Need some Fretless recordings!

[chris4001asat]

Originally Posted by Dogfish

Check out Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians. The bass player's name is Andy Metcalfe. He does not play on most of Robyn's solo stuff. Amazing player.

Someone beat me to it.....Element Of Light, AMAZING recording

[JimK]

Originally Posted by MixBass

Pino raised the bar on 2 Paul Young records.

Same time frame-
...the Go West debut album w/ Pino.
http://www.amazon.com/Go-West/dp/B00...ywords=go+west

[mr13ump]

Originally Posted by elgecko

Paul Simon's Graceland is chock full of tasty fretless courtesy of Bakithi Khumalo.

+1 for Graceland! Bakithi simply amazes me every time i listen to that album. He does some amazing things and i would absolutely recommend it to anyone aspiring to be a fretless player.

[ntenny]

Originally Posted by Roy Vogt

Alain Caron with UZEB and Le Band, also Bunny Brunel with Cab. They don't always play fretless, but they're smoking on it when they do!

You know, I find Caron amazing, but the UZEB I've heard (I think just _Noisy Nights_) is kind of too "fuzak" for me. The musicianship is amazing, but the material puts me off. Is there a good place to hear him play material that's either more trad-jazz or more overtly experimental?

-NT

[Roy Vogt]

Originally Posted by ntenny

You know, I find Caron amazing, but the UZEB I've heard (I think just _Noisy Nights_) is kind of too "fuzak" for me. The musicianship is amazing, but the material puts me off. Is there a good place to hear him play material that's either more trad-jazz or more overtly experimental?

-NT

Probably any of his solo records.

[Roscoe East]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vMGuZE_4cg

[Jim Nazium]

Jimmy Haslip is a great fretless player. Check out anything by the Yellowjackets, or his solo album (albums ?).

Mark Egan is another great player. He's a session player with dozens of album credits, plus some solo albums. Listen to, for example, "Saint Theresa" on Joan Osborne's first album. Great tone on a Pedulla Pentabuzz.

Another guy to check out is Jimmy "Flim" Johnson, who played with a jazz group called Flim & the BBs as well as Dave Grusin and others.

[Marial]

Michael Manring. I prefer his early Windham Hill recordings to his later out-there stuff. You can also hear Pino doing some amazing things, especially on the tune Give Blood, on Pete Townsend's White City album.

David J played fretless with Bauhaus.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Jim Nazium

Mark Egan is another great player. He's a session player with dozens of album credits, plus some solo albums. Listen to, for example, "Saint Theresa" on Joan Osborne's first album. Great tone on a Pedulla Pentabuzz.

Great tone, too, on a fretless Fender Jazz-
Egan with the PMG doin' "Jaco" (1977)-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs-HwuZwKkE

Same tune, same group on a fretless Fender P-J bass (1978)-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iw8Le2XeiM