Interview with John Goldsby
In this video, renowned double bassist John Goldsby shares the story behind the creation of his book, The Jazz Bass Book, an in-depth look at the wonderful world of jazz bass playing. It’s become required reading for any serious student of jazz bass and my personal copy has seen some heavy use over the years!
The Jazz Bass Book profiles many legendary players with their stories and musical examples of classic bass lines and solos. In this interview, John discusses how he approached bass line transcription for the book, and he plays his favourite licks from one of the bass players featured in the book, the great Oscar Pettiford. We hope you enjoy the discussion and John's inspiring playing!
John’s book is essential reading for any jazz bass player, so find out more here: The Jazz Bass Book.
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John plays us some of his favourite licks and discusses the story behind the conception of The Jazz Bass Book, which is essential reading for any jazz bassist.