World-renowned acoustic and electric bassist/composer John Patitucci is one of the most influential jazz musicians of his generation. His amazing career includes work with a hall of fame of artists including B.B. King Bonnie Raitt Wayne Shorter Herbie Hancock Natalie Cole and his incredible association with Chick Corea spanning three decades. In 1997 John served as Master of Ceremonies at the inaugural Bass Day celebration a festival that brought together the world?s greatest bassists. In this hour-long DVD John performs Coltrane?s ?Giant Steps? and five of his original compositions on both acoustic bass and 6-string electric bass. Experience John?s masterfultechnique in solo duo trio and quartet settings. Following the performance John hosts a candid question and answer session with the audience on all topics from his own personal bass setup to composing. Special features include DVD-ROM content with the complete video formatted for computer and iPod a preview of John Patitucci Electric Bass and a preview of Billy Sheehan: Bass Day ?97.

Bassist Hellmut Hattler original member of the legendary band KRAAN and internationally successful jazz-pop duo TAB Two continues to inspire Bass players all over the globe. His stunning picking technique is the hallmark of his world-famous sound.This book contains 16 of his best songs from the band HATTLER which was founded in the year 2000. They have been transcribed and faithfully written out in full with notes and TAB.A special highlight: The CD features the original playbacks of all the songs. Furthermore there's a separate bass track and performance tips for each song making it even easier to study Hellmut Hattler's unique styleof playing.Text in German and English.

No more trouble with whole- and half-tone calculations no more bother with scale transpositions and visualizations either! This coursebook provides fretboard charts (24 frets) for every existing scale. No more trouble with whole- and half-tone calculations no more bother with scale transpositions and visualizations either! This coursebook provides fretboard charts (24 frets) for every existing scale (be it major minor pentatonic major pentatonic blues melodic minor harmonic minor whole-tone/half-tone diminished or whole-tone) and whatâ??s more for every existing key. It also provides the composition of each scale along with specific instructions on how to handle it. The DVD attached to the coursebook makes learning even easier. It shows you all the positions of the different scales and the essential points of reference in the 12 keys. Theabove-average backing tracks provided on the CD give you the opportunity to put the newly-learned scales into practice â?? in every key and in every musical style!