arjunmenon
Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Speakin' of bassists though, I caught a few minutes of something on the TV last night: Al Jarreau with a band featuring Steve Gadd, Joe Sample and others. Very nice bassist, but I didn't recognise him. Anyone know who it was?
Hey Alan, coud it have been Marcus Miller? (Just a guess, i haven't seen the video but i know that Sample, Jarreau, Gadd and Miller played together)
Cheers
Squonk
Anyone one heard Bela Fleck, decent bassist Victor Wooten
Squonk
Sorry
New to the forum, didn't read page 1, obviously Victor very well known
AlanRatcliffe
Hey Alan, coud it have been Marcus Miller?
It wasn't.
Squonk
another Bassist that Plays with Lee Ritenour a bit is Melvin Davis
CornFlakes
I really dig John Myung!
Renesongs
Anyone one heard Bela Fleck
Avant Garde Jazz Banjo player - very interesting stuff
Satriani
Anybody who knows the name of the bassist on most of ABBA's songs, I'd be interested to know. I know for a fact it was a session guy tho, they never used a permanent band. Whoever he is/was, he was a sh*t hot bassist imo. Listen to songs like Money Money Money for a good example ?
AlanRatcliffe
Renesongs wrote
Anyone one heard Bela Fleck
Avant Garde Jazz Banjo player - very interesting stuff
Been meaning to check him out. Is Future Man still his "drummer"? The Dude with the modified SynthAxe with all the trigger pads instead of strings?
NorioDS
Satriani wrote
Anybody who knows the name of the bassist on most of ABBA's songs, I'd be interested to know. I know for a fact it was a session guy tho, they never used a permanent band. Whoever he is/was, he was a sh*t hot bassist imo. Listen to songs like Money Money Money for a good example ?
Looked this one up for you. 2 answers so far.
Mike Watson
Rutger Gunnarson
http://www.abbasite.com/infocus/index.php?ret=/infocus/index.php&flash=yes
http://felpin80.tripod.com/ata/tribute.html
iceman83
Hey
to add to XL's question "Where's Stu Hamm and Cliff Burton?"
most didn't like him all that much, but I quite liked Jason Newstead as well - very smooth and easy player
made basslines look easy, he did...
Bob-Dubery
This may be cheating a bit, because the guy I dig plays bass but not bass guitar. But he fills that role (and doesn't use a synth). Danny Thompson - played bass guitar with Roy Orbison decades ago, but has stuck to double bass ever since.
Marvellous player - huge chops, very distinctive style. One of those players who comes up with parts that make you wonder "where did THAT come from" and yet fit beautifully. He has a great groove, can really give a song impetus.
He's probably best known for his work with Pentangle in the 60s and John Martyn in the 70s, but he's played... well on lots of things. Nick Drake fans will have heard him on Drake's first album. His bass parts give a lovely sense of movement and purpose to Cello Song and Three Hours.
These days his highest profile gigs are with Richard Thompson (no relation) and Eric Bibb.
I think the key to Danny's marvellousness is that he can play ANYTHING - and has. Loads of rock/pop session work with a wide range of artists (Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Drake, Incredible String Band, Everything But The Girl, Cliff Richard), movie and TV soundtracks, world music, folky things, loads of jazz (he played in the house band at Ronnie Scott's for a couple of years), blues/rock power trios (Bibb, Darrell Scott).... so he can play great parts in all kinds of styles, yet his own musical personality always shines through as well.
AlanRatcliffe
One of those players who comes up with parts that make you wonder "where did THAT come from" and yet fit beautifully.
I know exactly what you mean! It seems a common trait with those bassists who play (or learned on) upright - it's one of the reasons I like Tony Levin so much.
Riaan-Combrink
Watched a
Big Sky gig last week, and Schalk Joubert played the first set with an upright double bass, and electric during the second rockier set. Was amazing to hear the contrast so markedly in the same show, and nice to see the younger guys hauling out the double bass. ?
BTW, Schalk is an amazing player.
Five string solo:
A little more detail:
http://www.bassplayers.co.za/interviewschalk_joubert.html
Matt-White
Djeezz doods! We really gotta get Flea on that voting roll!
Have u seen the DVD he made on technique? Where Chad S. plays drums for him and he gets interviewed by a very stoned River Phoenix in between? Mindblowing and a blast.
Matt-White
Alan Ratcliffe wrote
Funk Fingers - Tony's own invention. He used to sell them from his site. They never really took off as you need a really wide string spacing to use them effectively. Tony uses a 3-string Musicman bass when he uses them.
The man is a monster. He uses it on the Peter Gabriel concert DVD Secret World Tour. Check it out, not only for him, but for killer drums as well, and how to conceptualise and pull off a brilliant show.
lightspeedchili
FLEA FLEA FLEA!!!
Stu Hamm's pretty cool aswell, saw him play in 1 of the G3's for satch.
also Ryan Martinie from Mudvayne, may not be to many ppl's taste but this guy flys over the fretboard and pulls some wild slaps and tapping for a metal bassist
George-Troupe
Just stumbled across the Forum, enjoyed reading the posts. Probably showing my age but I'm surprised nobody has mentioned James Jamerson, the original Motown bassist who also started on acoustic. I found the book 'Standing In The Shadows Of Motown' in the UK; it gives a detailed biography and comes with 2 cd's of backing tracks played by famous name bassists. The bass can be balanced out to enable the listener to fill in. The DVD of the same name features all the original Motown musicians. Many big name bassists credit Jamerson as their biggest influence. Ok, I'm 61 years young but nowadays spend more time listening than playing!
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Explorerlover
Watch the Brian Setzer Live in Japan DVD and be amazed at his bassist playing the upright bass like a demon on heat... After a while, he starts "riding" the bass...AMAZING!!!!
iceman83
I remember you showing me that ?
that dude is APE SH!T CRAZY!!! (thanks, uncyclopedia)
he's a properly good player, that man... wonder what his name is...
he's got a set of cartoon eyes on the belly of his double-bass cello which you can almost see as
he spins the thing around at like 5000rpm - the man is a hero, I say
