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What musicians are saying about
The Jazz Bass Line Book
I have bought your book and I think is the best book
on the subject that I have ever found: it's very serious
(in a positive meaning), complete and detailed. Hope
to see you playing in Italy.
Marco Roccuzzo
Rome, Italy
Mike Downes has written the definitive book on jazz
bass lines. This book is thorough, extensively researched,
well organized and succeeds in balancing technical and
aesthetic considerations. There is a wealth of information
for players of all levels, from beginners to advanced.
Great job Mike!
Alec Walkington
Montreal, Canada
Mike gets to the core of creating bass lines with great
respect to the spirit and essence of jazz, while providing
a fantastic overview of the evolution of the jazz bass
line through his well chosen transcriptions.
For those interested in playing or writing jazz bass
lines, this book is a complete package. I highly recommend
it to players as well as arrangers.
Kieran Overs
Toronto, Canada
Mike Downes has written the definitive bass line book
I find it to be thorough, logical, and interactive.
The examples and transcriptions are superb. I will recommend
this book, without hesitation, to all students and pros
alike. Mike, thanks for the great job.
Neil Swainson
Toronto, Canada
I bought your jazz bass lines book from advance music
and just want to say “thank you“ for this
wonderful, really well written and clear book about
bass playing! My inner musical being changed a lot with
the double bass and especially your book gives me a
lot of ideas, develops my own voice, and provides a
big outlook to grow.
Roland “Lou” Hank
Germany
I just want to say thank you for creating such a great
book. The Jazz Bass Line Book is by far the best of
it's kind and I really appreciate it. It is to the point
and so very well structured for any bass player to understand.
The historical bass examples are such a really great
touch. Everything about this book is excellent. If you
ever create a book about improvising, which I'm sure
would also be good, I'll be the first to buy it.
David McMullan
Montreal, Canada
Your bass line book has been great for teaching. Very
clear and well laid out. Excellent job.
Kenneth Lister
Vancouver Island, Canada
Well written, great book, and really fun to play the
transcriptions!
JP
Montreal, Canada
I received the book and have started into it. I think
it's great!! You start right at the beginning and move
through in a very logical order. Light bulbs are flashing
on all over the place for me. Your use of the blues
pattern threw out the book is great. It helps to see
the various patterns using a common denominator. There
is a lot for me to learn and some bad habits to unlearn,
but I look forward to working with the book to develop
my playing. Congratulations on a wonderful book!
John Griffiths
London, Canada
This book is a great resource for players of all levels
and experiences. I would strongly recommend it for teachers
and students alike.
Pat Collins
Toronto, Canada
Mike’s book does an admirable job of answering
the “how to” of writing bass lines for the
jazz and Latin bass player. It’s a single source
for the information I learned by taking a number of
university and college level courses. I am using it
with my students, getting good results and can highly
recommend it.
Jimmie Howard
Hamilton, Canada
Love the book! So that's what you bass players are
thinking about. Seriously, love the range examples of
different bass players, eras, essentials and tricks.
Ernie Tollar
Toronto, Canada
What do you get when you take a terrific musician with
the ability to articulate what he and others do on the
bass? You get an informative, complete and very entertaining
instruction book. Great work Mike.
Brad Barker
Operations Manager/Music Director
JAZZFM91
Mike takes us logically from the most basic to very
advanced bass line concepts.
This will be an important book for bass students at
all levels.
Don Thompson
Toronto, Canada
I just glanced through your book "The Jazz Bass
Line Book." Bravo!
This looks like a tremendous publication. Very nicely
done.
Jim Stinnett
Candia, USA
I make my students use your Jazz Bass Line Book. It's
a very good method for bass!
All the best.
Maurizio Quintavalle
Bari, Italy
Hi, I"m a bass player form MTL, and I've bought
your book ( the jazz bass line ) a couple of months
ago. This is probably the best book I've ever read about
walking bass concepts. Your approach is so musical.
It helps to make clearer bass lines with great variety.
Thanks a lot.
Ben Marquis
Montreal, Canada
I've done lots of work out of your book since our lesson
and am very impressed/pleased with it. I'll continue
working on this book as it's a lot of fun, and very
thorough. You should be proud of it, as I think it is
the best bass book I've read to date.
Jake Von Wurden
Ottawa, Canada
I went through your book and I think it’s great,
good examples, well explained, very clear! Definitely
a great book for any bass player.
Alain Caron
Montreal, Canada
I really like the way your book is laid out. Your harmonic
explanations are very thorough and concise. Having the
transcriptions in score form as well as "play view"
is a great idea. More publications should discover this
great learning tool.
Peter Hysen
London, Canada
I finally got a copy of your book and I wanted to
write and say it's a really GREAT book! Thanks!
Dave Watts
Montreal, Canada
Your book is beautiful. I love that you included Pops
Foster, Jimmy Blanton, and Doug Watkins, who for different
reasons are often overlooked (as Ray Brown said "I
learned every note Jimmy Blanton every played".)
Steve Haines
Brooklyn, U.S.A.
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