For all you Jaco fans…two tracks from his Weather Report days.

I play a track from another electric bassist you’ve probably never heard of…Bill Takas.

Another lesser known bassist is Victoria B.C. born Neil Swainson….and here I play a track from the only album under his name, featuring Joe Henderson and Woody Shaw.

As well, I play some Chares Mingus and talk about his influences. Also, Paul Chambers and his bass bowing. And the Sam Jones Big Band (where you also hear some soloing from pianist Fred Hersch early in his career).

There’s an interesting educational piece too, where another Victoria B.C. bassist, Louis Rudner, talks about how he will sometimes use a ‘template’ for a bass solo as used by master bassist Oscar Pettiford. I follow that with Oscar Pettiford demonstrating exactly what Louis is talking about. And you’ll hear some great bass work with Louis backing up Vancouver singer Maya Ray.