Carl Fischer Fusion: A Study In Contemporary Music For The Bass Book/Cd

"For each style, the book gives you comprehensive instruction on a fully notated ""chart"" of the music on the CD. The lessons break down all of the inspirational, musical, and technical elements involved in developing a convincing performance of the tune.Fusion: A Study in Contemporary Music for the Bass contains historical references and background, useful information and explanations about the styles, notated musical examples of each approach, detailed points about ""feel,"" important performance tips, extensive discographies and bibliographies, biographies of each author, and demonstration performances and play-along tracks on the accompaniment CD.The material in The Collective Contemporary Styles Series represents many years of work on the part of many talented faculty members, who have had the experience of playing and teaching these styles to literally thousands of young rhythm-section musicians over the last thirty years. This instructional series is the fruit of their labor and talent with the information presented in a manner that is easy to grasp."