Green Day. With musical examples.

Interview with Chris Wolstenholm - Interview with Chris Wolstenholm of Muse. Features musical examples ('Falling Away With You' and 'Hysteria.')

Interview with Leland Sklar -Interview with Leland Sklar. With musical examples.

Profiles

JoJo Garza with Los Lonely Boys

Mark Wilson with Jet

Vinnie Hornsby with Sevendust

Dill Katz and renting his upright bass

Arild Anderson

Full Transcriptions

The bass line to The Temptation's classic "I Can't Get Next To You." The bassist is of course James Jamerson. The transcription is done by session bassist Ron Brown and he suggests 10 unsung Jamerson tracks to listen to:

Night Fo Last - Shorty Long

People Sure Act Funny - Shorty Long

Shoo-bee-doo-be-day - Stevie Wonder

You Met Your Match - Stevie Wonder

Up The Ladder To The Roof - The Supremes

Save The Children - Marvin Gaye

Groove Thang - Junior Walker

The Power of Love - Jerry Butler

Nothing But Soul - Junion Walker

Your Love Is Rated X - Johnie Taylor

Partial Transcriptions and Lessons -

Swing Brother Swing - Ed Friedland's Regular Column, looking at playing swing.

Locking Your Groove Part 3- by Glenn Letsch

More Plucking Hand Exercises - Bunny Brunel

CD Reviews

Rachel Z - Everlasting

Carl Young - A Few Sides of Myself

Sonia Dada - Test Pattern

Jack Irons- Attention Dimension

Jim Markway Quartet - Forward Motion

The Electras

Quincy Jones & Bill Cosby - Original Jam Sessions

James Brown - Soul On Top

The Faces - Five Guys Walk Into A Bar..

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