Walk Like Paul Chambers

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Let Bob DeBoo help you get the TIME feel, SOUND conception, and NOTE choices directly from the music of one the most highly respected walking bassists of all time – Paul Chambers.

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Play along with Paul.

Let Bob help you get the TIME feel, SOUND conception, and NOTE choices directly from the music of one the most highly respected walking bassists of all time – Paul Chambers.

Paul Chambers isone of the greatest and most influential jazz bassists of all time, as well as one of the most sought-after sideman bassists of his generation.

In this course, you’ll practice with Bob to internalize PC’s bass lines on six of his most famous recordings. Then with Bob’s help, breakdown and analyze the unique patterns and PC-isms within his lines so you can Walk Like PC, all on your own.

  • LEVEL 3
  • 14 LESSONS
  • 3.5 hours
  • LIVING NOTATION
  • Worksheets
  • Guided practice sessions
  • Subtitles: English

Tunes:

  • Cool Struttin’
  • Blue Train
  • If I Were A Bell
  • A Foggy Day
  • Mr. P.C.
  • Oleo

After completing this course, you will…

  • Know PC’s time feel and sound conception in a deeper way
  • Have a better understanding of the logic of his note choices
  • Be able to walk more like PC on the Blues, Rhythm Changes, and Standard forms
  • Know how PC would often walk over 2-5-1 changes

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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.

Living Notation

Our exclusive Living Notation allows you to follow Bob’s playing and demonstrations in real time with moving, interactive notation.

Extensive transcriptions are included, along with ability to change speed, a/b loop, and more as you practice along with Bob.

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

Course Contents

Start Here

  • Intro

Lessons

  • "Cool Struttin'"
  • "Blue Train"
  • "If I Were a Bell"
  • "A Foggy Day"
  • "Mr. PC"
  • "Oleo"
  • PC-isms and Persistent Patterns
  • Blues – 'Landmarks'
  • PC's 2-5-1 Patterns
  • Minor Blues – 'Mix and Match'
  • Rhythm Changes – 'Landmarks' (Pt. 1)
  • Rhythm Changes – 'Landmarks' (Pt. 2)
  • Rhythm Changes – 'Landmarks' (Pt. 3)