Now jamersons work has become widely appreciated thanks to allan slutskys groundbreaking book. Great book for learning basslines and the story of james jamerson, basslines in standard notation no tab in the edition i have. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can. From james jamerson and bootsy collins to john entwistle and flea, this book deals with the development of the bass guitar. This post highlights some legendary books that any bass player can learn from. The life and music of legendary bassist james jamerson. Analysis of pitch sets, rhythmic cells and more reveals the essential character of these lines. This book contains a biography as well as transcriptions and recordings of jamersons best lines and should be essential reading for anyone who loves motown or bass guitar. Standing in the shadows of motown bassline publishing. Reconstructing the history of motown session musicians.
Strictly looking at bass lines, however, the aggressive playing on reach out, ill be there makes up at least 50% of the tune. Recorded in 1965 for motown s bustling tamla label, here jamerson makes the bass swing as much as the sax. The title track from jr walkers celebrated 1969 album, jamersons line manages to be both red hot and laid back. This book presents the subject in a very manageable way. Aint no mountain high enough baby love dancing in the street get ready i just want to. In 1971, kaye published her method book electric bass lines no. This book is this ultimate resource for those wishing to learn more about legendary motown bassist james jamerson and learn some of his most famous lines.
There is a follow up book to this too expanding walking bass lines. Standing in the shadows of motown is a 2002 american documentary film directed by paul. Teach yourself to play bass guitar at your own pace. Motown bass classics paperback december 1, 1998 by hal leonard corp. Motowns preferred electric bassist on the west coast was carol kaye figure 2. Playing walking jazz bass lines is an incredibly satisfying thing to do. The film was inspired by the 1989 book standing in the shadows of motown. Everybody digs the neat little riffs, the deep grooves, the feel good feeling when the bass player is working his motown bass line. Real bass lessons 9 jamerson motown bass line youtube. Exact transcriptions with tab for 21 bassheavy motown faves.
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