Stories By Lucas Pickford
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Pick’s Transcription Workshop: Bassist Eddie Gomez’ Solo on “Pools”
June 2, 2010Meet Lucas Pickford – Originally called Steps when it was formed in 1979 by vibraphonist Mike...
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Pick’s Transcription Workshop: Bass Solo Transcription of Jimmy Johnson on a Tune Called “Panic Station”
May 18, 2010Meet Lucas Pickford I’ve always loved this solo by the totally under rated but totally amazing...
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Pick’s Transcription Workshop: Miles Davis’ “Fat Time” – Transcription Marcus Miller’s Killer Bass Line
February 22, 2010Meet Lucas Pickford Most of the mid to late 70’s saw the departure of the great...
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Marcus Miller Composition, “Mr. Pastorius”: Pick’s Transcription Workshop
October 1, 2009Meet Lucas Pickford – For this installment of PTW I’ve chosen the beautiful Marcus Miller homage...
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Pat Metheny Composition, “Everyday I Thank You” : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
August 1, 2009Meet Lucas Pickford – This album of Pat’s is probably my all time favorite Pat Metheny...
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John McLaughlin’s Solo on the John Coltrane Tune, “Impressions” : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
June 1, 2009Meet Lucas Pickford John Coltrane’s seminal modal jazz composition ‘Impressions’ is as challenging as anything he...
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Pick’s Transcription Workshop: Eddie Gomez’ Bass Solo on a Chick Corea Song, “Waltse For Dave”
April 1, 2009Meet Lucas Pickford – In 1977 in between his classic Return to Forever albums and his...
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Transcription of Jaco Pastorius’ Bass Solo on “Used To Be A Cha-Cha” : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
February 1, 2009Meet Lucas Pickford – Please click below to download this transcription. Jaco-Used_To_Be_a_Cha_Cha-Feb09
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Transcription of a Tune by Guitarist John McLaughlin, “Jazz Jungle” : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
December 1, 2008” ‘Jazz Jungle’ is from John McLaughlin’s CD from a few years back called ‘The Promise’....
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The Symmetric Diminished Scale in Jazz Improvisation
October 1, 20084 Chords in One: The Symmetric Diminished Scale Featuring a Transcription of a John McLaughlin...
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French Bass Phenom Hadrien Feraud on the John McLaughlin Tune “Senor C.S.”
August 1, 2008Hi everyone, For the one year anniversary of Bass Musician Magazine, I have chosen to put...
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Song To John
June 1, 2008“Song To John” by Stanley Clark Arrangement by Rite of Strings This month I’d like to...
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Red Baron
April 1, 2008Drummer Billy Cobham of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame, made his most enduring contribution too the genre of...
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Hadrien Feraud’s Various Solo Excerpts : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
February 1, 2008In this month’s installment of Pick’s Transcription Workshop I’ve chosen to focus on a young technically...
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Transcription: Download Jaco Pastorius’ Bass Solo on “Used To Be A Cha Cha” : Pick’s Transcription Workshop
December 1, 2007Please click on the link below, Jaco-Used to be a Cha Cha, to download the transcription....