bass line for "All Blues" (Miles Davis)

[Mike Finn]

That's nice, Bloke! Not too far off from how I play it, except instead of "dib-i-da-doom-ba-doom-ba" I usually just go "dib-i-da-doom-doom". I'll also walk a bass line (in 6) for the solos as they build, but always going back to the original for the next soloist and of course the out chorus.

I guess I can't attach a .pdf file, and I forgot how to save a finale file as a jpg (I think I figured that out once) but if anyone is interested you can right click the link and "save as" to your computer to see my version. Double-stops are optional on tuba, and of course swing the 16ths.
http://mikefinnmouthpieces.com/All_Blues_Bass_Line.pdf

No fancy helicon here, but I've found this sounds good on a new VMI 3301

MF

[dmmorris]

Very pretty........... lays down well on a BBb axe also.

[MartyNeilan]

I wrote it in classical notation (18/16 time), so "non-jazzers" wouldn't have to "swing" the rhythms. Have fun ! ...or have fun flaming...

I wouldn't consider myself a "jazzer" by any stretch, but if I had to sightread something like that it would definitely be much easier in "traditional swing notation" than having it spelled out in classical notation - way too many dots and ties to have to catch on the first run-through.