Bass Melodies

Some of the songs available on jazzleadsheets.com were written for the bassist to be featured playing the melody. In some cases, the bass alone has the melody, while in other cases, the bass plays the melody, harmony, or counter melody with another instrument. We have charts that explore all these areas! The Bass features below are found listed under the recording artist bassist. Text about the Bass feature arrangement is found by clicking on the song title, which takes you to that song's page, which has a Bass Corner tab giving you more info. Don Sickler: When programming music for a performance, I'm usually also looking for something to feature my bassist. In my over 35 years of instructing jazz ensembles at Columbia University in NYC, I know I've inspired my bass players by giving them a feature. A Bass Melody feature adds a different color to a group's performance. If I feel one of our songs would also be great as a Bass Melody feature, but is as yet unrecorded that way, you'll find it below under (yet) unrecorded , with an audio clip from the original recorded song.