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Sher Music calls this the most comprehensive bass method book ever published. A lofty claim, indeed - but it is very deep, with lots of great exercises that are designed for the bass student (or self-learner) to build upon. It even features a "how to use...

Here are 50 easy-to-intermediate short pieces for double bass and piano, with five additional bonus pieces for two double basses and piano. These musically satisfying little pieces function as etudes for the instrument. Primarily arrangements, the...

All jazz bassists are, or should be, familiar with the great Bill Evans Trio. Their improvisational innovations of interplay are still among the most elite (say that 5 times fast with your hands behind your back). This book contains transcriptions of...

These suites were originally written for cello, and have been edited and transcribed by Mark Bernat, to be played on the doublebass. Several of these pieces are commonly used as orchestral audition pieces, so they can be considered essential pieces to...

Sher Music calls this the only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean, Latin Jazz & South American styles. Written in the language of the working jazz musician, this book is easy to read...

A commonly recommended set of etudes for serious students of the doublebass, Volume I contains 32 studies, while Volume II contains 25 additional etudes. These exercises are from the etudes composed by Joseph Emanuel Storch (1841-1877) and Josef Hrabě...

This book was created and published specifically designed to improve your soloing. It's chock full of over 150 pages of carefully constructed exercises to help you create more beautiful, horn-like solos. Additionally, each exercise includes 2 audio...

All jazz bassists recognize the pivotal role that the Bill Evans Trio played in creating a new model for the bass' function in jazz. In this book, Chuck Israels (one of Bill's long-time bassists) has created a masterpiece of explaining what that...

This book contains note-for-not transcriptions of works from Ahmad Jamal, including Piano, Bass, Drums, and Guitar. If you have studied Jazz Bass, then you are probably familiar with Israel Crosby's famous "But Not for Me" and "Poinciana" Bass lines. In...