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Best bass player EVER
blooflame:
You really should investigate (in the rock/blues realm) Larry Taylor who played in Canned Heat and a lot of John Mayall projects (and if you don't know who John Mayall is, you've got homework to do - Mayall's bands created opportunities for Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, and many others). The best reference I can give you is an extended solo on the "Jazz Blues Fusion" LP, but really everything he did was/is excellent (I'm not sure what he's doing now). This is not to disparage any of the other great rock bassists - but to point out someone you're overlooking.
In the jazz realm, Jaco Pastorius was good (but dead); Ron Carter is good (and alive, and extending his horizons with some hip-hop fusion work at times).
Inlander:
I notice there's no genre stipulation on this topic - there's a whole world of extraordinarly talented jazz bassists out there, though understandably given that this is a Q.C. forum jazz hasn't been much mentioned thus far (apologies to those who have nominated Mingus, Pastorius et al). For my money possibly the greatest would have to be Scott LaFaro - get your hands on an album by the Bill Evans trio (Evans, piano; LaFaro, bass; Paul Motian, drums) called "Waltz for Debby", recorded live in 1961.
I also have to chuck in a mention for Jimmy Blanton (played with Duke Ellington briefly before his untimely death in the early '40s). Absolutely ALL modern bass players, regardless of genre, owe this man a huge debt of gratitude.
And just to reassure you all that I'm not a completely unreconstructed Jazzbo, I'm currently listening to "Blank Generation" by Richard Hell & the Voidoids. Cheers!
dontstaylong:
everybody needs to get some motown and just listen to the bass parts. jamerson, people. jamerson. those parts just groove.
mingus is known more for his arrangements and orchestrations, as well as his role as an activist, more so than a bassist, isn't he? granted, he was a terrific player, but the reason he's so well regarded isn't simply how he played.
gypsy giblet:
i once had the pleasure of being in a band with a man called..................... alex john williams, and i believe he has the most beutiful understanding of what music needs and he feds it wonderfully. i also witnessed him compose and play in a barn music baseed on a conceptual story of french revolution
Beorht-Dana:
Nobody has mentioned Jonas Hellborg yet. He's deffinately up there.
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