Fred Sanford pretty well summed up my list, and I would add Tal Wilkenfeld. Love her style!
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Fred Sanford pretty well summed up my list, and I would add Tal Wilkenfeld. Love her style!
Never were truer words uttered in the planet's history!
Did I miss it, or did no one mention Jamie (James Lee) Jamerson yet? He is the most sampled player on Earth, I think, and of course played on nearly all the Motown classic hits. How about it, guys, was Motown bass OK with you? :D
Right, Paul McCartney. He can be unbelievable when the muse strikes. And Tony Levin I too have heard live. One really talented dude. The Chapman Stick is one cool - whatever it is.
I'm a huge Chess Records & Chicago Blues fan, so how about Willie Dixon.
One of the more interesting bass players I heard was Jimmy Page. Yes, James Patrick Page of Surrey, England. When I saw the Yardbirds in Chicago, he was playing bass with the group. In interviews he said he was "having trouble sticking to a root thing." No lie. As Neil Young would say, he was all over the f***ing thing. I do not think this brief period made it onto vinyl, unfortunately.
One more - Stephen Stills, Captain Manyhands on the first CSN album. One of the best ever.
Krunchy, I have a particular Ron Carter album in mind but I have to dig up the title. Give me a day or two. Jaco, I don't know where to start, but his three or so cuts on Joni Mitchell's Hejira are a good place. The last track, Refuge Of The Roads, will show what for. And wait 'till you see Peter Washington! ;)
Lar, Ray Brown is a first ballot hall of famer, forgive the baseball reference. Solid and then some. If I were not so high on Ron Carter, he would be my number one jazz bassist.
Clark
Another solid bass player who was around from the start of the bebop era was Ray Brown.
Some sound clips here:
http://www.hopper-management.com/ray_brown.htm
Lar
Motown Bass?.... Damn Right! motown, funk, who cares as long as its SOLID & can LAY IT DOWN!!!
Jimmy Page? wow, I would love to just imagine that.
Peter Washington, will be seeing him at Basies coca-cola cafe in Lincoln Center in May, yes :bouncy: yes :bouncy: YES :bouncy: really looking forward to it but dont want to rush things :)
Got one of the Trio's cds and been listening to is, very nice! Read somewhere that the trio should be renamed for they are all very talented (as you mentioned in your original post) and its almost unfair to call it the Bill Charlap Trio. That drummer is so hot too, reminds me of art Blakey a little, not necessarily his style but something else, looks, aura, who knows.
This is off topic but, do you have any Fats Waller records? I love that guy, dont make em like that anymore.
Lar, its probably my computer but, I couldnt access the links, thank you though. :)
Krunchy,
I thought you'd say Tony Levin!
Let's see...
I like everybody, but for CHEST POUNDING I'll add
Jeff Magnum
John Entwistle
John Wetton
and I love
Carol Kaye
I just remembered that a few months ago I saw Bootsy Collins walking around on the street with a bass on his back wearing silver pants. That was cool.
Sorry, was supposed to pick one?
Tina Weymouth
John McVie
Charlie Hayden
Steve Swallow
Adam Clayton
Bootsy Collins
Rick Danko
Phil Lesh
Rick James
Carl Radle
Larry Graham
and how about
Bill Wyman
Roger Waters
Brian Wilson
Oh yeah, Brian Wilson, Rick Danko! Good ones Ducatista!
I didn't see Duck Dunn yet, did I?
Yes, Oznob got him!
New best young bassist :
http://www.talwilkenfeld.com/Tal.html
:applaud:
I'll go back and add info to my old post as I have time.
+1 on Bernard Edwards, forgot him...there's a YouTube vid of him talking about the Power Station bassline for Bang A Gong, the first second you hear him start to play the groove or the solo, you know you can't touch that guy's technique. This is similar, but not the one I'm thinking of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14kXaX5D6Ng
je
Wilbur Bascomb – played on the movie soundtrack of “Hair”, paired with drummer Bernie Purdie. Really worth a listen. Also played with Jeff Beck, James Brown, etc.
Geezer Butler – Black Sabbath
John Patitucci – lots of session work, electric and upright. I went looking for “who played THAT?!?” on some Was (not Was) and Bonnie Raitt tunes, but he’s all over the place.
Phil Chen – White City album, right? I first noticed him on “Star Fleet”, the Brian May/Eddie Van Halen project.
Larry Graham – Sly & the Family Stone. It’s tons of fun to watch and hear him on Prince’s Rave Unto the Year 2000 DVD, he’s just obviously having a ball.
Les Claypool – Primus
Sting – Police & solo
John Deacon - Queen
Geddy Lee - Rush
Norwood Fisher – Fishbone, other projects
Mike Watt – Minutemen, Ed from Ohio
Stu Hamm – Satriani, solo albums
Paul McCartney – who?
Graham Maby – Joe Jackson, other projects
John Paul Jones – Led Zeppelin & other projects
Marcus Miller – Bob James/David Sanborn album Double Vision introduced me, he’s on tons of other projects & solo stuff- always well-recorded, too.
John Entwistle – Who?
Victor Wooten – Bela Fleck & other projects
Lee Sklar – James Taylor and a gazillion other sessions. Can’t miss him on stage, nobody looks like him.
Dave Hope – earlier Kansas albums.
...and I'd forgotten Carl Radle, on the early Eric Clapton albums.
je
I dont think anyone had mentioned Rocco Prestias from Tower of Power. Gotta give it up to Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers too. Jeff Pilson also ends up in my top list.
What about Bootsy Collins? His playing leaps out at you on the late 60s-early 70s James Brown albums, and there was a lot of interesting beats on the P-Funk and Bootsy's RubberBand albums afterwards. Emma thinks Prince owes a lot of his style to Bootsy!
If you don't have it already (and why not??) check out -
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Power-Pea.../dp/B000001DWX
Its a must-have live album from the Olympia in Paris, circa 1971 - apparently the only recording with Bootsy and the original JBs.