I know Vic,Jaco, and Stanley Clarke...

who are some other bassists that did albums of just them, no acompanying band...

thanks

stu hamm....my god...he had tommy lee on one album...damn my country not having any good albums

Tony Levin....
Killer stuff although he does have a full band
Id check out "Waters Of Eden" or "Pieces Of The Sun"

Geddy Lee, Jack Bruce, John Myung

Geddy Lee, Jack Bruce, John Myung
When????Which????How????Why??? I mean I didn't know JM had a solo album, what is it called??

When????Which????How????Why??? I mean I didn't know JM had a solo album, what is it called??

Feck, I think I was wrong. I could have sworn he had one. A picture of him with his eyes closed holding his bass or something.

Low Blow - Victor Bailey

Michael Manring!

Richard Bona's new album has him playing just about everything, guitar, drums, blah blah with some guest artists

Feck, I think I was wrong. I could have sworn he had one. A picture of him with his eyes closed holding his bass or something.

You might be thinking of the cover of his instructional video, "Progressive Bass Concepts":

http://www.dreamtheater.net/covers/progbass.jpg

As for solo albums, Bryan Beller - "View" (http://www.bryanbeller.com/music/view.html). Three tracks ("Bear Divide", "No", and a cover of Patitucci's "Backwoods") are unaccompanied solo bass pieces.

John Myung hasn't made a solo album. He did play in two side projects thouhg (two albums with Platypus, one with Jelly jam, and he played bass on some other albums like Raising the mammoth which wasn't really HIS project), but no real solo stuff yet....

Sting.

SQUAREPUSHER

Stu Hamm

Victor Bailey

Steve Bailey

Gerald Veasley

Doug Wimbish

Gary Willis

Mike Frost

Tom Kennedy

Dave LaRue

Sean Malone

Hellmut Hattler

Abe Laboriel

etc.


Those are not unaccompanied solo albums, of course. Not even those you mentioned ever did a whole album that way.

Jean Baudin has a solo album in the works/coming out.

Jean Baudin has a solo album in the works/coming out.

That ought to be good.

Richard Bona's new album has him playing just about everything, guitar, drums, blah blah with some guest artists

And it's a spectacular album too! I think I've listened to it about 20 times since I got it a month ago.

Oh yeah, thinking of you, Brian Bromberg, an upright player, has an album called 'wood' it's mostly unaccompanied upright bass, and it's really good.

i think john paul jones from zeppelin has some solo stuff. ive never heard it though.

Ray Riendeau has one out, and I'm pretty sure it's all unaccompanied solo bass sty-lee.

That ought to be good.


I'll second that.

He puts all 9 strings to very good use.

Jean Baudin has a solo album in the works/coming out.


Brendan, your a font of good news for me tonight.

Adam Nitti - Liquid Blue, Balance and Evidence
Alain Caron and John Patitucci! :D

Melvin Lee Davis

Norm Stockton

Bill Dickens - to be released soon

Michael Manson

Marcus Miller! Jimmy Earl. Alphonso Johnson. Byron Miller. Waymon Tisdale. Larry Graham. Rhonda Smith. Me'Shele N'Degeocello.

Brendan, your a font of good news for me tonight.

Well, here's my source:

http://www.conklinguitars.com/artistprofiles/baudindescript.html

Maybe he'll stop in and let us know what's up?

Seth Horan

MC Divinity's album is out too, I haven't heard it yet, but I have heard her play many times, and she's always awesome!

rap and bass! whoooo!


as well, you may also want to check out Tom jenkinson AKA Squarepusher. He is a dedicated bass player, but he fuses that with his passion and knack for electronic music. He makes a great blend of abstract electronic jazz. His main influences are Duck dunn and Jaco, and it shows in his playing style which is solid as can be, but frenetic when needs be.

No one here has any Randy Coven Cds? ...lol... I know he's cheesy, but he's a damn good player. I think Victor Wooten has a solo CD out there too.

i think john paul jones from zeppelin has some solo stuff. ive never heard it though.

Yep - JPJ has solo albums... As does Chris Squire.

John Pattatuci.

Matthew Garrison

who are some other bassists that did albums of just them, no acompanying band...

very few of the albums listed so far have fitted this criteria... but anyway, check out

www.solobassnetwork.org.uk for a list of players who are actually playing solo.

cheers

Steve
www.stevelawson.net (oh, and head here too... ;) )

John-Paul Jones, Jack Bruce and Geezer Butler. Three greatest bassists in the whole wide world!

Jonas Hellborg. "Elegant Punk" and "The Silent Life" are both solo bass albums. He recorded the second one live, with his acousic bass guitar. No overdubs in sight. It's brilliant.

No one here has any Randy Coven Cds? ...lol... I know he's cheesy, but he's a damn good player. I think Victor Wooten has a solo CD out there too.

Randy Coven kicks a$$ big time, I don't think he is cheesy at all.

Mike Dimin.

P.S. to Mike if you read this: buying your CD is on my list of things to do :D

Trip Wamsley, Mick Karn, Curtis Ohlsson, Bill Laswell, Steuart Liebig, Steve Lawson, Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Johnson, Monk Montgomery, Jermaine Jackson (okay, you can slam me for that one), Jeff Berlin, Bootsy, Mark Egan...

wait, I know there are more...

Percy Jones, Mark King, Phil Lynott, Marcus Miller, Fernando Saunders, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Deon Estes, Steve Swallow, Peter Cetera, Bootsy, Patrick O'Hearn, Alain Caron, Alex Malheiros, Rick Laird...

I know I'm forgetting some others... my apologies to the cats left off the list!

from the lows,


Stew

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000001ELD.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

:D


edit: in fact, i think he didn't played one single instrument on this LP, but his voice... :rolleyes:

What about THE greatest Bassist in rock.......
John Entwistle :bassist:
Jean Jacques Burnel (The Stranglers)
Bruce Foxton (The Jam/Stiff Little Fingers)

john paul jones - zooma

i was fortunate enough to see him perform it live in a nice small club in pittsburgh. VERY ENJOYABLE! l.e.d.'s a blazin on his basses. oh yeah... he kinda plays good too. ;)

he also made a few jokes about the local drinking water, naming the monongahela river... a feat not to many people from THIS country can pronounce! it's nice to see musicians "know" something about the towns they play in!

Jeff Berlin, Brian Bromberg, Adam Nitti, Bakhiti Kumalo, Oscar Stagnaro, Curtis Olsen, Alphonso Johnson, Marcus Miller, Craig Schoedler, Dann Glenn, Marc Egan, Jimmy Haslip, Kim Stone, Norm Stockton, Oteil Burbridge, Mick Karn, John Enteistle, Chris Squires, etc.,etc.. It's a long, long list. Mustn't forget Jaco and Stanley!
Later.

Has anyone mentioned Roger Waters yet?