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« on: October 09, 2008, 12:08:56 PM » |
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I figured this would make a nice compaion piece to the guitarist thread. Plus, I'm a bass player myself. Anyway: I figured I would kick things off with who I consider to be the greatest bass player to ever walk the face of the earth: 1) JACO PASTORIUS (Weather Report, solo)
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2008, 12:10:35 PM » |
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2.) Flea - RHCP
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2008, 12:12:43 PM » |
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3) TONY LEVIN (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment, solo)
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« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2008, 01:21:24 PM » |
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JOHN PAUL JONES
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« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2008, 03:02:18 PM » |
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Shoot, I was afraid this would happen. I can only think of about 4 or 5 bass players who impress me, and 2 have already been named. But you can't leave out 5. Ron Carter A key member of Miles Davis' "second great quintet". I saw him play with Javon Jackson at Sweet Basil's in NYC in the late 1990's, one of the great musical experiences of my life. I was about 5 feet away from Ron. He soloed for about 2 or 3 minutes on one song, though it seemed much longer because I kept expecting him to run out of ideas, and he'd manage to come up with something new. Nice youtube with embedding disabled:
. This appears to be from the same time period I saw him live.
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« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2008, 04:22:57 PM » |
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7) Larry Graham - Graham Central Station
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« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2008, 04:25:23 PM » |
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Probably the most honored living bassist: PAUL McCARTNEY
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« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2008, 04:34:41 PM » |
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CHARLES MINGUS
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« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2008, 05:02:39 PM » |
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12) GEDDY LEE (Rush)
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« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2008, 05:03:50 PM » |
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13) CHRIS SQUIRE (Yes, ABWH)
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« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2008, 05:07:19 PM » |
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14) STEVE HARRIS (Iron Maiden)
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