Hey You, Remember Me? Lesson, Transcription and Play-Along Performance

Master jazz bassist and valued Discover Double Bass artist John Goldsby teaches how play as part of an ensemble using his tune, Hey You, Remember Me. With harmony based on the jazz classic, Recorda Me by Joe Henderson, John has written an alternate melody that features the bass. With Billy Test’s arrangement for horns, this lesson fully showcases the ensemble potential of the bass. John focuses on playing in a sextet, with expert demonstrations to explore soloing, dynamics and working as a team with your ensemble.

This lesson is a preview from John's new course, Team Player: Artistry in the Ensemble.

Please note, in the course, there are full transcriptions, backing tracks with and without the bass, and the bass-only track all available to download.

TImecodes

00:00 Introduction
00:57 Recorda Me intro
01:29 Thumb position solo
04:13 Multiple choruses demonstration
06:45 Discussion of structure
07:36 Play-along performance

Team Player: Artistry in the Ensemble

Team Player is a new online course by John Goldsby comprises lessons, performances, play-along tracks and transcriptions designed to be the ultimate resource for playing in jazz ensembles. It's all there, from intimate duos to hard-swinging trios, from the classic saxophone quartet to a modern sextet with horns. If you're a jazz bassist looking to play bass lines and solos that your bandmates will love, this course is perfect for you. With 8 different jazz ensembles to play-along with, it is our most ambitious course to date.

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