Andrew Ford Releases “50 R&B Bass Grooves You Must Know”
Bassist and educator Andrew Ford wants to help you find your groove with his latest video course, 50 R&B Bass Grooves You Must Know.
Ford has taught at the Musician’s Institute and colleges and played with a wealth of R&B artists including Al Jarreau, James Ingram, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan. He’s also the man behind the Blues Bass Survival Guide video course.
His career began in R&B, and in his course, he breaks down the styles of the genre’s greats, like James Jamerson, Larry Graham, Duck Dunn, Chuck Rainey, and Marcus Miller.
So how will Ford show you how to play like legends? Let him fill you in:
Each groove is presented with a rhythm track on the DVD, which follows a note-by-note and technique breakdown for each. The rhythm tracks are included for practicing along to and the music is presented in both standard notation and tab.
The 50 lessons include:
- Little Stevies Wish
- J Five
- Ladies Day
- Bass Work
- Get Far Away
- Funky Main Street
- Evette
- All Right
- Eiffel Tower
- J.B. Number One
- Uncle Rick
- Zig
- Big Bear
- Count the Cost
- Toledo Fire
- Lovely Bass
- Don’t Go There
- Tennessee Stew
- Chucks Bounce
- The Brothers Funk
- True Groove
- Pee Wee
- Slip and Slide
- J.B. Number Two
- Family Time
- Angelo
- So Real
- Groove Nation
- Peace Not War
- Never Enough
- Rescue Please
- Curtains
- Hip Huggin
- Slys Time
- The Way
- Higher Love
- My Pearl
- Got Your Back
- Butterfly
- Muchos Gracias
- Lets Get Together
- Philly Sound
- What Can I Do For You?
- Rods Boogie
- Changing Colors
- Pick It Up
- Speak Your Mind
- Rainey
- Face It
- The Suburbs
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I think R&B and Soul always have the most interesting bass lines, and these R&B grooves are definitely very good. Any time you hear Rocco Prestia, Larry Graham, and James Jamerson mentioned together, you know it can only be some of the best sounding bass around. Definitely looking forward to diving in.
Where can I get this Tome of Great Knowledge?!
Boooo! Boooooo!!!!!. Temporarily out of stock. damn!. I want now! guess I’ll have to pre-order.
OK, pre-ordered from Amazon. Hope stock returns soon.