Here's the song that made me decide to create this series of posts. I hadn't heard this song in years -- back when I was in high school, my bass teacher gave me an assignment to learn the bass part to James Taylor's song, "Your Smiling Face" (bass by Lee Sklar). To this day, I believe there's no better way to truly appreciate a player's originality and musicianship than to transcribe and learn their part. Sklar played on so many sessions over the past four decades, it would be impossible to overstate his influence. His part simply makes this song for me - whenever I play it, I have to hit repeat.
Your Smiling Face
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