Favourite bass player
Discussion
As usual I think there are 2 threads running within 1 here - favourite, and 'best'. Anyway...
Favourite bass player - Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I love the different styles he brings - pops and slaps, subtle melodic stuff, funk, in your face punk/rock - he always seems tireless and full of energy, and brings something to the band that I don't think could be replaced easily. What he brings is very much a part of the identity of the band IMO.
Best bass player - probably someone obscure that is technically genius but that I'd have no desire to listen to
Favourite bass player - Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I love the different styles he brings - pops and slaps, subtle melodic stuff, funk, in your face punk/rock - he always seems tireless and full of energy, and brings something to the band that I don't think could be replaced easily. What he brings is very much a part of the identity of the band IMO.
Best bass player - probably someone obscure that is technically genius but that I'd have no desire to listen to
AdeTuono said:
percy said:
Norman Watt-Roy gets my vote.
I've played bass for over 40 years, have seen many wonderfully talented bassists (try SMV for a bass 'supergroup' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMV_(band) ) but Norman stands head and shoulders above all of them for both feel and presence.Been lucky enough to see him a few times, most recently last year with Blockheads, when he collapsed on stage and the gig was cut short. He was back gigging within the week though. He'll go down fighting!
Far from being the 'best' bassist in the world, whatever that means, but by far my favourite.
Bloody nora!
I've always liked driving baselines so the likes of Andy Rourke, Peter Hook and Les Pattinson do it for me.
I had the pleasure of seeing an unsigned guy from Newcastle at his first gig in London last week with no more than 40 other people (the very talented Callum Pitt https://soundcloud.com/callum-pitt/forgotten-kids?... ) and his bassist was a dead spit of LP and a very similar style, only 30 years younger. I love the way music reinvents itself around recurring themes.
I had the pleasure of seeing an unsigned guy from Newcastle at his first gig in London last week with no more than 40 other people (the very talented Callum Pitt https://soundcloud.com/callum-pitt/forgotten-kids?... ) and his bassist was a dead spit of LP and a very similar style, only 30 years younger. I love the way music reinvents itself around recurring themes.
Raygun said:
Jaco Pastorious.
I'm thinking on that great performance on Joni Mitchell's Shadow And Light.
I think his best work was with Joni, Pat Metheny and Weather Report. He certainly wrote his best music for Weather Report. I never thought that much of his solo work, despite being dazzled by 'Donna Lee' the first time I heard it. As a side man, he was impeccable. I'm thinking on that great performance on Joni Mitchell's Shadow And Light.
Douglas Arfempty said:
Sort of mentioned him in the context of SMV earlier.IMO this is an area where the jazz talent simply kills the rock line-up.
Personally, I'd tie the vote between Charles Mingus and Jaco Pastorius, followed closely by Scott LaFaro.
Honourable mentions to Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Stanley Clarke, Milt Hinton, Jimmy Blanton and Oscar Pettiford
Personally, I'd tie the vote between Charles Mingus and Jaco Pastorius, followed closely by Scott LaFaro.
Honourable mentions to Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Stanley Clarke, Milt Hinton, Jimmy Blanton and Oscar Pettiford
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