30 Essential Bass Albums You Must Own

[jnevi9nr]

from the book "The Bass Player Book". anyone know whats on the list?

i know albums by yes, marley, victor, stanley, miles, jaco, mccartney, graham, les, cream, paul simon, marcus, mingus, steely dan, tower, meters, flea, etc all made the list.

[wysiwyg248]

I have not read that book and your list of artists is nice, but you are missing James Jamerson (Motown) on your list.

[jnevi9nr]

i have not read the book, only saw a couple of pages. i am sure jamerson is in the book.

[Ezbass]

Hmm I think I've got that somewhere, I'll check it out and report back if I find it. If memory serves the list is obvious and dull, the usual suspects.

[jnevi9nr]

thanks man!

[Lon86]

Great list, but no Rush?!?!?!?!?!?

http://books.google.com/books?id=WZA...%20Own&f=false

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by Lon86

Great list, but no Rush?!?!?!?!?!?

I haven't even looked at the list yet, but off the top of my head I think it would be fairly easy to come up with 30 legitimately "essential" albums -- "essential" in the sense that they either document the emergence or development of a seminal bass player, or that they showcase a particularly influential style or sound of bass playing that dramatically and demonstrably affected the way the bass is played currently -- that did not include any Rush.

Not because I don't like Geddy or don't think he's had a noticeable impact on bass playing, but rather because A) there are a lot of other bassists who've had more impact, or who had their impact sooner historically, or whose impact is apparent in Geddy's playing...and B) 30 is a pretty small number when ya think about it.

[jnevi9nr]

we dont know the whole list from that link you provided, its missing page 212.

[catyak]

Aston "Family Man" Barrett (Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon by Bus)
Jimmy Blanton (Duke Ellington - Solos, Duets & Trios)
Harold Bradley, Bob Moore (Patsy Cline - 12 Greatest Hits)
Ray Brown (Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train)
Jack Bruce (Cream - Wheels of Fire)
Israel "Cachao" Lopez (Cachao ey su Ritmo Caliente - Cuban Jam Session)
Paul Chambers (Miles Davis - Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet)
Stanley Clarke (Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke)
Les Claypool (Primus - Sailing the Sea of Cheese)
Donald "Duck" Dunn and others (?? - The Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-'68)
Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic)
Larry Graham (Larry Graham and Graham Central Station) - The Best of Larry Graham and Graham Central Station
Charlie Hayden (Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (short stories))
Anthony Jackson (Chaka Khan - What Cha' Gonna Do For Me)
James Jamerson and others (?? - Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection, 1959-1971)
Jerry Jemmott (B. B. King - Completely Well)
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II)
Bakitha Kumalo, Lloyd Lelose, Alonzo Johnson, Conrad Lozano (Paul Simon - Graceland)
Scott LaFaro (Bill Evans Trio - Sunday at the Village Vanguard)
Michael Manring (Michael Manring - Dramatic Measures)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
Edgar Myer (Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma & Mark O'Connor - Appalachia Waltz)
Marcus Miller (Marcus Miller - The Sun Don't Lie)
Charles Mingus (Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um)
Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report - Heavy Weather)
George Porter, Jr (The Meters - Funkify Your Life)
Francis "Rocco" Prestia III (Tower of Power - Tower of Power)
Chuck Rainey/Walter Becker (Steely Dan - Aja)
Chris Squire (Yes - Fragile)
Victor Wooten (Victor Wooten - A Show of Hands)

[lowend1]

Funny.
30 Essential Bass Albums, and... nothing by The Who?
Seriously, though - hardly a list of "essentials"

[mtshark]

...And Justice For All

[mouthmw]

Old vintage porn movies are an essential bass listen.

[Hoover]

Originally Posted by mouthmw

Old vintage porn movies are an essential bass listen.

"bow-chicka-bow-bow"

[MiJaKo]

Decent list, but needs: Willie Weeks - Donny Hathaway's live album

[countrybass007]

Where's Phil Lesh??

[DanNowhere]

Needs more Trout Mask Replica.

[pnut166]

No Bootsie ???

[peledog]

They left out Geddy, Entwhistle, Bootsy, Tony Levin...

You can't satisfy everyone with these lists - they're made to sell books.

That being said, the list is very good.

[stevorc321]

Glad to see "Completely Well" is on there - I've only just discovered it.

[Chrisk-K]

So, Les Claypool is more essential than Geddy, the Ox & Steve Harris?