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Best bass player EVER
Shaft:
--- Quote ---Jaco transcended the limitations of bass, in my opinion. He was just playing music. I haven't heard a single other person bass player who could play with the melody, lyricism, feeling and just plain whatsit that he could. The only other place I've heard expression like that was singers and horn players.
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:( I was agreeing with you, don't bite me.
Brian Majestic:
James Jamerson, agreed. Both in terms of playing, and attitude. The man played bass for Marvin Gaye's "Whats Going On" album while laying on his back, drunk off his ass, and its one of the best albums ever. Now that's rad.
Plus, the bass line for "My Girl" is probably the best known bass parts in all of pop music history.
razorbladenation:
hmm i think that the bass player from taking back sunday is pretty good, and i agree that the guy from coheed is pretty amazing. I haven't heard claypool so i can't really make an educated decision on his work but my favorite bass player would probly have to be the guy from taking back sunday cause he writes lines that are really fun to play
inakitrescero:
I recommend everyone to pay attention to Nate Mendel's bass lines in about every track on Foo Fighters' "There Is Nothing Left To Lose" album. Long before I played bass or knew anything about music, I noticed he is a kickass bassist. You can also listen to him on early recordings playing on Sunny Day Real Estate, and his relatively new project The Fire Theft.
Jeridus:
This may be a bit left field, and it's quite likely that not many out of Canada will have heard of him, but listening to Eon Sinclair of Bedouin Soundtrack on the track "Criminal"... the guy's pretty damned amazing.
Also, more Canadian bias (and yes, I do also like Geddy Lee), Arif Mirabdolbaghi of Protest the Hero is ridiculously energetic, and very technically skilled. I was in music class in grade nine with the guy (like, five or six years ago), and remember him playing Jaco Pastorius all the time.
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