OMG - this is the toughest bass line to transcribe. I just for the first listened to an isolated bass tract and of course found some corrections, BUT the way I play the intro in this video I do believe 100% correct.

The song “Europa” was increased in popularity by a remake with the lead played by saxophonist Gato 🐱 Barberi. I allude to this in the post instruction, but never specifically state that. The point is, you don’t have to play or even be primarily interested in any of the instruments in a recording to enjoy or learn from it and can even do a or listen to a remake of a song which adds or substitutes instrument(s) of your preference to the song.

9:10 to 9:20 “You Gotta Keep ‘em Separated!” You probably thought that song by the band The Offspring was about about something else, but you can see they were talking about note shaping and keeping notes separated for other instruments to fill in the gap in your groove.

Actual playing starts at 2:20, but song structure and chord structure are addressed in the first 2:20 of the video.

Sforzando is the proper spelling. Sforzando piano followed by a Crescendo is what is played by the non-lead instruments on the D minor chord at the end of the first solo section. This is three 4/4 measures of 8th notes and ends NOT on count 1, but on the an’ of count 4 that is after the downbeat of count 4 and precisely half way into count four, hence referred to as “the and of 4.”

Playing of the song starts at about 4:30, but instruction on how to play starts at 2:20.