Thankfully it hasnt been watered down and filled with tabs. I highly recommend this book for the newbie to latin bass. Over 250 pages of transcriptions of oscar stagnaro playing each exercise. Grammywinning bassist oscar stagnaro is one of todays top players and a pioneer in bass education. Jul 03, 20 the latin bass book, oscar stagnaro download here. This book is so full of great ideas and helpful hints that bassists looking to learn about the intricacies of playing latin jazz cant go wrong. This is a practical, comprehensive approach to learning afrocuban, brazilian and south american styles of bass playing, featuring 3 cds of berklee professor oscar stagnaro playing with three different worldclass rhythm sections. This is one of the best instructional packages ive ever purchased. Oscar was one of my teachers back in boston and a true giant of latin bass dude is bad. This particular track looks at the tumbao at its basic form.
At the same time, it is the most comprehensive study. The latin bass book kindle edition by chuck sher author, oscar stagnaro author 4. As with all of sher musics books, the latin bass book is a welldone and concise breakdown of the fundamentals of this wonderful idiom. The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in auth. I bought it for the afro cuban chapters and they are most excellent. After some pricetag related hesitation, i bought myself a copy of oscar stagnaros latin bass book for christmas. Click download or read online button to get the latin bass book book now. This book also covers brazilian, reggae and other musical forms. Apr 11, 2020 the only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in endorsed by down beat magazine, latin beat magazine, benny. Oscar stagnaro bass professor of bass at berklee college of music and bassist with paquito drivera, the united nations orchestra, the caribbean jazz project, etc. The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic afrocuban, brazilian, caribbean, latin jazz and south american styles.
If your a looking to play more latin bass, looking to work on interesting rhythmic patterns, looking for awesome backing tracks, or like me and just looking to study more bass, this book is a must. As a busy rhythm section clinician, i am thrilled to use and demonstrate this muchneeded and complete text. Down beat magazine personal correspondence my extraordinary longtime bassist, oscar stagnaro, is one of the most intelligent, classy, dedicated and versatile musicians i have ever worked with. Guitar technique fretted by rich appleman 101 bass tips. The latin bass booka practical guideby oscar stagnaro3 cd. The latin bass book by music, sher, stagnaro nook book. Satgnaro is a practical, comprehensive approach to learning afrocuban, brazilian and south american styles of bass playing, latij 3 cds of berklee professor oscar stagnaro playing with three different worldclass rhythm sections. Oscar stagnaro is the author of the latin bass book 4. The latin bass book download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Latin bass maestro talks timba and dives into the writing of the latin bass book exclusive video interview with fbpos jon liebman january 7, 2016. This book acts as a personal master class with stagnaro. There is also another book on amazon that is a good supplement called true cuban bass by carlos del puerto. Afrocuban slap bass lines by oscar stagnaro softcover. The book consists mostly of transcriptions of every note oscar plays on the accompanying cds.
Im latin and grew up playing music and it helped me a ton. Over pages of transcriptions of oscar stagnaro playing each exercise. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Ive been playing through it the past couple of days, and all i can say is wow.
If youre interested in getting more understanding there is a great bookcd called the latin bass book by oscar stagnaro that will walk you through a lot of the different montuno and tumbao styles. The basic tumbao and its main variations combinations other simple tumbao variations the bass in relation to clave advanced tumbao variations chachacha and its variations afro lines in six contemporary cubanstyle bass lines samba bass lines partido alto, baiao and other brazilian styles merengue, reggae and other. He has also written the afro cuban slap book published by berklee presshal leonard. Oscar stagnaro bass rebeca maulen piano orestes vilat percussion dario eskenazi piano mark walker drums and others endorsements benny rietveld bassist with miles davis, santana, etc. Freedom in the clave by john benitez is a newer book that i am loving. Endorsed by down beat magazine, latin beat magazine, benny rietveld, etc. Hes also written to be what i consider one of the best books for reading, playing and feeling latin bass lines. The latin bass book a practical guide by oscar stagnaro bassist with paquito drivera and professor at berklee college of music and chuck sher author of the improvisors bass method contributing editor dave belove bassist with rebeca mauleons round trip, the machete ensemble, etc. It comes with audio examples of every track and covers pretty much all of south america and cuba. The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic afrocuban, brazilian, caribbean and various south american styles. The latin bass book oscar stagnaro by alissaweldon issuu.
Part of the joy of this book is just to engulf yourself in the sound and rhythmic feel of stagnaros bass lines on the cds. They are tight and solid, and really open up creative ways of playing a bass part throughout an endless array of latin and related music styles. Dec 26, 2015 this is the 3rd track from the bass latin book, by oscar stagnaro. Most genres have a book that is the book, and believe me, this is the latin bass book. The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic afrocuban. This is the 3rd track from the bass latin book, by oscar stagnaro. The latin bass book bass guitar with 3 free audio cds.
The latin bass book spiralbound june 1 2005 by oscar stagnaro author, chuck sher author 4. The latin bass book sher music, chuck sher, oscar stagnaro. The only comprehensive book ever published on how to play bass in authentic afrocuban, brazilian, caribbean, latin jazz, and south american styles. Orestes has recorded with the fania allstars, celia cruz, ray barretto, ruben blades, santana, cal. The secret to this books warm magic is right in the. Oscar is the coauthor of the latin bass book published by sher music, a complete work on how to play bass lines in the afro cuban, brazilian, caribbean, and south american music styles. Concepts for bass soloing by chuck sher, marc johnson 60 melodic etudes by john patitucci the jazz bass book technique and tradition by john goldsby the latin bass book by chuck sher, oscar stagnaro reading contemporary electric bass. Afrocuban slap bass lines by oscar stagnaro, paperback. The latin bass book is the finest work, in a practical approach, yet written. Oscar stagnaro for bass players onlyfor bass players only. Written in the language of the working jazz musician, this book is easy to read and userfriendly.