Who is or are your favorite Bass players

[rgpit]

Ray Brown
Carol Kaye
Charlie Haden
Victor Wooten

 

[Deleted member 91501]

Jack Bruce, Willie Dixon, Stanley Clark, Ron Carter !

 

[raindance]

Gito Baloi from South Africa. If you listen to music by Tananas you'll hear him playing. Uniquely African style. Sadly he was murdered in 2004.

 

[ryanosaur]

Oh. Forgot Mark Sandman (Morphine) and his 2-string fretless bass.
As personal favorites go, he is easily up there for me.

 

[ryanosaur]

Surprised: Flea seems to be missing from those mentioned.

 

[Snarfie]

Oh. Forgot Mark Sandman (Morphine) and his 2-string fretless bass.
As personal favorites go, he is easily up there for me.

Died way to early great music timeless.

 

[Moonhead]

NHØP

 

[Robin L]

NHØP

My second choice—I remember him from Dexter Gorden's "Steeplechase" albums.

 

[CapMan]

Second vote for Ron Carter and will add Christian McBride as another great acoustic player

I'll add Lee Sklar and Jimmy Johnson on electric to the list. Not flashy, but always tasteful and play what the music and band need.

 

[CapMan]

And Mingus not mentioned yet...

 

[Robin L]

And Mingus not mentioned yet...

SHOCKING!

 

[ryanosaur]

And Mingus not mentioned yet...

He was, much earlier.

 

[ryanosaur]

My second choice—I remember him from Dexter Gorden's "Steeplechase" albums.

First time I “knew” him was One Flight Up: Dexter Gordon on Blue Note.

Tanya and Darn That Dream. Half an album. Some of my favorite music ever.

Dex was the cat my jazz teacher said I should really dig into as a young saxophonist.

 

[Reed]

Tony Levin, Thundercat and if you’re looking for something different, watch a few MonoNeon videos on YouTube. As the bassist for Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and now Beat, I’ve seen Levin live more than any other artist.

 

[Multicore]

In addition to some of the above

Michael Manring
Jamaaladeen Tacuma
Miroslav Vitouš

 

[CapMan]

Tony Levin, Thundercat and if you’re looking for something different, watch a few MonoNeon videos on YouTube. As the bassist for Peter Gabriel, King Crimson and now Beat, I’ve seen Levin live more than any other artist.

Great Rick Beato interview with him - recommended

 

[CapMan]

He was, much earlier.

I actually missed him three times

I was going to add James Jamerson , but that's been covered too..

Enjoyed Jimmy Haslip's playing with Mike Stern at Ronnies recently

 

[CapMan]

Proud of our home grown UK talent - so adding Laurence Cottle who aside from being an awesome bass player is a thoroughly lovely chap.

Try the track Quite Firm from Laurence Cottle Quintet Live ! Has a super Jaco vibe to it

https://open.qobuz.com/track/75661984

 

[Musique]

 

[thegeton]

Tal Wilkenfeld
Graham Maby
John Paul Jones