Meet Lucas Pickford – This tune “Que Alegria” by John McLaughlin from the CD of the same name is a terrific bass feature. The bassist is...
Meet Lucas Pickford – Originally called Steps when it was formed in 1979 by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, this group at various times has included tenor saxophonist...
Meet Lucas Pickford I’ve always loved this solo by the totally under rated but totally amazing bassist Jimmy Johnson. Jimmy’s main gig is with James Taylor...
Meet Lucas Pickford Most of the mid to late 70’s saw the departure of the great Miles Davis from the music scene. Drug and alcohol problems,...
Meet Lucas Pickford – For this installment of PTW I’ve chosen the beautiful Marcus Miller homage to the late, great, Jaco Pastorius. I’ve heard that when...
Meet Lucas Pickford – This album of Pat’s is probably my all time favorite Pat Metheny recording. He has an all star cast with him that...
Meet Lucas Pickford John Coltrane’s seminal modal jazz composition ‘Impressions’ is as challenging as anything he composed even though it only has two chords in it....
Meet Lucas Pickford – In 1977 in between his classic Return to Forever albums and his late-80’s Elektric band albums, Chick Corea released a number of...
Meet Lucas Pickford – Please click below to download this transcription. Jaco-Used_To_Be_a_Cha_Cha-Feb09
” ‘Jazz Jungle’ is from John McLaughlin’s CD from a few years back called ‘The Promise’. It’s a good old fashioned fusion barn burner. It has...
4 Chords in One: The Symmetric Diminished Scale Featuring a Transcription of a John McLaughlin Guitar Solo on a G Blues Click below to download...
Hi everyone, For the one year anniversary of Bass Musician Magazine, I have chosen to put up a very special and challenging transcription. It is a...
“Song To John” by Stanley Clark Arrangement by Rite of Strings This month I’d like to focus on one of the great masters of the bass...
Drummer Billy Cobham of Mahavishnu Orchestra fame, made his most enduring contribution too the genre of jazz – fusion with his classic recording “Spectrum”. The 1973...
In this month’s installment of Pick’s Transcription Workshop I’ve chosen to focus on a young technically brilliant bass phenom from France named Hadrien Feraud. If you...
