Composición de la línea de bajo de un tema inédito basado en los recursos motívicos del bajista James Jamerson.

Abstract

This research aims to denote the importance and relevance that session musician James Jamerson had, when interpreting and orchestrating the different hits that he recorded for the Tamla-Motown record label with his bass lines. His more than 150 participations in the recording of musical themes, which were mostly hits, as well as his experience playing various musical genres, such as: jazz, blues, soul and funk, allowed him to merge them to adapt them to a context of popular music, providing a fresh and innovative sound to the music that emerged at that time. Allowing in turn, the electric bass as an instrument to achieve a more leading role, raising it to a level of virtuous performance, also serving as inspiration and influence later for musicians, producers and arrangers worldwide. The rhythmic and melodic resources of two flagship musical themes that were interpreted by Jamerson have been observed, which were schematized and analyzed to later be incorporated in the composition of a bass line of an unreleased theme.