Great European Bass players

[Nulletjes]

I'm interested in great bass players from Europe. What are your European bass idols.

To kick off here are three movies of european bassplayers I admire:

Bob van Luijt is a young talent from Holland:
http://www.zesnullen.nl/bob_van_luijt.html

A solo from Richard Scheufler:
http://www.zesnullen.nl/pro_e_bass_shop.html

A great Belgium Bassplayer; Cedric Waterschoot:
http://www.zesnullen.nl/cedric_waterschoot.html

[cnltb]

Pino palladino
Dave holland
carles benavent
decebal badila
are the first that come to( my ) mind.

"Great"is a big word tho...

[D.Don]

Rutger Gunnarsson, the genius behind ABBAs bottom...

D.Don

[Nulletjes]

To: D.Don

I'm sorry but I never heard of Rutger Gunnarsson. Fortunatly you also told me that he is the genius behind ABBAs bottem.... and you're totally right. He is a genius.

To cnltb:

Those bass players you mentioned rule. (I'm sorry, another power word). I like the way carles benavent plays. Spanish Flamengo on bass!!!

[D.Don]

Here's a recent picture, though he's been with them since the 70's and played on more or less all tours and probably more or less all records too..

Warning, huge pic...

http://www.ringside-event.se/press/b...Gunnarsson.jpg


D.Don

[Low Main]

Do bassists relocating from other countries to Europe count? There are many of them, like Etiene Mbappe and Linley Marthe.

Hovensjo should be considered one of the greats, a titan from the 70's.

There are many great acoustic players, such as J.F. Jenny-Clark.

Right now, Italy seems to be swarming with fabulous acoustic players. And Italy has always had great bassists.

Overall, what a wealth of talent, both electric and acoustic. So sad that so many great international bassists have been so under-recognized and under-appreciated in the US for so long. It's very hard to get the US music media to pay proper attention to them.

There should be a hall of fame just for singing UK bassists. Lake, Bruce, Wetton, etc. And one of my personal treasure favorites, Richard Sinclair. And another one, the incomparable Colin Hodgkinson. There you go.

[i like tictacs]

Georg Holm of Sigur Ros...

He doesn't show off chops or anything like that whatsoever. His discipline for the music he plays is incredible, and his lines do exactly what they are intended to do. He's patient and diligent, and carries the band wonderfully.

[JAUQO III-X]

Originally Posted by Low Main

It's very hard to get the US music media to pay proper attention to them.

The US media doesn't pay much attention to the US based ones either.

[stingray56funk]

Sting

[revlimitbounce]

Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen. Amazing jazz DB player. Danish, played with the greats but the best I think was with Oscar Petersen (no relation) and Joe Pass.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels-H...rsted_Pedersen

[Baryonyx]

Jonas Hellborg and Mark King, to name but two!

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by revlimitbounce

Niels Henning Orsted Pedersen. Amazing jazz DB player. Danish, played with the greats but the best I think was with Oscar Petersen (no relation) and Joe Pass.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels-H...rsted_Pedersen

How could it take this long for him to get mentioned???
His "uncharted land " album has steve swallow on electric and nhop on acoustic bass...two for the price of one!! :-))

[mvw356]

mccartney?

[bggeezer]

do you mean non-British European?

cause otherwise...

[René_Julien]

Originally Posted by bggeezer

do you mean non-British European?

cause otherwise...

STEVE HARRIS

[4bpauly]

Miroslav Vitous

[Nulletjes]

Thank you for your postings. Nice to know there are so many great bassplayers in Europe (British and non-British European). Most off them I knew allready, but some off them were totally new for me. Thanks for the new inspiration!!!

What do you think of Stefan Redtenbacher. Austrian-born bass player Stefan Redtenbacher has, over the last 10 years, established himself as the UK’s 'groove’ bass player of choice for Steve Winwood, Sam Brown, Danny Gotlieb and Eliott Randall (Steely Dan).

For those who don't know him, check the movie on this site:
http://www.zesnullen.nl/stefan_redtenbacher.html

[Bassfiend456]

Patrice Guers from Rhapsody of Fire

[cnltb]

Originally Posted by Nulletjes

What do you think of Stefan Redtenbacher. Austrian-born bass player Stefan Redtenbacher has, over the last 10 years, established himself as the UK’s 'groove’ bass player of choice for Steve Winwood, Sam Brown, Danny Gotlieb and Eliott Randall (Steely Dan).

For those who don't know him, check the movie on this site:
http://www.zesnullen.nl/stefan_redtenbacher.html

+1
Stefan is fun

[Nulletjes]

Check this movie for a great european female Bassplayer

http://www.zesnullen.nl/lydia.html

Lydia is so cool!!!!