The Essential Paul Chambers

Paul Chambers is the key innovator of playing sophisticated jazz language on the bass. Charlie Parker created the language of Bebop, which transformed music forever. However, bass players had trouble adopting Charlie Parker's solos and melodies on the upright bass. In this course, we observe how Paul Chambers laid out the foundation for you to learn how to play solos that sound like jazz. Soloing can be difficult — especially when we’re trying to play language made for the Alto Sax and other horns, and it feels like a struggle to play jazz solos on the bass. What you are trying to play is Bebop, and that's a language that wasn't developed for the upright bass. You can try to learn a Charlie Parker solo, and you'll find issues in navigating his language on the bass. If you try to navigate his language on the bass, you'll be frustrated and find problems ranging from technique, to range. You would need an entirely different instrument! And if you play a Charlie Parker solo without knowing Paul Chambers licks, you might quit!! The Essential Paul Chambers solves all of those challenges, giving you a clear understanding of how Paul Chambers built from Charlie Parker's language, with licks, analysis, and observations from years of studying Paul Chambers and Charlie Parker. 

• What is the jazz language?
• What makes something "melodic"?
• What is the difference between right notes vs wrong notes?
• What is "phrasing"?
• Access to the Better Bass Lessons Insider Circle WhatsApp
• And more!