Getting Started With Jazz Standards – Billie’s Bounce
This week we’re starting an introduction to learning jazz standards with a look at a Charlie Parker classic: Billie’s Bounce.
Billie’s Bounce

This week we’re starting an introduction to learning jazz standards with a look at a Charlie Parker classic: Billie’s Bounce.

In this week’s lesson we’re looking at a very simple walking bass line through the chord changes of the Jazz standard Autumn Leaves. We’re going to use basic chord tones and repetitive lines that will act as a springboard in developing your own lines. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure…
This week we’re continuing our look at jazz standard practice by looking at improvising a bass solo through the Charlie Parker jazz blues ‘Billie’s Bounce’. Learning to solo requires practice and development of vocabulary. There are no ‘hacks’ or easy solutions but in this lesson we’ll be looking at some simple tips for getting started…
This week we’re finishing our look at Jazz Standards and our focus on the Jazz Blues classic Billie’s Bounce by Charlie Parker. In this lesson we’ll be looking at THE most important practice you can do for learning to solo: Transcription. We’ve got tips on every aspect of the transcription process and we’ll be breaking…

This week we’re looking at a simple hack you can use for creating walking bass lines with minimal resources. We’re looking at chord tones (triads) and a single chromatic approach note as the basis for every chord connection. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure to check out the full course…
The Simple Steps To Walking Bass Lines course is available here at Talkingbass and this week we have a preview lesson. We’ll be looking at how to generate a walking bass line and the elements of study required when developing our vocabulary. P.S. For a complete guide to Walking Bass Lines be sure to check…

This week we’re looking at a selection of Jazz Blues progressions and applying a 2 feel in the bass. Twelve-Bar Blues The previous lessons in this series have looked at the twelve-bar blues. To recap, it is a common chord progression used mainly in blues music and is usually based around chords I, IV and…
Fantastique!!! i’m now personally going to try and find as many sax scores and transpose them to the bass, but I am going to ditch the tab in the process. That way I can enhance my reading skills. Thanks Mark and Talkingbass. ( Bird was a genius),
Thank you, Thank you. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for.
Thank you for the breakdown of this beautiful classic jazz standards by Charlie Parker. It’s appreciated.
I am hooked. Was looking for a way to “get into” standards. That one resonates with me. And as always fantastic job Mark. Thank you.
PS: Is there a donation button somewhere? I have not finished the last course I bought but would not mind sending some to show my appreciation in that instance.