Good... was seeing if someone mentioned him. Top notch.Originally Posted by The Wall
Good... was seeing if someone mentioned him. Top notch.
Esperanza Spalding
Jimmy Haslip
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I'm sure we've had a list like this before, and as before, my favourite player, Kev Hopper, is missing. But seeing as a couple of you list Percy Jones, here's a long interview with Percy that Kev Hopper did recently: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/264067-p...chat-may-2015/
Lots of greats mentioned, and most of my faves, it would seem.
One missing, unless I just breezed by him is Pete Trewavas.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Personal favourites:
Colin Moulding
Mark Bedford
Phillipe Boussonnet
Tom Fowler
Andy Rourke
Yes they are. A few years back, Ben Waters recorded a tribute to Ian Stewart and the Stones did one song. The parts were recorded separately and Wyman was brought back for a one off recording with the band and you would never know he had been away. They did a cover of Dylan's "Watching the River Flow". It sounded great and even though they were never in the same room, Wyman and Watts were in that groove you talk about.
Bill
She'll be standing on the bar soon
With a fish head and a harpoon
and a fake beard plastered on her brow.
The two most inspirational bass players to my life both died of leukemia.
When speaking of current bass players in "prog" plus (way) beyond, Bussonnet stands heads and shoulders above most dudes and IMO is challenged only by a gal, the awesome Ellen Andrea Wang (of Pixel, SynKoke, White Willow and much more).
"Improvisation is not an excuse for musical laziness" - Fred Frith
"[...] things that we never dreamed of doing in Crimson or in any band that I've been in," - Tony Levin speaking of SGM
We have others to mention: The inimitable John Glascock. The wizard: James Jamerson. The amazing Tal Wilkenfeld. Arthur Barrow and Tom Fowler from Zappa land. Joe Lester of Intronaut. And ofcourse Charles Mingus. But Lester is great
What about Antoine from spaced out? Or my brother from another mother and bass virtuoso William Kopecky? The sweet, melodic thunder from John Galgano of Izz? And let's not firget mike keneally's compadre, the ridiculously awesome Brian Beller? to name but a few...
Some of my favorites have not been mentioned yet:
Jimmy Johnson
Gary Willis
Dominique Di Piazza
Dave LaRue
Tom Kennedy
John Patitucci
Nico Assumpcao
Mathew Garrison
No Pride added my faves that weren't yet listed.....everyone of those guys is a monster. In particular, the last three are my biggest latter-day influences.
Some lesser-known names that all serious bass lovers should check out: Damien Erskine. Evan Marien. Janek Gwizdala. Adam Nitti. Alain Caron. Dave Carpenter, no longer with us, RIP. Avishai Cohen on upright and electric. Bill Laswell is hugely influential. Skuli Sverrissen, one my my personal faves. Brian Bromberg. Bryan Beller, eh? Bunny Brunel....
I could go on....
Herbie Flowers
Derek Forbes
He did mention Doug Rauch who was the original double thumber and a pioneer and innovator as Larry Graham is.What?!? No mention of Louis Johnson (RIP) or Marcus Miller or Victor Wooten? <headscratch> Wassamatta? You dont like slap players?
<----------- forte is slap bass
Oh yeah, I love Moulding's melodic bass lines and he was a good songwriter too. Rourke totally locked in with Mike Joyce, they were a big part of The Smith's musical success.Colin Moulding
Andy Rourke
...or you could love
Rourke's baselines have this lovely baroque quality to them which, with Johnny Marr's arpeggiated and chiming guitar lines, made such lovely shapes.
has Tetsuo Sakurai been mentioned yet?
a total monster on electric Bass
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Must mention Mitsuru Nasuno(Altered States et al).
Monster chops, lyrical touch...all the gifts.
"please do not understand me too quickly"-andre gide
one unsung bassist who could play so many different styles of music (including Prog of course) is Fudgie Kae
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Colin Hodgkinson...interesting mix of jazz, funk and blues influences in his playing.A distinctive chordal and fingerpicking approach back then.
a few other favourites or good players i've listened to recently that i didn't notice mentioned.
Nick Greenwood
Tim Wheatley
Jim Richardson
Tiran Porter
Kenny Gradney
Fred Beckmeier
Rod Hicks
Wilbur Bascomb
Geezer Butler
Andy Fraser
Ric Grech...he's a bit stiff\bland at times, but i'll put him in for Weavers Answer alone.
Leo Lyons
Chris Hillman
Ken Forssi....not as technically able as many others mentioned in this thread, but his lines often grab me.
Larry "mole" Taylor
"Skeet" Curtis
"boogie" Mosson
Greg Ridley
Clive Chaman
Tim Bogert...doesn't seem to get mentioned as much as the great Lesh and Casady when talking about the most creative American rock Bassists of the Psych era, and understandably so considering Fudge were less successful and oft maligned(which for half of the first album and the beat goes on i can kind of understand), but his playing at that point was as interesting as both imo.
Oh, man, good call on Tetsuo Sakurai!
I'm not lazy. I just work so fast I'm always done.
Roy Estrada
Patrick O'Hearn
Arthur Barrow
Scott Thunes
Erroneous
James "Bird Legs" Youman
Tom Fowler
Max Bennett
Dave Parlato
Jim Pons
Shuggie Otis
Colin Hodgkinson was conspicuously absent before Watanabe's post IMO
Leland Sklar......
Actually, the guy most known for slapping back then was Ike Turner....................
Dave is a friend of mine....I'm ashamed not to have named him :/
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