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Walk Like Ray Brown
Make your bass lines sound just as good as the great Ray Brown.
Play along with Ray.
This course focuses on studying the iconic jazz bassist Ray Brown‘s playing style and techniques. It includes analysis of transcriptions from his performances on jazz standards, blues, and rhythm changes, with particular attention to his masterful walking bass lines that have become the gold standard for modern jazz bass playing.
You will explore Ray’s signature patterns, walkups, landmarks, and rhythmic skips through a combination of discovery lessons and practical exercises. Rather than attempting to copy him exactly, the course aims to help bassists incorporate his approaches into their own playing style, particularly for gigs and jam sessions.
Each section includes hands-on practice with Ray’s recordings, focusing on fundamentals like good sound and intonation, while also covering his approach to two-five progressions and creative pathways through chord changes.
Extensive interactive transcriptions on:
- All of Me
- Blues for Basie
- Blues in the Bassment
- But Not for Me
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Cotton Tail
- Frankie & Johnny
- How High the Moon
- Moose the Mooche
- There is No Greater Love
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“So good! There’s a good years worth of material for me here.”
Andrew V.
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“Bob is a super supportive teacher… He helped me increase in skill and confidence on the upright bass. Highly recommended!”
Janet E.
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Great bass stuff from Bob Deboo on Paul Chambers!”
Ric V.
Meet Your Practice Guru
Bob DeBoo is an in-demand performer on both the double and electric bass. Some of the projects he’s been involved with the last couple years include playing with David Sanborn’s Acoustic Quartet, Peter Martin, Geoffrey Keezer, Alarm Will Sound, James Carter, Matt Wilson, Ron Miles, the 442s, leading his own quartet, and much more.
Bob has also been a part of numerous Open Studio live concert events and courses. He is also highly active in education, having worked with Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz for Young People program, JazzSTL’s JazzU program and more
What’s in the Course
Let's Get Started
- Welcome From Bob
- Workbook
The Source
- Blues for Basie
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Blues in the Bassment
- But Not For Me
- Cotton Tail
The Path
- Patterns (Discovery)
- Patterns (Exercises)
- Walk Ups (Discovery)
- Walk Ups (Exercises)
- Landmarks (Discovery)
- Landmarks (Exercises)
- Two-Fives, Two Bars (Discovery)
- Two-Fives, Two Bars (Exercises)
- Two-Fives, Two Beats (Discovery)
- Two-Fives, Two Beats (Exercises)
- Open Strings (Discovery)
- Open Strings (Exercises)
- Common Approaches (Discovery & Exercises)
- Skips & Drops (Discovery)
Walk With Ray (Transcriptions)
- All of Me
- Blues for Basie
- Blues in the Bassment
- But Not for Me
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Cotton Tail
- Frankie & Johnny
- How High the Moon
- Moose the Mooche
- There is No Greater Love
