Fusion guys w/ great tone - Page 6

JAUQO III-X · #**101** 07-07-2002, 09:36 PM

Bottoms Up is out of print.

BLU Dragon · #**102** 07-08-2002, 05:53 PM

I personally don't have a bit of problem shopping those online merchants for hard to find, and/or out of print titles, although I couldn't see paying $40 for one, either. So, suppose I decide to add a Victor Baily solo disk to my "next purchase" list. Since I'm gonna have to kind of scrounge around to find one anyway, might as well get a good one.

What's everybody's fav Victor Bailey solo disk?

jerry · #**103** 07-08-2002, 06:23 PM

It might be worth waiting the live Weather Report
two disc set that has Alphonso Johnson, Jaco, & Victor Bailey on it.....I can't wait!!!

narud · #**104** 07-08-2002, 06:50 PM

im really looking forward to the alphonso tracks. ive already got a bunch of good live stuff with jaco and victor, but have no good alphonso era stuff.

jerry · #**105** 07-08-2002, 09:16 PM

I saw Weather Report when they had Alphonso, and they where great........yeah I'm that old

narud · #**106** 07-08-2002, 09:30 PM

my dad saw weather report with alphonso too

clarkbrown · #**107** 07-09-2002, 10:31 PM

i recently saw bonafide and slimman in kc. after the show i was talking to the keys player (sorry dude, i forgot your name) hes also a bassist. He asked me who my favorite bassist was. i told him either wooten, oteil, or bill "the buddah" dickens. he laughed. He told me the correct answer was anthony jackson. He said "he could rip everyone of those guys a new *******!" i was wondering where i could get some recordings proving this statement

(sorry for the fowl language, it was a quote)

Peter McFerrin · #**108** 07-09-2002, 10:58 PM

AJ isn't a slap-a-minute maniac like the three you mentioned, Clark, but in terms of sheer musicianship I think he's the greatest living bass guitarist.

Try to track down a copy of Steve Khan's Eyewitness, or failing that (it's been out of print for ten years now), look for the MP3s. (No comments from the peanut gallery.) "Where's Mumphrey?" is still kicking my ass.

You know, if I'm not mistaken, even Geddy Lee seems to have some AJ influence. It's hard to explain the fills in "Leave That Thing Alone" or "Limbo" otherwise.

clarkbrown · #**109** 07-10-2002, 08:27 AM

who are some other "slap-a-minute" guys that i probably havent heard of. I lead a sheltered life. Help

JMX · #**110** 07-10-2002, 09:04 AM

He doesn't slap, but Dominique DiPiazza had a meteor-like appearance on John McLaughlin Trio's Que Alegria, only to fall off the face of the earth for almost a decade after that to become a pastor.

He lately did some stuff with Bireli Lagrene and has his own project now called Frontpage AFAIK.

Kai Eckhardt did one track on that JMT album too, he also always had mean thumb even when he was still in Germany.

Philbiker · #**111** 07-10-2002, 10:37 AM

I don't really listen to much fusion stuff. In general I find fusion bass players' tone to be generally very trebly, and not really what I like. This works fine for some players, like Stanely Clarke, but others are less effective.

Of my very limited experience with fusion I would say that the best tone I can remember hearing, the one bass tone that really reached out and grabbed me as a GREAT TONE is Steve Swallow's bass tone on John Scofield's live "Shinola" release.

And I really like Flim Johnson's bass tones on the great Flim & The BBs discs.

ebozzz · #**112** 07-10-2002, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by clarkbrown
who are some other "slap-a-minute" guys that i probably havent heard of. I lead a sheltered life. Help

Although, I wouldn't just consider him to be a slap style player, Adam Nitti did some pretty cool stuff on his new release Evidence. Check him out at www.adamnitti.com. Here are some samples:

Puddin'

Evidence

Truth

JMX · #**113** 07-10-2002, 01:01 PM

If you want slap-style, check out Gary Grainger.
He and Dennis Chambers are scary on Scofield's Pick Hits Live.

JMX · #**114** 07-10-2002, 01:03 PM

BTW: If somebody want Bottom's Up, I can rip it to mp3 and put it on edonkey or something.

jerry · #**115** 07-10-2002, 01:57 PM

If you need a slapmeister.....Alain Caron is pretty off the hook! I also think Anthony Jackson is one of the baddest cats to ever pick up the electric bass.....from straight ahead jazz to pop records, he always plays some badass ****!

BLU Dragon · #**116** 07-10-2002, 08:27 PM

O.K. There's yet another bass player with some pretty serious credibility among other bass players. Anybody care to offer suggestions of favorite recordings with Mr. Jackson on bass?

Drewskie · #**117** 02-09-2008, 11:09 PM

John Purdle. Played in a band called the Outsiders(see link in signature) and had some killer tone.

Tbirdbassist · #**118** 02-09-2008, 11:17 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikPWe5UJqc4