Rick Shaw
@Shawnuff · Acoustic bass and electric bass · Los Angeles
A freelance bass player and teacher in Los Angeles.
Transposed up to G minor (a standard key) More…
Transposed up to G minor (a standard key).… More…
Chick's piano solo from the 1976 recording of Armando's Rhumba with Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty.… More…
Bass Clef version for Bass, Trombone, etc. More…
The famous Miles Davis solo on So What. Lots of great musical ideas to learn from this.… More…
Yet another transcription of Mile's famous solo. This solo is absolutely worth studying. More…
From the 1976 Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople) album, "All American Alien Boy". A 16-bar Blues in Db that features Jaco soloing for 2 choruses. David Sanborn also solos on the album.… More…
Chick's piano solo from the 1976 recording of Armando's Rhumba with Stanley Clarke and Jean-Luc Ponty.… More…
Chet Baker's lyrical solo for bass clef instruments. Acoustic Bass, Upright Bass, Electric Bass, Trombone, etc. More…
Chet Baker's lyrical solo on Bye Bye Blackbird More…
Originally in G, but transposed to Bb for study of Bb Blues More…
Originally in G, but transposed for Blues in Bb.… More…
Bass, Acoustic Bass, Upright Bass, Trombone. More…
There are probably a lot of transcriptions of this solo, but I wanted to do mine. This is a great example of a simple, musical solo on Bb Blues. Lots to learn from this performance.… More…
There are probably a lot of transcriptions of this solo, but I wanted to do mine. This is a great example of a simple, musical solo on Bb Blues. Lots to learn from this performance.… More…
Bass, Acoustic Bass, Upright Bass, Trombone. More…
Dexter Gordon's amazing solo in bass clef. I have an earlier slice in treble clef.… More…
Paul Chambers's solo on Bb Blues starting at 6:12 form Cannonball Adderley's album, "Spontaneous Combustion: The Explosive Cannonball Adderley".… More…
An example solo for one of my students. This featured the use of arpeggios instead of linear improv. Please let me know if this is helpful. More…
From a 1954 Ted Heath concert. Bassist Johnny Hackworth solo feature. I played a Ted Heath/Stan Kenton tribute concert recently and was given this chart to play. The only problem - about 40% of the transcription… More…
The solo starts at 2:09. From Christian McBrides album, "Gettin' To It" 1995. Christian McBride, Ray Brown, and Milt Hinton.… More…
Another lyrical trumpet solo by Chet. He plays a lot of 4ths and balances those with longer eighth-note lines. Please let me know what you think of the transcription and Chet's solo in the comments below. More…
I left out some of the substitute changes they're playing and used the standard changes (the solo works either way!). More…
From the 1982 album, "Wynton Marsalis". The first 7 choruses of Ron Carter's walking lines. Based on Rhythm Changes. (Some day I'll transcribe the remaining choruses!)… More…