이 책은 20세기 미국 음악을 구성하는 중요한 요소로서의 재즈 베이스를 조명하고 있습니다. 
재즈 음악의 역사적인 레코딩들을 예로 들면서 Ray Brown, Eddie Gomez, Charles Mingus, Milt Hinton 등을 포함한 70명 이상의 주요 재즈 베이시스트들을 소개하고 있습니다. 
또한 적절한 테크닉을 마스터하고 연습하고 임프로바이즈 하는데 필요한 전문적인 가이드와 재즈의 이론적이고 개념적인 측면들에 대한 새로운 시각들이 소개되어 있습니다. 
온라인으로 제공되는 음원에는 책에 소개된 테크닉의 예제들을 들을 수 있는 베이스와 리듬 섹션 음원이 느린 버전과 빠른 버전으로 담겨있습니다. 
전형적인 코드 진행과 구성에 대한 반주 트랙들도 포함되어 있습니다. 


- Contents - 

Foreword by Ron Carter 

Preface: Bass Is Beautiful 

Intro 

section 1 - the History 
CHAPTER 1: Walking Through the Years 
CHAPTER 2: It's Got to Be Bop! 
   I Be Bop, You Be Bop: Learning the Language 
CHAPTER 3: A Matter of Trust: Five Classic Rhythm Sections 
   It Takes Guts: Playing Acoustic Acoustically 

section 2 - the Players 
CHAPTER 4: The Early New Orleans Bassists 
CHAPTER 5: Wellman Braud 
CHAPTER 6: John Kirby 
CHAPTER 7: Walter Page 
CHAPTER 8: Walter Page 
CHAPTER 9: The Basie Bassists 
CHAPTER 10: Bob Haggart 
CHAPTER 11: Slam Stewart 
CHAPTER 12: Milt Hinton 
CHAPTER 13: Benny Goodman and the Swing Bassists 
CHAPTER 14: Jimmy Blanton 
   The Ellington Bassists on Record 
CHAPTER 15: Israel Crosby 
CHAPTER 16: Oscar Pettiford 
CHAPTER 17: The Beboppers: Curly Russell, Gene Ramey, and Tommy Potter 
CHAPTER 18: Eddie Safranski 
CHAPTER 19: Chubby Jackson 
CHAPTER 20: Ray Brown 
CHAPTER 21: Harry Babasin 
CHAPTER 22: Afro-Cuban Bass 
CHAPTER 23: The Cello in Jazz 
CHAPTER 24: Paul Chambers 
CHAPTER 25: Doug Watkins 
CHAPTER 26: Sam Jones 
CHAPTER 27: Percy Heath 
CHAPTER 28: Charles Mingus 
CHAPTER 29: Red Callender 
CHAPTER 30: Wilbur Ware 
CHAPTER 31: The Thelonious Monk Bassists: Ahmed Abdul-Malik, John Ore, and Larry Gales 
CHAPTER 32: Jymie Merritt 
CHAPTER 33: George Morrow 
CHAPTER 34: George Duvivier 
CHAPTER 35: Red Mitchell 
CHAPTER 36: West Coastin': Leroy Vinnegar, Monty Budwig, Monk Montgomery, Joe Mondragon, Curtis Counce, Albert Stinson, and Joe Comfort 
CHAPTER 37: Scott LaFaro 
CHAPTER 38: Jimmy Garrison 
CHAPTER 39: Coltrane and Beyond 
CHAPTER 40: The '60s Mainstays: Bob Cranshaw, Butch Warren, and Larry Ridley 
CHAPTER 41: Charlie Haden 
CHAPTER 42: The Avant-Garde 
CHAPTER 43: Ron Carter 
CHAPTER 44: Richard Davis 
CHAPTER 45: Eugene Wright 
CHAPTER 46: The Bill Evans Bassists: Chuck Israels, Gary Peacock, Eddie Gomez, and Marc Johnson 
CHAPTER 47: Dave Holland 
CHAPTER 48: Peter Ind 
CHAPTER 49: The Europeans 
CHAPTER 50: Wilbur Little 
CHAPTER 51: Rufus Reid 

section 3 - Technique 
CHAPTER 52: Practice, Practice, Practice 
   What's It Called? 
   How Do You Tune It? 
CHAPTER 53: Play in Tune! 
CHAPTER 54: Chord Symbols and What They Mean 
   Chord/Scale Chart 
CHAPTER 55. Form, Key Centers, and Compositional Styles 
CHAPTER 56: The llm-V7 Progression 
CHAPTER 57: Minor Chords and the Minor llm-V7 Progression 
CHAPTER 58: Melodic Walking Bass Lines 
CHAPTER 59: Adding Rhythmic Interest to Walking Bass Lines 
CHAPTER 60: Dominant 7 Chords and Scales 
CHAPTER 61: Bebop Scales 
CHAPTER 62: The Dominant 7 Etude 
CHAPTER 63: Altered Dominant Sounds 
CHAPTER 64: The Altered Blues Etude 
CHAPTER 65: Arpeggio Exercises 
CHAPTER 66: Major Melodies 
CHAPTER 67. Where Do You Start? 
CHAPTER 68: Mind Your Threes and Twos 
CHAPTER 69: Sight-Reading Tricks and Tips 
CHAPTER 70: Playing Standards 
CHAPTER 71: Etudes Based on Common Jazz Standards 
   Ode Drip 
   What Impressions? 
   The Megafun llm-V Blues 
   Rhythm Etude 
   You Are All the Things 
   Le Cannet Solo Transcription 
   What's Up Solo Transcription 
CHAPTER 72: The Coltrane Progression 
CHAPTER 73: Thumb Position 
CHAPTER 74: Bowing Techniques 

section 4 - Concepts 
CHAPTER 75: Swing Is the Thing 
CHAPTER 76: Integrity, Dedication, Respect, Competition, and Honesty 
CHAPTER 77: Are You Versatile? 
CHAPTER 78: Are You Creative? 

Epilogue/Dedication 

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