All American Alien Boy Hunter
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This book – a follow up of sorts to Bass Lessons With The Greats (which I’ve also reviewed) is written by Glenn Letsch. It features short ‘master classes’ with bass players Mike Chapman, Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, Rocco Prestia and upright bass player (and no relation:) Ben Wolfe. For those of you on your journeying learning how to play bass here’s a more elaborated review of each of the masterclasses in this book. Let’s look at the person lessons: Lesson With Jaco Pastorius This lesson is hosted by Glenn Letsch – and is a transcription of Jaco’s solo on a tune called All American Alien Boy by The Ian Hunter Band. The transcription is likewise accompanied by a elaborated analysis, and a good deal of of the historical background of how the tune came to be recorded. If Jaco is somebody you study, this lesson will be right up your bass playing street. Lesson With Larry Graham Larry Graham is the father of slap bass – so it’s no surprise that this lesson focuses on slap bass. There are a heap of examples of Larry Graham bass lines including It Ain’t No Fun, I Believe In You (two dissimilar sections), If You Want Me To Stay, Got To Go Through It, Dance To The Music, and a ‘power ballad’ example with a flanger, an octave divider example, Thank You, Pow, Can You Handle That, Higher, a ‘train groove, and Release Yourself. This lesson is purposed at intermediate and progressed players – there are a good deal of severe grooves to cop in this lesson. Lesson With Ben Wolfe Ben Wolfe is an upright bass player – and his lesson looks at some ways of constructing walking bass lines. He starts off with ‘playing in 2′ in both scalar and triadic fashion and then proceeds to chromatic approaches. Then he moves to a more conventional 4 beats to the bar walking approach and discusses a heap of ways of expanding your walking Lesson With Mike Chapman Mike Chapman is a Nashville Session Master – and his lesson talks regarding the bass requirements for players in the Nashville scene. This ranges from an comprehensible statement of the Nashville style ‘Number Chart’ to comprehensive set of examples of specific playing situations ranging from country waltzes to western swing to zydeco to 8th notes and more. All the examples may be heard on the accompanying CD. Lesson With Rocco Prestia This is a finger style funk lesson. The lesson looks at specific Rocco riffs and patterns, notably Believe It, Miss Trouble, Mr Toad’s Wild Ride, Squib Cakes, This Time It’s Real, Get Your Feet Back On The Ground, You’re Still A Young Man, Down To The Nightclub and Credit. All these examples may be heard on the accompanying CD. Summary Like Glenn’s other book – Bass Lessons With The Greats – this book is likewise out of print. Although it is not as good as Bass Lessons With The Greats it still has a large total of utile selective information in. My recommendation is that you set up alerts at Internet websites and when a second hand version comes up for sale that you grab a copy. You won’t regret it. |
