hey everyone. list your fav bass solo and the player. if you know the album or any other details. list them as well. ill start

willie weeks solo on everything is everything. donny hathaway live album,
still on the top of my list

The solo Scott Ambush (Spyro Gyra) played at the North Sea Jazz Festival back in the early 90's! The tune is "Nothing To Lose"! The solo was a 2 parter! He busted out a 3 minute fingerstyle solo, then goes into a monster slap solo! The entire solo is about 7 minutes!

i would love to hear that one...

Ric Fireabracci - The Rain Must Fall - Yanni - Live At The Acropolis

He's not really my favorite bass player. I would have named a jazz guy, but couldn't quite pick one solo as a favorite, simply because there are so many in that style by every single player that each solo loses its uniqueness. But Ric kind of exposed me to bass solos through that one, and it's the only bass solo I've ever heard in a Yanni context, which I love. So it really stands out in the genre, and it's executed so well.

I'm not sure about all time favorite, but one I've been stuck on lately is the Louis Johnson solo(s) on the George Duke live in Tokyo 1983. It's way 80's, but that's some gooood bass.

Real Me- John Entwistle
School days - Stanley Clarke
Apostrophe - Jack Bruce

Ralphe Armstrong's solo on Jean-Luc Pontys "Egocentric Molecules".

In terms of a punk player, I always liked "Maxwell Murder" by Matt Freeman

"Anesthesia (Pulling teeth)" by Cliff Burton is pretty sick

"Tommy the Cat" by Les Claypool has some good licks in there...

Ralphe Armstrong's solo on Jean-Luc Pontys "Egocentric Molecules".

+1 :bassist: by the way, that cut is on the "Cosmic Messenger" album.

"Everything is Everything" - Willie Weeks on Donny Hathaway's Live

"En Orbita" - Sal Cuevas on Fania All-Stars Rythmn Machine

"Annon" by Michael Mannring

Jimmy Johnson on "Panic Station" by Allan Holdsworth

Jon Camp on "Ashes Are Burning" (live) by Renaissance

Jeez, it's a tough choice.

But today it's probably...

Glad To Be Back From Paris or Rosa by Jonas Hellborg, from the "Elegant Punk" album. Simply, both beautifully arranged and performed pieces, so elegant and graceful sounding, and with such stunning and moving melodies.

naked in the rain - blood, sugar, sex magic - flea. awesome solo
or maybe stone cold bush - mother milk - flea.
two awesome solos there.:hyper:

I've always been struck by the beauty of Jimmy Garrison's opening solo on the third track ("Love") off of Coltrane's "Meditations" album. Simplicity in solos always gets me. Plus, I just love putting my head right up by the speaker and just feeling it.

Probably gonna get guff from the jaco haters but i think his solo on Havona is the peak of the iceberg.
Close second... Gary willis on The Big Wave. I tried to learn it and....well lets just say that will have to happen another time:smug:

I'm not sure about all time favorite, but one I've been stuck on lately is the Louis Johnson solo(s) on the George Duke live in Tokyo 1983. It's way 80's, but that's some gooood bass.

Severin? Is that you?

Jaco Pastorius, the solo he played on the track Havona from the Heavy Weather recording.

Anesthesia (Pulling teeth) by Cliff Burton of course :)

Jaco's solo on Pat Metheny's Sirabhorn.

Penny Arcade - Alain Caron (Uzeb)

naked in the rain - blood, sugar, sex magic - flea. awesome solo
or maybe stone cold bush - mother milk - flea.
two awesome solos there.:hyper:

I second this and add in out in LA solo plus coffee shop both RHCP

Penny Arcade - Alain Caron (Uzeb)

+1
Michael Manring's version of Teen Town. I've never been a big fan, he's talented, but i really like how he layered all these minescule sounds together on his loop track and it made a huge difference.

Or Free Port Jam by John Myung, it's a video that finally shows he's not limited to 15 second solos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zip2_BHqGBs

I gotta add my .02 for Havona. It is simply perfect.

Penny Arcade - Alain Caron (Uzeb)

Great choice, I dig Penny Arcade!

Bobby Dall of "Poison" - The beginning "A Thumping" on "Unskinny Bop." Such intensity and drive. Wow! That's all I have to say. Then how he goes into those crazy walking bass lines during the chorus. The man is pure genious!

my generation is pretty good, not the best but its ok
slang by jaco =extreme pwnage

yea my favorite bass player is wooten or JPJ.

Bobby Dall of "Poison" - The beginning "A Thumping" on "Unskinny Bop." Such intensity and drive. Wow! That's all I have to say. Then how he goes into those crazy walking bass lines during the chorus. The man is pure genious!

Really?

5:15 (At the Royal Albert Hall) - John Entwistle

That is a fantastic solo also Tommy the Cat - Les Claypool.
I wish I could play all of tis stuff...

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth by Cliff Burton. Purely genoius. Gives me whiplash when I'm wasted, and is followed by the song Whiplash which also destroys my neck.

And, I also like Basically by Geezer (the solo at the start of NIB, by Black Sabbath)

Bassically---Geezer Butler

Anything by Nico Assumpcao.

2 Examples:

electric:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du6CW3G7TAk
(solo is @ 04:00 min)

acostic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WqUkimlU4o

I like Jaco's bass in Joni Mitchell's Talk to Me, i think theres like 2 or 3 different bass tracks, kinda soloing over each other.

Also Jaco's Solo in Port Of Entry(live) with Weather Report is pretty sweet

I really like Trevor Dunns solo in Platypus off Mr Bungle's Disco Volante

As of now, Andrew Gouche's solo on "Biggie Tribute" off of Hidden Beach (wanna say vol. 3) is off the meter!

Also Marcus Miller's "Scoop". The version off his DVD where hes playing in the studio by himself. Just all bass, funky, greasy, and phenomenal.

Jefferson Airplane - The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil

I love Jack Casady's bass solo in this.

I posted a link to the vid on YouTube:cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=papi84CXQ5U

the first i think is in the new album of Victor Wooten - Soul Circus, his solo on the song "Victa"

so well constructed, melodic and impressive... love it



PO

Mr Big by Free.Andy Fraser played a gem in that one.

Anything by Nico Assumpcao.
+1

That's a name I haven't heard for a while, good call, he's definitely a monster player.

To me this is no contest. Havana by Jaco and then there's everything else.

(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth by Cliff Burton. Purely genoius. Gives me whiplash when I'm wasted, and is followed by the song Whiplash which also destroys my neck.

And, I also like Basically by Geezer (the solo at the start of NIB, by Black Sabbath)

Bassically---Geezer Butler


+1



:bassist:

Only Ash Remains- Stefan Fimmers (Necrophagist)

jaco's cover of donna lee is pretty sick as far as bass soloing goes.

Between The Buried and Me - Dan Briggs - Viridian
Stanley Clarke - School Days
Victor Wooten - Norweigan Wood
Anything from Niacin's album Organik (Billy Sheehan)

I don't know if I'd call any of these my "favorite," but Les CLaypool can certainly tear it up something fierce..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpMCdEVLtjA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAkvBqp8R8E

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8389396393228303831

Anasthesia and Orion by Cliff Burton

Portrait of Tracy by Jaco.

There are lots of more but these do it for me.:bassist:

Mann's Fate - Jack Casady (1st Hot Tuna Acoustic record)

Tear Your Playhouse Down - Pino Palladino (w/Paul Young)

Ashes Are Burning - Jon Camp (Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall)

I'm split between Tom Kennedy-Moonbabies(planet x) and Skuli Sverrison-Low Levels, High Stakes (alan holdsworth)

It's not even technically a solo, but it's worth mentioning: John Paul Jones in Led Zeppelin's "Lemon Song." The verse where Page just drops out... yea :hyper:

Mike Gordon: Basically any version of Phish's "Lawn Boy," and the bass solo in the A Live One recording of You Enjoy Myself is pretty sweet too. Helps he has Fishman drumming for him, apparently, the guy can play some drums ;)

the solo's in the middle of Tommy the Cat on either Suck on this or Rhinoplasty, just incredible!

Marie by Dominique Di Piazza

Anesthesia (Pulling teeth) by Cliff Burton of course :)

+1 for burton.

The bass solo in "Jimmy" by Tool.

Justin Chancellor really knows how to play lines no one is able to figure out :/

One more by Nico
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LM9I3lMPA18

Too bad there is not a lot of videos on Youtube...

solo starts @ 3:25
also very unusual drum solo after his solo. :)

There's many good....But the first ones that come to mind is Scott Ambush's (Spyro Gyra) solo on Deep End from North Sea Festival 2003 (should be easy to find on youtube), and Louis Johnson with George Duke in 1983 as someone mentioned