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1. This book - a follow up of sorts to Bass Lessons With The
Greats (which I've also reviewed) is written by Glenn
Letsch. It features short 'master classes' with bass players
Mike Chapman, Larry Graham, Jaco Pastorius, Rocco
Prestia and upright bass player (and no relation:) Ben
Wolfe. For those of you on your journey learning how to
play bass here's a more detailed review of each of the
masterclasses in this book.

2. Let's look at the individual lessons:

3. Lesson With Jaco Pastorius

4. This lesson is hosted by Glenn Letsch - and is a
transcription of Jaco's solo on a tune called All American
Alien Boy by The Ian Hunter Band. The transcription is also
accompanied by a detailed analysis, and some of the
historical background of how the tune came to be
recorded. If Jaco is someone you study, this lesson will be
right up your bass playing street.

5. Lesson With Larry Graham

6. Larry Graham is the father of slap bass - so it's no surprise
that this lesson focuses on slap bass. There are some
examples of Larry Graham bass lines including It Ain't No
Fun, I Believe In You (two different sections), If You Want
Me To Stay, Got To Go Through It, Dance To The Music, and
a 'power ballad' example with a flanger, an octave divider
example, Thank You, Pow, Can You Handle That, Higher, a
'train groove, and Release Yourself.

7. This lesson is aimed at intermediate and advanced players
- there are some serious grooves to cop in this lesson.

8. Lesson With Ben Wolfe

9. Ben Wolfe is an upright bass player - and his lesson looks
at some ways of developing walking bass lines. He starts
off with 'playing in 2' in both scalar and triadic fashion and
then proceeds to chromatic approaches. Then he moves to
a more traditional 4 beats to the bar walking approach
and discusses some ways of expanding your walking

10. Lesson With Mike Chapman

11. Mike Chapman is a Nashville Session Master - and his
lesson talks about the bass requirements for players in the
Nashville scene. This ranges from an explanation of the
Nashville style 'Number Chart' to comprehensive set of
examples of specific playing situations ranging from
country waltzes to western swing to zydeco to 8th notes
and more. All the examples can be heard on the
accompanying CD.

12. Lesson With Rocco Prestia

13. This is a finger style funk lesson. The lesson looks at
specific Rocco riffs and patterns, notably Believe It, Miss
Trouble, Mr Toad's Wild Ride, Squib Cakes, This Time It's
Real, Get Your Feet Back On The Ground, You're Still A
Young Man, Down To The Nightclub and Credit. All these
examples can be heard on the accompanying CD.

14. Summary

15. Like Glenn's other book - Bass Lessons With The Greats -
this book is also out of print. Although it is not as good as
Bass Lessons With The Greats it still has lots of useful
information in. My recommendation is that you set up
alerts at Internet sites and when a second hand version
comes up for sale that you grab a copy. You won't regret it.

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