Hal Leonard

A one-of-a-kind, comprehensive approach to left-hand technique for the double bassist, Bass on Top features 50 classic jazz songs with precise fingerings to help you gain mastery of the fingerboard. Songs are presented in order of difficulty, creating the perfect workbook for classroom situations, or for any individual who wants to develop a solid foundation for soloing and walking basslines. Songs include: All of Me • Bye Bye Blackbird • Don't Get Around Much Anymore • The Girl from Ipanema • Lullaby of Birdland • A Night in Tunisia • Satin Doll • Tail Feathers • and more. Song List:A Night In Tunisia John Dizzy' Gillespie Frank Paparelli DizzyAfternoon In Paris John LewisAll Of Me Seymour Simons Gerald MarksAlong Came Betty Benny GolsonAnthropology Charlie Parker Dizzy GillespieAu Privave Charlie ParkerAutumn Leaves Johnny Mercer Jacques Prevert Joseph Kosma Roger Williams Steve Allen George Cates Mitch MillerBass Blues John ColtraneBillie's Bounce Bill's Charlie ParkerBloomdido Charlie ParkerBlue Skies Irving Berlin Willie NelsonBlues In The Closet Oscar PettifordBohemia After Dark Oscar PettifordBye Bye Blackbird Mort Dixon Ray HendersonConfirmation Charlie ParkerDig Miles Davis Lew TabackinDon't Get Around Much Anymore Duke Ellington Bob RussellDoxy Sonny RollinsEpistrophy Thelonious Monk Kenny ClarkeFour Miles Davis John ColtraneGoodbye Pork Pie Hat Charles MingusI Remember Clifford Benny GolsonIn A Sentimental Mood Duke Ellington Irving Mills Manny KurtzIn Walked Bud Thelonious MonkInterplay Bill EvansInvitation Paul Francis Webster Bronislau KaperIsrael John Carisi Miles DavisLament J.j. JohnsonLester Left Town Wayne ShorterLullaby Of Birdland George David Weiss ShearingMilestones Miles DavisMoose The Mooche Charlie ParkerMy One And Only Love Robert Mellin Guy WoodNardis Miles Davis Bill EvansOleo Sonny Rollins John ColtraneOrnithology Charlie Parker Bennie HarrisPent Up House Sonny RollinsRay's Idea Walter Gil Fuller Raymond BrownReceipt Please Ron CarterRecorda Me Joe HendersonSatin Doll Johnny Mercer Billy Strayhorn Duke EllingtonScrapple From The Apple Charlie ParkerSelf-Portrait Self Portrait In Three Colors Charles MingusSoftly As In A Morning Sunrise Oscar Hammerstein Ii Sigmund RombergSolar Miles DavisTail Feathers Ron CarterTeen Town Jaco PastoriusThe Girl From Ipanema Garota De Vinicius Moraes Norman Gimbel Antonio Carlos Jobim Stan Getz Astrud GilbertoWell You Needn't It's Over Now Mike Ferro Thelonious MonkYesterdays Otto Harbach Jerome Kern