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- Contents -

Foreword by Ron Carter

Preface: Bass Is Beautiful

Intro

section 1 - the History
CHAPTER 1: Walking Through the Years
CHAPTER 2: It's Got to Be Bop!
   I Be Bop, You Be Bop: Learning the Language
CHAPTER 3: A Matter of Trust: Five Classic Rhythm Sections
   It Takes Guts: Playing Acoustic Acoustically

section 2 - the Players
CHAPTER 4: The Early New Orleans Bassists
CHAPTER 5: Wellman Braud
CHAPTER 6: John Kirby
CHAPTER 7: Walter Page
CHAPTER 8: Walter Page
CHAPTER 9: The Basie Bassists
CHAPTER 10: Bob Haggart
CHAPTER 11: Slam Stewart
CHAPTER 12: Milt Hinton
CHAPTER 13: Benny Goodman and the Swing Bassists
CHAPTER 14: Jimmy Blanton
   The Ellington Bassists on Record
CHAPTER 15: Israel Crosby
CHAPTER 16: Oscar Pettiford
CHAPTER 17: The Beboppers: Curly Russell, Gene Ramey, and Tommy Potter
CHAPTER 18: Eddie Safranski
CHAPTER 19: Chubby Jackson
CHAPTER 20: Ray Brown
CHAPTER 21: Harry Babasin
CHAPTER 22: Afro-Cuban Bass
CHAPTER 23: The Cello in Jazz
CHAPTER 24: Paul Chambers
CHAPTER 25: Doug Watkins
CHAPTER 26: Sam Jones
CHAPTER 27: Percy Heath
CHAPTER 28: Charles Mingus
CHAPTER 29: Red Callender
CHAPTER 30: Wilbur Ware
CHAPTER 31: The Thelonious Monk Bassists: Ahmed Abdul-Malik, John Ore, and Larry Gales
CHAPTER 32: Jymie Merritt
CHAPTER 33: George Morrow
CHAPTER 34: George Duvivier
CHAPTER 35: Red Mitchell
CHAPTER 36: West Coastin': Leroy Vinnegar, Monty Budwig, Monk Montgomery, Joe Mondragon, Curtis Counce, Albert Stinson, and Joe Comfort
CHAPTER 37: Scott LaFaro
CHAPTER 38: Jimmy Garrison
CHAPTER 39: Coltrane and Beyond
CHAPTER 40: The '60s Mainstays: Bob Cranshaw, Butch Warren, and Larry Ridley
CHAPTER 41: Charlie Haden
CHAPTER 42: The Avant-Garde
CHAPTER 43: Ron Carter
CHAPTER 44: Richard Davis
CHAPTER 45: Eugene Wright
CHAPTER 46: The Bill Evans Bassists: Chuck Israels, Gary Peacock, Eddie Gomez, and Marc Johnson
CHAPTER 47: Dave Holland
CHAPTER 48: Peter Ind
CHAPTER 49: The Europeans
CHAPTER 50: Wilbur Little
CHAPTER 51: Rufus Reid

section 3 - Technique
CHAPTER 52: Practice, Practice, Practice
   What's It Called?
   How Do You Tune It?
CHAPTER 53: Play in Tune!
CHAPTER 54: Chord Symbols and What They Mean
   Chord/Scale Chart
CHAPTER 55. Form, Key Centers, and Compositional Styles
CHAPTER 56: The llm-V7 Progression
CHAPTER 57: Minor Chords and the Minor llm-V7 Progression
CHAPTER 58: Melodic Walking Bass Lines
CHAPTER 59: Adding Rhythmic Interest to Walking Bass Lines
CHAPTER 60: Dominant 7 Chords and Scales
CHAPTER 61: Bebop Scales
CHAPTER 62: The Dominant 7 Etude
CHAPTER 63: Altered Dominant Sounds
CHAPTER 64: The Altered Blues Etude
CHAPTER 65: Arpeggio Exercises
CHAPTER 66: Major Melodies
CHAPTER 67. Where Do You Start?
CHAPTER 68: Mind Your Threes and Twos
CHAPTER 69: Sight-Reading Tricks and Tips
CHAPTER 70: Playing Standards
CHAPTER 71: Etudes Based on Common Jazz Standards
   Ode Drip
   What Impressions?
   The Megafun llm-V Blues
   Rhythm Etude
   You Are All the Things
   Le Cannet Solo Transcription
   What's Up Solo Transcription
CHAPTER 72: The Coltrane Progression
CHAPTER 73: Thumb Position
CHAPTER 74: Bowing Techniques

section 4 - Concepts
CHAPTER 75: Swing Is the Thing
CHAPTER 76: Integrity, Dedication, Respect, Competition, and Honesty
CHAPTER 77: Are You Versatile?
CHAPTER 78: Are You Creative?

Epilogue/Dedication

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