Gospel Bass?

[eajacobs]

I'm trying to get into some music with that modern gospel feel...not necessarily gospel though... a good example would be the Erykah Badu Live album. Anybody have any recommendations about recordings with some serious bass playing in this style?

[Jake]

You can check out Braylon Lacy, one of Erykah Badu's bass players, on Atmosphere's Volumes One and Two (which is gospel) availible here:

http://shop.covenantchurch.org/Searc...x?CategoryID=4

Braylon is one of my favorite bass players; he plays great and is well recorded on these.

Check out anything by Fred Hammond as well.

[Torch7]

Yes Braylon is a great Bass player he is also on Kirk Franklin's 'HERO' album. Which is a great CD.

[peteroberts]

listen to this station on Sundays 12-6:
www.wclk.com
they play some GREAT modern gospel during those hours.

[BassLand]

http://bassland.net/service.mp3

This as a church service in Canyon Country

[funkygospel]

I would look for anything by Israel and New Breed. Israel lets his bassist Terrance Palmer pepper all of their songs with his low end creativity. Some highlights include "WE WIN" and "Trading My Sorrows" These guys are on top of the game of Gospel right now.

[gruuv]

I can give you a bunch of examples of gospel: John P. Kee (particularly Blessed By Association and Not Guilty, a two CD set under the New Life Community Choir name), all of his CD's are excellent. I agree, Fred Hammond is fantastic, although some of his newer stuff is more R&B flavored. Kim Burrell's stuff is the jam! Try Me Again and Everlasting Life have some phenomenal playing on them, and the compositions are great, in my opinion. Israel is great, Kirk Franklin is awesome, Hezekiah Walker and his LFT Choir stuff are fantastic as well. Bishop Paul Morton and Donnie McClurkin (Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs is mostly ballady stuff but the "I Love To Praise Him's" are awesome), there are lots of great gospel artists out there.

As far as gospely "secular" stuff, the Badu Live CD is her best work, in my opinion. Although I do dig her other stuff it's more R&B. Frank McComb's Love Stories has some serious playing by Richard Bona on it, and Frank is both an amazing vocalist and keyboard player. Rachelle Farrell's Individuality (Can I Be Me?) album is loaded with great playing. Jef Lee Johnson wears it out on that CD. Prince's The Rainbow Children album - . Although it's a bit different, Oteil and the Peacemakers Family Secret is sort of southern gospely/jazzy/funky -- check it out.

Hope that's helped. Gospel rules!