The Bebop Bassist · 8 Video Lessons · 10 Downloads · Yours To Keep

A Transcription Collection · 8 Lessons

Bebop on upright starts in the right hand: Bird, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson and Eddie Gomez, fingered note for note

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The Bebop Bassist · By Cole Davis

Eight heads and solos on upright, including the Eddie Gomez solo I consider the greatest upright bass solo of all time, and the thumb position exercise he showed me himself. All eight for $37.

From Cole Davis: New York bassist, Juilliard, learned under Ron Carter.

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8 video lessons · 1 hr 29 min of video · 10 downloads

Charlie Parker Paul Chambers Eddie Gomez Joe Henderson Chet Baker Chick Corea
8
video lessons from Cole
89
minutes of video
10
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for all 8

Charlie Parker didn't write Billie's Bounce for the bass.

Joe Henderson didn't write Inner Urge for it either, and Chick Corea didn't write Spain for it.

So on upright, every one of these is a fingering puzzle before it's music.

Spain has exactly one open string to save you. The bridge of Inner Urge goes up into thumb position, and it's easier up there than it is down low. Confirmation's head is playable because of the open strings.

Solve the fingering and the line's yours. Then the real work starts.

How to turn the melody into your solo. What melodic really means. (It isn't pretty notes. It's something you can copy.) And Paul Chambers' solo on Dexterity, played up in thumb position with straight bebop phrasing.

Yes, it's legal.

What's Inside

Eight lessons.

Every one's a video lesson from Cole. 1 hr 29 min of video in all, and 10 downloads.

  1. 1Paul Chambers: Dexterity in Thumb PositionUpright · 13-minute video · 1 downloadPaul Chambers' solo on Dexterity, played up in thumb position with straight bebop phrasing. Yes, it's legal.See this lesson
  2. 2Eddie Gomez: You Must Believe in SpringUpright · 17-minute video · 2 downloadsWhat I consider the greatest upright bass solo of all time, plus the thumb position exercise Eddie Gomez showed me himself.See this lesson
  3. 3Charlie Parker: Billie's BounceUpright · 13-minute video · 1 downloadBebop on upright starts in the right hand. Billie's Bounce, with every left- and right-hand fingering written out.See this lesson
  4. 4Joe Henderson: Inner UrgeUpright · 10-minute video · 1 downloadThe melody to Inner Urge on upright, bridge and all. The bridge goes up into thumb position, and it's easier up there than it is down low.See this lesson
  5. 5Charlie Parker: ConfirmationUpright · 13-minute video · 1 downloadBird's Confirmation on upright: the open strings that make the head playable, and how to turn the melody into your solo.See this lesson
  6. 6Paul Chambers: Bye Bye Blackbird, Bebop in Slow MotionUpright · 6-minute video · 1 downloadOn the bridge of Bye Bye Blackbird, Paul Chambers plays F major 7 without playing a single F. Speed it up and you'll hear why.See this lesson
  7. 7Chet Baker: But Not for Me SoloUpright · 10-minute video · 2 downloadsChet Baker's solo on But Not for Me, the one I use to show what melodic really means. It isn't pretty notes. It's something you can copy.See this lesson
  8. 8Chick Corea: SpainUpright · 8-minute video · 1 downloadSpain is a fingering puzzle on upright. There's exactly one open string to save you, and one rule that gets you through every hard tune.See this lesson
Who It's For

Built for the upright player who wants to play heads and solos.

✓This is for you if…

  • You play upright and you want to play heads and solos, not only walk.
  • Bird's lines feel like they were written for another instrument. (They were.)
  • You're ready to spend some time up in thumb position.

×It's not for you if…

  • You only walk and never take a chorus. Walking Like a Legend or The Walking Line Vault is the place to start.
The Price

All 8 for $37. You keep $43.

One payment. Yours to keep. It opens in your Better Bass Lessons member portal the moment you check out.

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FAQ

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Every one's a fingering puzzle.
Solve it and the line's yours.

Eight heads and solos on upright: Bird, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, Chick Corea, Paul Chambers and the Eddie Gomez solo I consider the greatest upright bass solo of all time.

$80 one at a time · $37 for all 8
1 hr 29 min of video · 10 downloads · Yours to keep

Get all 8 for $37
The Offer

Here's everything you get.

The Bebop Bassist: All 8 Lessons
8 video lessons from Cole, 1 hr 29 min in all
10 downloads
Opens in your Better Bass Lessons member portal the moment you check out
One at a time$80
Today$37

One payment · Yours to keep · You keep $43

Get all 8 for $37