Summer Song (Yellowjackets) Bass Cover

We've been having a bit of an indian summer of late, so I thought of this song.

I recorded this mainly as an excuse to learn Bobby McFerrin's amazing scat solo. While I really love Yellowjackets, Dreamland is not my favorite album of theirs, and Summer Song is not my favorite song - though the rhythmic modulation is seriously neat. But McFerrin's solo is a thing of beauty.

I tend to like solos that tell a story, and very few people in the world can do that better than Bobby McFerrin. This was a fun learning experience.

I could never hope to match Jimmy Haslip's excellent bass part here, so I gave it one take in the evening sun. A few mistakes, but it's jazz 😊

As always, recorded with my 1974 Precision through my Avalon U5 DI into Logic.

Enjoy!