"Breathing Bass Lines" by Stewart / Line Development

[KHHS]

I have just begun with the Jon Sass Bass Line Book and can recommend it.
Very interesting bass figures, nice little rhythmic and harmonic studies for each line and a cd to play to.

[circusboy]

I'll second KHHS. I have both books and find the Sass book much more interesting and helpful. It is about 3x the price, though . . .

[KHHS]

To avoid misunderstanding: I don't recommend the Sass book OVER the Stewart book, which latter I have never seen (but will probably acquire). I know Bob Stewart from the Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy recordings - beautiful tuba playing (definitely not just substituting a string bass). Does he really get that powerful sound from a little Yamaha 621 (CC?)?
But still, the Sass-lines are interesting and inspiring, too.

[WaltTrombone]

To avoid misunderstanding: I don't recommend the Sass book OVER the Stewart book, which latter I have never seen (but will probably acquire). I know Bob Stewart from the Lester Bowie Brass Fantasy recordings - beautiful tuba playing (definitely not just substituting a string bass). Does he really get that powerful sound from a little Yamaha 621 (CC?)?
But still, the Sass-lines are interesting and inspiring, too.

Bob plays the little Yamaha Bb. His mike setup definitely helps, at least on live gigs, not sure what he does in the studio.

[Bill Troiano]

Unless Bob very recently switched to Bb, I know that he was playing a silver 621CC for many years. That's what he played a few years ago when he was our guest artist at our Howartd Hovey Tuba Day event. He told me that it had a different leadpipe than what they put on the 621 these days. He also uses a big mp, but I forgot which one it was. He gets a big sound out of the set up. He wasn't amplified for our event, but he showed his mic set up too.

[circusboy]

Bob is the better bass player. Period. Jon's **** is goofy.

I don't dispute this. Bob is one of my favorite of all players. I just like Jon's book better.

[GC]

The examples have a serious emphasis on funk. Does he ever get to other types of bass lines?