Author Topic: .....I'm sure this gets ask sooooo many times but....... (Read 1370 times)

angelboy · « **on:** January 16, 2004, 03:58:13 PM »

Best bass players tune to a)listen to and b) play....

Mine would be.......
a)Dumb Sh*t - Leathal Injection/Ice Cube (I think it's a Parlament sample but I don't know which one)
b) Kansas city milkman - Physical Presence/Level 42

I'll remember something better no doubt after I post this!!!

son_of_magni · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2004, 09:02:51 PM »

Flecktones, Sinister Minister (Victor Wooten)
Anything from the Pastorious, Metheny, Bley, Ditmas album (just unbelieveable stuff)
All of Stanley's work on the first RTF album
I could go on for a long time...

bracheen · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2004, 11:01:53 AM »

My rule of thumb (pun is not intended) is: If Jack Bruce played it, it's worth listening to and learning.

If we could steal him away from you know who over to Alembic that would be just perfect.

Sam

gbarchus · « **Reply #3 on:** January 18, 2004, 11:10:37 AM »

James, Jerry, Jack, Jaco

811952 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2004, 05:44:39 AM »

Paul McCartney, Tony Levin, Chris Squire, Geddy Lee, John Entwistle and of course Jamerson, Babbitt, Clarke and Pastorius. And now that I think about it, John Paul Jones, Jack Bruce and Phil Lesh (he's so melodic). A very unnoticed player from back in the day is Kasim Sultan of Utopia/Todd Rundgren, who is playing guitar for Meat Loaf these days.. Boy oh boy, I sure narrowed that down.. NOT!!
PtJoII

harald_rost · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2004, 06:14:40 AM »

Colin Hodgkinson ... very underrated IMHO - that's why I always put him on such lists.

Harald

palembic · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2004, 06:42:19 AM »

Oh ...huh ...the underrated ones that really influenced me. THAT's difficult because mostly one can't remember the name: Rick Laird (with John Maclaughlin), Larry Taylor (with John Mayall and Canned Heat), John Wetton (Roxy Music), John Prakash (Lou Reed and Alice Cooper), Pino Palladino (Paul Young and Elton John). And ...well ...my mystery-bass-player. I know him playing on a Steve MIller Band record (yes ..those black round things with a hole in the middle ...). Unfortunately I don't remember the record. We had it at home on tape (those tagliatelli on wheels with magnetic characteristics ...) but all theat is lost and I can't locate the CD version. I think that man influenced me most. I was always trying to play along with that tape. Funny ...I never knew who he was ...

Paul the bad one

rami · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2004, 07:03:34 AM »

In my humble opinion... The greatest living Bass player is Alain Caron.

The most amazing fretless player, slapper, and upright player I've ever seen.

Check out the album Basse contre Basse in which he does a duet with Michel Donato, for starters. - You'll be hooked.

Rami

(Message edited by rami on January 20, 2004)

adriaan · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2004, 08:17:05 AM »

Hey Paul,

The bass player for the Steve Miller Band in the 70s and 80s would have been Gerald Johnson or Lonnie Turner (between 76 and 81, Fly like an Eagle - no, I don't know these things, I just like to Google). You mean the left-handed guy playing a right-handed bass flipped over? Their hits sure had infectious grooves, so I suppose they're both fine players.

Adriaan

son_of_magni · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2004, 12:04:40 PM »

Hey, great list. But don't forget Felix Pappalardi from Mountain, and the incredible Alix Blake! Oh yeah, and Steve Swallow, Charlie Haden, Ray Brown, Dave Holland, and Christian McBride.

And of course Mingus...

bassman10096 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2004, 02:03:45 PM »

Finally, somebody else who remembers Felix Pappilardi (a New Jersey kid, I believe)!! I thought I was all alone...

bracheen · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2004, 02:13:55 PM »

Felix was great! He not only produced Wheels of Fire, one of the two best albums ever, but he played several instruments on it as well.

son_of_magni · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2004, 03:51:02 PM »

Heh, Mountain is one of my favorite rock bands. One of the all time best/classic rock tunes is Mountain's Travelin' in the Dark and, of course, Nantucket Sleighride.

Regarding Leslie West, I think the story was, a friend of Felix (Felix was already a producer at the time) told him he had to come see some bar band. After the show Felix said I guess they're ok, but man that fat kid can sure play guitar!

Felix bought his wife a handgun for protection. Sometime later she killed him with it... very sad

811952 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2004, 07:09:31 PM »

PTBO,
Oh. My. Gosh. My list is incomplete. Wetton is INCREDIBLE. John Prakash is the reason I bought a B.C. Rich way back when. Pino and the Bassist for Steve Miller defined their own sounds. Dee Murray (RIP) was awesome as well. Also, whoever played with Buddy Guy did some really bad-ass playing, and then there's Pete Cetera (listen to Chicago's Dialogue parts I & II for awesome phrasing of the perfect bass line). And Sting builds a good line, as does Kate Bush's bassist (I can't believe I've forgotten his name). And Greg Lake, and David Hungate and Leland Sklar (a good friend does a fair amount of session work with Lee and says he's as nice a guy as you'll ever meet). Tom Fowler, on Overnight Sensation is a master (on an Alembic too), and the guy in Phish... It saddens me that there aren't really any more recent pop/rock players on this list.. :-( As an added bonus for the Hungate fans, I'm told by my session-playing buddy that the bass riff at the end of Africa is a patented Pete Drake steel guitar riff. Apparently Dave can play them all on bass, and can play a lot of Chet Atkins' stuff as well. Cool..
PtJoII

dannobasso · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2004, 07:37:23 PM »

For those of you who are not afraid of angry music, check out Mudvayne.Funk, thrash, slap, chords. Killer stuff! Don't forget, Jimmy Johnson, Brian Bromberg (just saw him at NAMM), Anthony Jackson, John Myung, John Patatucci, Alphonso Johnson, Billy Sheehan, Michael Manring, Tony Levin, Victor Wooten, Jimmy Haslip, Kim Stone, Andy West, Dave LaRue, Larry Grahmn, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, John Alderete just to name a few along with those already mentioned.
Danno, ( waiting on a Distilate and custom Excel 5)