Steve LeBlanc Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Victor Wooten http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Teeth Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Without discussion ABRAHAM LABORIEL!!!!!!! And marcus miller, jhon p., jaco pastorius Rebuilding My Self Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roto Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Yeah, Victor Wooten. I'm listening to him right now with my favorite Banjo player (No I'm not starting a new thread) Bela Fleck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpel Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 The name just popped in my head: Lee Sklar. Damn fine studio player and a real song player. Growing up, my fav was Dave Hope of Kansas, and I still appreciate his melodicism. Another in the McCartney mode of melodic pop rock bass is Colin Moulding from XTC, who can also get pretty weird and who has done some interesting fretless playing in a non-fusion context. Man, I am a posting maniac today. Dave, is there a way, from your privileged moderator command center, to report who the most prolific poster has been in the last 24 hours? I'm not sure I want to know. You'll think I have no life. This message has been edited by Magpel on 08-17-2001 at 06:43 PM Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojosaur Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Are you kidding? Jamerson is a nice call but no one mentioned Larry Graham, or Bootsy Collins or George Porter or Cachao? The first three pretty much defined funk bass.....Larry Graham for Sly and the Family Stone, Bootsy first for James Brown and then P-Funk, Porter for the Meters. Without them there is no Flea. What about Charles Mingus or Robbie Shakespeare? This message has been edited by mojosaur on 08-17-2001 at 07:12 PM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llarion Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Abe Laboriel and Lee Sklar are GREAT players... Also, props to Jimmy Johnson and the immortal Chuck Rainey! ------------------ Cheers! Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor www.mp3.com/llarion Smooth Jazz Cheers! Phil "Llarion: The Jazzinator" Traynor www.llarion.com Smooth Jazz - QUESTION AUTHORITY. Go ahead, ask me anything. http://www.llarion.com/images/dichotomybanner.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucktunes Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 In no particular order; James Jamerson Jaco (kind of a foregone conclusion!) Paul McCartney Marcus Miller Nathan East Jimmy Haslip (Plays a left-handed short-scale, fretless, 5 string bass. And WAILS on it!) Peace all, Steve ><> Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojosaur Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Carol Kaye. http://www.musicplayer.com/ubb/smile.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meccajay Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 -Stanley(The 1st time I heard Stanley it was "School Days", I sat there in a daze shaking my head for about 2 hours!!) -Jaco(Holy Jesus) -Will Lee(the 1st guy I would call to do any album) -Victor Wooten(current mvp....very inspiring for most but I also know a few cats that just gave up playing bass after hearing this guy) -Larry Graham(The innovator of thumping/plucking!) -Mark King(The new Larry Graham!) -Mark Adams aka Mr Mark(from SLAVE,the 70's era funk band. . . probably the nastiest guy ever...just ugly nasty!) TROLL . . . ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Yep, can't leave out Bootsy Collins (possibly the originator of Electric Funk Bass) Lee Sklar is amazing...I got to meet him a couple of times...great guy too. Did anyone mention Geezer Butler yet? Geezer ripped. http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 jaco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan O Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 How about John Entwisle or Victor Wooten . Dano www.esnips.com/web/SongsfromDanO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 Another vote for Tony Levin. Besides the acts already mentioned, I got to see him with Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe in the '90's - Jeff Berlin did most of the tour, but I saw them with Tony in Massachusetts.. it was...unbelievable. You had to see the guy play Close to the Edge. I've never seen anything like it. Plus, he's a really nice guy to boot. When I was with Alesis, we tried to get him to let us sample him - he laughed, and said "Sorry, boys - I'm not interested in there being Tony Levin in a box..."... Pretty funny... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Victor Wooten is my favorite bassist to watch live. Phenomenal technique, and he's a really nice guy. He meets with the fans after every Flecktones concert. Tony Levin is pretty cool live, as well, especially when he's playing Stick or when he uses those little drumstick finger extenders. Some of the bassists I've had the good fortune to see live: - Jaco - Chris Squire - Patrick O'Hearn - Geddy Lee - Tony Levin - Victor Wooten - Michael Anthony - Charles Meeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkipp Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Second the Tony Levin; I got a chance to play a stick, what an interesting instrument, one of these days I'll pick one up and devote a few years to mastery of it. That said, I programmed my JP8000 to get a stick-like bass sound with some velocity sensitive LFO action to play "Elephant Talk," my favorite Levin-dominant KC song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansouth Posted August 18, 2001 Share Posted August 18, 2001 Jimmy Haslip (one of my faves, as well) plays upside down, i.e. the low stings are on the underside of his neck, not on the upper half like a normal bassist/guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted August 18, 2001 Author Share Posted August 18, 2001 Another scary cat is a guy named Foley. When I was out with Miles in the '80's, Foley was with us...he plays "lead bass" - a Kramer Farrington strung almost an octave up, tuned in fourths - D, G, C, F, IIRC. You couldn't believe what that guy could do - he covered all of the "guitar parts". We had Darryl Jones with us on that tour as well - another awesome bass player. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeebus Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Jaco. Dave Holland for upright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analogaddict Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I agree with a lot of the above mentioned, and I´d also like to add Rick Danko Marc Johnson Willie Weeks Charlie Haden Palle Danielsson Noel Redding Alphonso Johnson /J nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitaristi0 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin A duck-pond, a museum, and a red hunting hat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The piper at the gate of d Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Here are a few ones I really love: Jaco Pastorius Charlie Haden Richard Bona Sting François Moutin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaso DeChaso Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 For rock/fusion: Jonas Hellborg For jazz: Charles Mingus Not to start a flame war but I've always been underwhelmed by Flea, and particularly annoyed at how out-of-tune he often is. Isn't it he that is terribly off pitch on Morissette's first single? Chaso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulliver Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Hm... Almost all my favorite bass players got mentioned already. But what the heck, I want to see their names in one single post! Jeff Berlin Geddy Lee Jaco Pastorius Chris Squire Tony Levin Percy Jones Victor Wooten Mark King Anthony Jackson Gary Willis I am back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 If I had to pick just one, it would be Ray Brown. I worked many years with James (I knew him as Jimmy) Cammack who now works with Ahmad Jamal (né Fritz Jones). Jimmy is one of the best bass players I have personally worked with. His timing is amazing ... rock solid. No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyS Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 mmm I can remember a guy who called himself `the buddha` or something like that. don´t know his real name actually. A great player though. Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progfusion74 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Too many, but if I had to pick a few it would be Jaco Jonas Hellborg Tony Levin Victor Wooten Geddy Lee Chris Squire John Pattitucci Dave Holland John Myung .. and these are off the top of my head Do stick players count (Tony plays a lot of regular bass, but he is in there for a lot of his stick stuff)? http://www.indiegrooves.com/dnm/images/dnm_small.gif My Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirgant Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 James Jamerson Larry Graham Jaco Marcus Miller Nathan East Ray Brown Ron Carter Chris Squire Victor Wooten Dave nice call on Daryl Jones, or "Munch" as we call him back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogman1 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 GREG LAKE Tom Nord Electro 5D, Modal Cobalt 8, Yamaha upright piano, numerous plug-ins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddo Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 let's not forget Anthony Jackson, Freddie Washington, Adam Nitti & Jeff Berlin n yes, JP for sure. slightly off-track: Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson on double bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddo Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Originally posted by Ohtar: mmm I can remember a guy who called himself `the buddha` or something like that. don´t know his real name actually. A great player though.Bill Dickens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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