'Still outputting bass books at a prodigious rate, Clayton has come up trumps with his latest title, especially if you are at intermediate or advanced level. Examining the style, history and equipment of 20 top bassists, together with an audio track featuring a stylistic representation and backing track of each artist, the author offers a meaningful insight to bass players that helped shape the world of bass as we know it today. The tracks are based upon an interpretation of each artist's style instead of analysis of actual tracks (presumably for copyright reasons) although the interpretations are well executed and Clayton has used many different instruments to reflect the tone and vibe of each player. And the 20 chosen ones? Well, as Clayton is quick to indicate himself, "there are certainly more than 20 giants of the bass,". We find those we would expect; Entwistle, Bruce, Flea, McCartney, plus some nice surprises; Tim Commerford (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave), Dirk Lance (Incubus), Stuart Zender (Jamiroquai/D'Angelo), and a few of the author's favourites; Mark King (Level 42) and Stuart Hamm. With 165 pages and two audio CD's, Giants Of Bass offers hours of bass information at a reasonable £19.99.'