Great If You Read Music
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I endorse the other reviews. This is a great book for bass. You can really get moving when playing theses tunes.
However, beware that the notation used is musical. There is NO TAB. Therefore you must be able to read music or the book is hard/impossible to follow.
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Superb,..spellbinding...tragic
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It was'nt until I picked up a Stevie wonder album and thought let's play that bass line on that track that I realised that whoever was playing that base line was Serious!! Then of course you find it was Jameson and you don't feel so bad not being able to play it first time you hear it...the book is a great insight into the man and his music plus it gives you the Base lines you've wanted to play for years on the CD's supplied with the book.extremely high recomend for all musicians who have appreciation of Motown (Black Music)in probably the most important decade for popular music....
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Bassists need this!
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James Jamerson was the greatest bassist ever, and every bassist of note acknowledges his influence. Some of the world's greatest bassists play his tracks on the 2 CDs, which you can listen to as just bass, just the other instruments or both. Your bass playing will improve, and so will your groove. Don't buy any other bass books until you've learned everything in this one. If you play bass, get this book now, and if you don't play, get the book anyway and start funking!
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Fantastic book, a definite for anyon who plays bass!!!!!
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This is a must have if you play upright or electric bass, even if you just love motown music. I use the book and its CDs for teaching myself and others the incredible styling and technique of James Jamerson, the "Funk Machine". Dig it.
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