=Top 5 Slap Specialists=

[FunkyMan]

Evaluating sound, technique, feeling, My top 5:

-Marcus Miller
-Victor Wooten
-Mark King
-Brian Broomberg
-Flea (not expect to see him next to these masters of jazz? but yes .. my biggest influence when I was a rookie)

and yours?

[Kalyptic]

Larry Graham HAS to be on the list. NO ONE can slap with as much BALLZ as Larry Graham.

[JimK]

Stanley Clarke-
...check out "Lopsy Lu" for some early, early Open-Hammer Plucks.
His URB slappin' is totally off the charts, too. There's some youtube clips that will leave your jaw hangin'.

Louis Johnson-
...along with Graham, an early pioneer.

Chuck Rainey-
...tasteful, artful slap/pop ("Peg").

Wooten-
...no-brainer.

Keith Horne-
...very similiar to Wooten, but upsidedown/in-reverse.

[bassman1987]

He's not very well-known, but Norm Stockton is one of my favorite slappers. He plays with Lincoln Brewster, but he's also released a solo album of contemporary jazz-type stuff that absolutely kills.

[DWBass]

I got way too many to mention! If you delve into old school funk and R&B, you'll find literally hundreds of cats who could slap with the best of them! I love them all!

[Eric Swaim]

My top 5

Stanley Clarke
Marcus Miller
Victor Wooten (my favorite and my old teacher for a summer)
Larry Graham
Stu Hamm
Les Claypool (has to be mentioned)

I know this is 6 but think algebra and make 6 fit into 5 slots

[Papersen]

Let`s see:

- Marcus Miller
- Stu Hamm
- Louis Johnson
- Victor Wooten
- Les Claypol

[Georynn]

I can't believe this guy hasn't made some lists...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOYGlI-zoo

anyway...

Victa
Mark King
Les Claypool
Larry Graham

and Alain Caron

[Darkstrike]

-Larry Graham
-Stu Hamm
-Mark King
-Marcus Miller
-Stanley Clarke

[the JT]

Although he is not widely known, Wojtek Pilichowski:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRk2O...eature=related

[Slaine01]

Originally Posted by Georynn

I can't believe this guy hasn't made some lists...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOYGlI-zoo

anyway...

Victa
Mark King
Les Claypool
Larry Graham

and Alain Caron

Thanks for posting that.
Now I just need surgery to reattach my jaw that just fell onto the keyboard.....

[Georynn]

Originally Posted by Slaine01

Thanks for posting that.
Now I just need surgery to reattach my jaw that just fell onto the keyboard.....

heh, yeah.. that guy has mad skills...

[FunkyMan]

Oooooooohhh man...Wojtek Pilichowski How could I forget this gentleman? Can I delete Flea? hehe

[NickBass81]

Marcus Miller
Abraham Laboriel
Victor Wooten
Mark King
Nathan East
Alain Caron

[vene-nemesis]

Bill Dickens FFS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgZsi...eature=related

And all the aforementioned!

[eggfan]

Originally Posted by Georynn

I can't believe this guy hasn't made some lists...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkOYGlI-zoo

anyway...

Victa
Mark King
Les Claypool
Larry Graham

and Alain Caron

Is it the tuned percussion guy who's doubling the bassline at the beginning (with some kind of MIDI deal)? Looks like it to me - that's cool.

[Georynn]

Originally Posted by eggfan

Is it the tuned percussion guy who's doubling the bassline at the beginning (with some kind of MIDI deal)? Looks like it to me - that's cool.

I think that is a marimba, and I'm not sure if that's where that synth sound is originating from...

[eggfan]

Originally Posted by Georynn

I think that is a marimba, and I'm not sure if that's where that synth sound is originating from...

I'll bet it is - check out how he's clearly mimicking the bass pattern. It's definitely not the keyboard player.

[Richland123]

Here are a few more

Louis Jagger Johnson aka 'Thunder Thumbs' - The Brothers Johnson
Verdine White - Earth, Wind, & Fire
Bootsy Collins - Parliament-Funkadelic
Ronald La Pread - The Commodores
Robert "Kool" Bell - Kool & The Gang

[T-MOST]

Miller
Graham
Johnson(Louis)
Johnson (Vail)