dansouth Posted June 22, 2001 Share Posted June 22, 2001 What recorded bass lines just blow you away? What songs that have changed your approach to bass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pogen Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 "Young Man Blues" by the Who on the original Live at Leeds "Feel So Good" by Jefferson Airplane 30 Seconds Over Winterland All of Scott Thunes' playing on Zappa's "Does Humor Belong in Music?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neikirk Audio Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Well, "Portrait of Tracy" by Jaco comes to mind (I FINALLY learned all of it this week!) Bert Neikirk Bert Neikirk http://www.neikirk-audio.com toll-free (866)NEIKIRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R. Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 "My Generation" by The Who. The attitude could never be duplicated. -David R. -David R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zujo Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Oh boy....you know I can't just think of ONE....Not nessesarily in this order "September" by EWF-Verdine White man! "Notorius" DD-John Taylor "Just Kidding"-Anthony Jackson with Michelle Camilo "Lessons in Love" L42-Mark King "Chicago Song" Marcus Miller with David Sanborn "The Phantom of the Opera" IM-Steve Harris "Got a match?" Pattitucci with Chick Corea "5-5-7" Steve Rodby with Pat Metheny "Fool in the Rain" JPJ with Zep Best bass in a ballad? "Everytime You Go Away" Pino Palladino... "Word to your mother" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfunku Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 The Jam........Graham Central Station Take Me Higher......Sly and The Family Stone Tom Sawyer.....Rush ANYTHING BY JAMES BROWN OR HERBIE HANCOCK AND THE HEADHUNTERS JUNGLE BOOGIE..KOOL AND THE GANG CROSSROADS....CREAM KINDA BLUE...MILES DAVIS KNOCK ME DOWN...RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RAPPERS DELIGHT.../IE...CHIC TOMMY THE CAT...PRIMUS A FEW OF MY FAVES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Blow me away? Mayor Of Simpleton - XTC Brother Bill - Cactus (Tim Bogert) Young Mans Blues or Substitute - Live at Leeds Lip Service and I Don't Want To Go To Chelsea - Elvis Costello and the Attractions Changed my playing? Something - Beatles Ramble On - Led Zepplin Thanks for all the contributions. I'll be trying to dig up the ones I don't know (sadly - quite a few). Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted June 23, 2001 Share Posted June 23, 2001 Stanley Clarke - "School Days" Alfonso Johnson - "Alivemotherforya" Louis Johnson - "Look Out For #1" Anthony Jackson - Public Access" w/Eyewitness (Steve Khan) Jaco Pastorious - "Jaco Pastorius" Marcus Miller - "Straight to the Heart" w/David Sanborn Paul Chambers - Anything he did. Ray Brown - Anything he plays. Dave Holland - "Extentions" or I have left so much stuff off this list that I am ashamed, but I am confident the rest of you guys will pick up the slack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Friedland Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 On acoustic bass, Eddie Gomez - "Bill Evans Live In Tokyo" Scott LaFaro - "Bill Evans Live At The Village Vangaurd" Neils Henning Orsted Pederson - "Chops" w/ Joe Pass On electric Of course Jaco's first CD Weather Report's "Heavy Weather" Marcus Miller on David Sanborn's "As We Speak" Larry Graham "GCS, Release Yourself, My Radio Sounds Good To Me" And tons of other stuff, more than I can mention..... ------------------ www.edfriedland.com www.edfriedland.com The Bass Whisperer Bass Whisperer TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Lawson Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 Chops by Pass and NHOP? what a great CD!! I just couldn't believe that it was an upright bass when I first heard it - the versions of Oleo and Have You Met Miss Jones on there are just outstanding... Fave bass performances? Historically, the ones that changed my playing when I first heard them would include Got A Match? (Patitucci with The Electric Band) Black Market Live (Jaco with Weather Report) The Enormous Room (Michael Manring) Colibri (Randy Hope Taylor with Incognito) Open Letter To A Landlord (Muzz Skillings with Living Colour - I couldn't believe anyone could play that fast when I first heard it! ) Whatever the insane latin tune is with the solo bass intro on Frontline by Koinonia (Abe Laboriel) Too Shy ( Nick Beggs with Kajagoogoo) School Days (Stanley Clarke live in Montreux, from a TV show in the late 80s - blew my mind!!!!) Live To Tell (Kermit Driscoll with Bill Frisell - yes, it's the Madonna tune, and it's amazing. The chord work in it is wonderful) Cut Me To The Bone (Roscoe Beck with Robben Ford) cheers Steve www.steve-lawson.co.uk StevieLand - go on, you know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 As I write, I'm listening to "Sci-Fi" by Christian McBride... http://christianmcbride.com/press.html What an amazing player! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 A couple of my faves are... The Lemon Song by Led Zep Sinister MinisterBelaFlek and the Flektones Live Artversion Digital Man Rush Tommy the Cat Primus Higher Ground RHCP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimT Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 Blown away? Well, I've been blown away by the playing of Guy N'Sangue. I've got 4 CDs with him playing on them and they are great! John Luc Ponty - Tchokola John Luc Ponty - No Absolute Time Papa Wemba - Molokai Sans Papiers - (I can't remember the name) Listening to his playing, combined with all the great tips and tricks from everyone here has really helped my playing! Ya know how certain styles can get in your head (or even instruments) and they introduce a new musical muse in your head? Well, that's what Guy's playing has done. Anyway, what about all those recommendations for the bass player for Yanni? I remember reading some raves and was wondering what CDs y'all would recommend. Great thread! SlimT It's all about the rumble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lug Posted June 25, 2001 Share Posted June 25, 2001 Just get "Live at the Acropolis" to start. Great bass performance. You can stop now -jeremyc STOP QUOTING EVERY THING I SAY!!! -Bass_god_offspring lug, you should add that statement to you signature.-Tenstrum I'm not sure any argument can top lug's. - Sweet Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Friedland Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Yanni's bassist is Ric Fierabracci (sp?) he's a killer. I saw him backing up Brian Bromberg and he really impressed me. The NHOP/Joe Pass recording of "Chops" is an all time classic. I recommend it to drummers as a practice CD because the time is so good, you can set your watch to it! Neils' tone is a bit electric-y, I think he was using the Pierre Joseph String Charger pickup. His articulation is so amazingly clean, it's hard to believe it's an upright. I was deeply influenced by his long, swinging solo lines, and fantastic time. His sound back in the 70's was not my favorite, but back then bassists didn't have a lot of choices for amplification. The Eddie Gomez performance on the Bill Evans In Tokyo CD was just a pure microphone sound, and they totally captured the sound of his bass! Worth hearing for that reason too! ------------------ www.edfriedland.com www.edfriedland.com The Bass Whisperer Bass Whisperer TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted June 26, 2001 Author Share Posted June 26, 2001 Note for note, I'd have to say that Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen is the best bassist I've ever heard. His technique on both upright and electric is mind boggling. It's like taking a better version of both Jaco and Ron Carter and mixing them into one guy. How can anyone be that good? Amazing bass recordings: NHOP - various, mostly with Oscar Peterson Jaco (solo) - Donna Lee Jaco (Weather Report) - Teen Town, Havona, Port Of Entry Paul McCartney (The Beatles) - Rain John Entwhistle (The Who) - The Real Me Geddy Lee (Rush) - Digital Man, Limelight, Free Will Peter Cetera (Chicago) - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? Bernard Edwards (Chic) - Good Times, Le Freak David Brown (Santana) - Dance Sister Dance Francis Rocco Prestia (Tower Of Power) - everything Verdine White (Earth, Wind, and Fire) - September Nathan Watts (Stevie Wonder) - Sir Duke Pino Palladino (Paul Young) - Every Time You Go Away Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan) - Kid Charlemagne Chris Squire (Yes) - Roundabout Dave Hope (Kansas) - Carry On Wayward Son Leland Sklar (James Taylor) - Whenever I See Your Smiling Face Sting (Sting) - They Dance Alone Victor Wooten (Flecktones, solo) - everything Ricky Brooks (The Nixons) - Sister Donald "Duck" Dunn (Stax) - everything James Jamerson (Motown) - everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigLeyhFrameBand.com Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Paul McCartney - Silly Little Love Songs and I agree with Something ------------------ Thank you, Craig S. Leyh CraigLeyh@FrameBand.com Keep It Low! Thank you, Craig S. Leyh CraigLeyh@NVSMedia.com Keep It Low! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Friedland Posted June 26, 2001 Share Posted June 26, 2001 Well, I may not be correct, but as far as I know, NHOP doesn't play electric bass. At least, I've never seen a recording of him on it. Do you know the names of any records he's played electric bass on? I'd be very curious to hear what he sounds like. ------------------ www.edfriedland.com www.edfriedland.com The Bass Whisperer Bass Whisperer TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted June 27, 2001 Author Share Posted June 27, 2001 Originally posted by Ed Friedland: Well, I may not be correct, but as far as I know, NHOP doesn't play electric bass. At least, I've never seen a recording of him on it. Do you know the names of any records he's played electric bass on? I'd be very curious to hear what he sounds like. I used to have a vinyl recording of NHOP with Oscar Peterson at one of the Montreax festivals. I "thought" I was hearing a fretless electric being played with incredible speed and dexterity. If he was actually playing this stuff on an upright, I'm even MORE amazed. I'll do some research and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Lawson Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 Re. Ric Fierabracci (Yanni bassist) he's on the new Frank Gambale double live CD 'Resident Aliens' - it's an official bootleg, recorded direct to DAT, so the quality isn't perfect, but the playing is OUTSTANDING. I've had it on in the car driving round LA for the last two days, and I love it. Gambale is a monster, and very few bassists could keep up, but Ric does a great job. Check it out at http://www.frankgambale.com cheers Steve www.steve-lawson.co.uk StevieLand - go on, you know you want to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricongacharter.net Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 Slam Stewart with Don Byas on "i got rhythm" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 Dan South said:"I used to have a vinyl recording of NHOP with Oscar Peterson at one of the Montreax festivals. I "thought" I was hearing a fretless electric being played with incredible speed and dexterity. If he was actually playing this stuff on an upright, I'm even MORE amazed." Well, Dan, I was amazed to learn that Jaco was playing fretless electric bass on Joni Mitchell's "Mingus" album, as I have several Mingus recordings and was sure I was hearing an upright bass played by someone who "got" Mingus. (And I do think Jaco "got" the Mingus feel for bass, and added a lot to it of his own, even if he wasn't playing what I thought I heard.) I mentioned Christian McBride in an earlier posting... it is amazing to me that he plays a Jaco bass line from Jaco's Weather Report days on his new "Sci-Fi" CD, a tune which Jaco originally played on a fretless elecric, and that Christian played for this recording on an upright bass, 16th notes and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Wise Man Posted June 27, 2001 Share Posted June 27, 2001 Artificially limiting this to "basslines in rock songs" -- expanding it from there would result in a big show-offy list -- I'd have to say "The Glory of Man" from the minutemen's "Double Nickles on the Dime". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtian_dup1 Posted June 28, 2001 Share Posted June 28, 2001 If anyone is still reading this thread, I would like to pop in with two rather unconventional ones: Donald "Duck" Dunn on "Hip Hug Her" by Booker T. and the MGs. Yeah we all *think* we know this line, but go back and listen to it again. Notice the extra off-beat octave he drops in at the end of the main hook? That is what makes the line WORK, man. Play it straight like it *seems* like he is playing it, and the line is boring an uninteresting. Play that extra tweak at the end, and the line grooooooves! Meshell Ndegeocello on "I'm Diggin You (Like an Old Soul Record)" off of her first album, Plantation Lullabies. Two notes. Just TWO NOTES, man. And that like grooves SO HARD. Brilliant stuff. These two examples show what can be done with fewer notes, but the RIGHT notes!- ChristianBudapest, Hungary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jg42 Posted July 1, 2001 Share Posted July 1, 2001 Mark King's Solo Album "Influences" (1984) and all the stuff by Mick Karn - no one seems to remeber him here, though I'm sure he's still one of the best bass players. ------------------Cheers,Arseny http://www.mp3.com/arseny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 2, 2001 Share Posted July 2, 2001 This is a tough one. No right answer but lots of discussion. I guess that's the point. I think that there are just too many to mention. You'd have to get into different styles, era's, etc. What about bass lines that might not be the toughest to play, but really set the groove for the tune. My brain is hurting thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 2, 2001 Share Posted July 2, 2001 Every small band demo and independently released CD that I've played on!!!! I am a god. Jaco, Stanley, and Tony have nothing on me. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gifhttp://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/wink.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLoy Posted July 2, 2001 Share Posted July 2, 2001 Okay...all kidding aside, here are my real picks... The obvious ones (Stanley, Jaco) are going to get mentioned, so I'll go for the lesser known gods amongst us mere mortals... Mike Richmond on his solo album "Basic Tendencies." All Middle Eastern/Indian flavored compositions. One tune has him furiously trading solos with an amazing Oud player whose name unfortunately escapes me. Charles Mingus on "Live at Antibes, '60". Mingus and Dannie Richmond groove like two halves of the same brain...and his soloing and duet with Eric Dolphy over "What Love?" has gotta be heard to be believed. Scott LaFaro with Bill Evans on "Live at the Village Vanguard". This man had to have been from another planet. He then planted the seeds of his off-world civilization into the brains of Eddie Gomez and Stanley Clarke. That has to be the only explanation! http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Oscar Pettiford - Anything! Graham Maby on Joe Jackson's "Summer in the City - Live in New York". His wonderfully understated-yet-amazing solo on "Another World" is just great. Chuck Rainey on Steely Dan's "Aja". The groove on "Peg" is great. Slapping that doesn't sound like slapping! Tony Levin on every Peter Gabriel and King Crimson record. The man rocks. Johnathan Maron on any Groove Collective record. Great sound, great groove, just great, man...wow. John Paul Jones on Led Zeppelin "II" and "Houses of the Holy". Fat, funky, and ballsy as hell...the way rock bass should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted July 2, 2001 Author Share Posted July 2, 2001 Originally posted by BenLoy: Graham Maby on Joe Jackson's "Summer in the City - Live in New York". His wonderfully understated-yet-amazing solo on "Another World" is just great. Chuck Rainey on Steely Dan's "Aja". The groove on "Peg" is great. Slapping that doesn't sound like slapping! Graham ROCKS! Steppin' Out is a monster bass tune. Anyone know where I can find a transcription of Chuck's line on Peg? I've never been able to figure out what he's playing. (Verdine White has the same effect on me. He's another one of those "outer space" guys.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brazil-bass Posted July 2, 2001 Share Posted July 2, 2001 And about Tom Kennedy ?? Does anyone have something to talk about his work with Dave Weckl ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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