Artist - Teena Marie
Electric Bass - Anthony Jackson
Difficulty - Intermediate/Advanced
I first transcribed this particular tune last year for my weekly group class and since i’ve gone back down the Anthony Jackson rabbit hole for my current teaching block looking at greats of the session world, I came across Teena Marie’s Robbery record again and decided to work through this for my own benefit and post the transcription for you all! This specific version is the extended 12” mix from the US Robbery reissue.
AJ needs no introduction from me at this point but this particular line is one of his finest in the pop realm. Something that always floors me with Anthony is his incredible control of sound, time and note length and just listening to him execute the main groove from this song over and over is a real education in what consistency actually sounds like. For those of you wanting some AJ magic…take a look at the fills on the last two pages, i’ll be filming some tutorials on those in the next few days because there is a lot you can pick out of them!
Since it’s AJ, my Fodera was my choice (its always a pleasure picking this bass up and playing it!), biased slightly towards the front pickup, single coil mode and the tone control almost wide open. The only other thing in the chain before the interface was my Cali76 compressor.
Enjoy!
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