Bass Standards

Classic Jazz Masters Series

The latest release in our acclaimed Classic Jazz Masters series, this book features note-for-note transcriptions of 17 of the finest improvised jazz bass performances ever recorded. Includes: Blues Minor • Body and Soul • But Beautiful • Falling in Love with Love • Have You Met Miss Jones? • How Deep Is the Ocean • Moose the Mooche • My Romance • Old Devil Moon • So What • Take the “A” Train • Well You Needn’t (It’s Over Now) • and more. Includes a detailed discography, and a foreword from the editors.

• Blues Minor
• Blues Minor (Reggie Workman)
• Body And Soul
• Body And Soul (Jimmy Blanton)
• But Beautiful (Eddie Gomez)
• But Beautiful
• Falling In Love With Love
• Falling In Love With Love (Gary Peacock)
• Footprints (Richard Davis)
• Footprints
• Have You Met Miss Jones?
• Have You Met Miss Jones? (Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen)
• How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
• How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky) (Oscar Pettiford)
• I’ll Remember April
• I’ll Remember April (Red Mitchell)
• Moose The Mooche (Charlie Haden)
• Moose The Mooche
• My Romance
• My Romance (Scott Lafaro)
• Night Train
• Night Train (Ray Brown)
• Old Devil Moon (Charles Mingus)
• Old Devil Moon
• Ring Dem Bells (Milt Hinton)
• Ring Dem Bells
• So What
• So What (Paul Chambers)
• Take The “A” Train (Rufus Reid)
• Take The “A” Train
• Well You Needn’t (It’s Over Now)
• Well You Needn’t (It’s Over Now) (Ron Carter)
• Without A Song (Bob Cranshaw)
• Without A Song