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Victor Wooten? Jack Bruce? Stanley Clarke? Les Claypool? Mingus? Entwistle? Michael Henderson? Jaco Pastorius? Jack Cassidy? Bootsy?
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12-01-2011, 12:48 PM #1
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100 Greatest Bass Players of All Time (Including Jazz and Rock)
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12-01-2011, 01:05 PM #2
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Not already mentioned: Aston Barrett, Larry Graham, Mark King, Robbie Shakespeare, James Jamerson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Noel Redding, Willie Dixon, Marcus Miller, Charlie Haden, Paul Chambers, Robert Popwell, Pino Palladino, Sting, Armistead Burwell Smith.
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12-01-2011, 01:14 PM #3
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12-01-2011, 01:18 PM #4
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alphonso johnson, mark egan, andy west, louis johnson, niels henning orsted pederson, phil chen, fernando saunders, mark king, lots of others I'm forgetting
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12-01-2011, 01:25 PM #5
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12-01-2011, 01:28 PM #6
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Flea seems like he should be in there somewhere.
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12-01-2011, 01:29 PM #7
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While Wooten is a consumate technician, I gots to give my props to Jaco Pastorius as my favorite.
__LOVED__ Weather Report back in the day.
Second is probably Bootsy since I'm a complete Parliament/Funkadelic fiend.
Then there's Michael Henderson who started w/Stevei Wonder, but laid down some of my all time favorites with Miles Davis in Jack Johnson, LIve Evil, Bitches Brew, Agharta/Pangea, On The Corner, etc.
Mingus gets the props for touch.
All those other guys I mentioned kind of mash together. Claypool is a nut. Cassidy is really, really under appreciated. And yeah, Larry Graham in Sly's band was fantastic.
And I'll admit I always thought Noel Redding was a putz.
Whoops, yeah, flea is fantastic.
Double whoops squared: forgot John Wetton, bass player for early 70s King Crimson as well as Trey Gunn in the 90s.
And how can I foregt Bill Laswell not only as a bass player, but as a musician who drove to the weird lands of My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, Material and Praxis.Last edited by Buster Highmen; 12-01-2011 at 01:52 PM.
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12-01-2011, 03:52 PM #8
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John Paul Jones
Geddy Lee
Tony Franklin
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John Entwistle
Robert Trujillo"The mind, once expanded to the dimensions of larger ideas, never returns to its original size."
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12-01-2011, 04:19 PM #9
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Holy shit, I forgot to note Hugh Hopper, definitely a pioneer.
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12-01-2011, 06:15 PM #10
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Paul Jackson, Bernard Odum, Bakithi Kumalo
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12-01-2011, 06:39 PM #11
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i enjoy Phil Lesh
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12-01-2011, 06:39 PM #12
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John Entwhistle
Tony Levin
Oteil Burbridge
Tool's Justin Chancellor is rock solid, IMHO.
Still waiting for someone to throw Phil Lesh into the mix. Although not bad he never once blew me away. EDIT: HAHAHAHAHA MMP!
Laswell only played on "America is Waiting," Buster.
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12-01-2011, 07:01 PM #13
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12-01-2011, 07:04 PM #14
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As usual, the big guns have been listed, but who can leave it out one of the most recognizable basslines ever/John Deacon. I also like Andy Rourke and Stuart Zender.
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12-01-2011, 07:08 PM #15
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Here is a vote for Ashish Vyas
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12-02-2011, 01:22 AM #16
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too many to name but my standouts would be:
Stanley Clarke
Jaco Pastorius
Tony Levin
John Entwistle
John Paul Jones
Les Claypool
Geddy Lee
Flea
Robert Trujillo (INfectious GRooves only)
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12-02-2011, 01:44 AM #17
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12-02-2011, 03:30 AM #18
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Dammit, was going to put up Noel Redding[/end of thread], but Buster beat me to the joke.
Like 100 names mentioned and no Ron Carter? Guy laid it down for just about everyone who mattered and played on about 10,000 recordings. And still kills it.
PNWBrit, Sting? Is my sarcasm meter broken? I think when he did his pseudo-jazz thing he wasn't even allowed near a bass. Good songwriter, but I've never heard bass players talk about him at all.
2nd edit: ok, I do remember a 'Bass Player' magazine cover with Sting on it, so I'm sure bass players talked about him, but if you're talking about greatest 'players' I still don't see it.
James Jamerson.
Gary Peacock also kills.
edit: didn't see PNW also mentioned Jamerson, but he merits a second. Lotta good guys--there's also this young girl I saw with Jeff Beck who impressed me.
Jimi Hendrix.
Shuggie Otis (not sure he belongs in a bass player thread either, but you can't have too much of him).[quote][//quote]
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12-02-2011, 04:53 AM #19
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12-02-2011, 06:29 AM #20
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and please add Steve Harris (Iron Maiden) to that list
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12-02-2011, 08:05 AM #21
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Just sick:
...and clearly someone who studied Mr. Entwistle:
Fucking amazing Bass player (voted best Rock bassist 5x by Guitar Mag) but too bad he was in such shitty bands.
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12-02-2011, 08:35 AM #22
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12-02-2011, 09:22 AM #23
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Hell. Yes. Originally Posted by PNWbrit
Speaking of Yes: Chris Squire.
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12-02-2011, 10:26 AM #24
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Nope. I think his bass playing with the Police qualifies as world class. Obviously he's not particularly associated with the instrument now. Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki
Talking about his peudo-jazz thing that was Darryl Jones playing bass. Who replaced Wyman in the Stones. He's cleary a far better player than Wyman, but not as good in the Stones as Bill was. Originally Posted by Downbound Train
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12-02-2011, 11:00 AM #25
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Which is why McCartney gets so many accolades for his Bass work in the Beatles. No he wasn't the flashiest fretman around, but his work fit his music perfectly.
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