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07-03-2006, 10:51 AM
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What bassist, in-your-opinion, displays the best example of a pocket player! |
07-03-2006, 10:54 AM
| | | | Chris Stillwell from the greyboy allstars. |
07-03-2006, 01:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maine | | | Oooo... good question. The first guy that comes to mind is Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
What do you think? |
07-03-2006, 01:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Oak Park, MI | | Will Lee, James Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, Tommy Simms, Nathan East, Wilton Felder, Me'shell, Abraham Laborial, Pino Palladino, Darryl Jones and Jaco would be a great list of the masters. Most the rest are just taking lessons! 
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07-03-2006, 01:49 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | Hub, together with ?uestlove. |
07-03-2006, 01:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | hub is great. steffan lessard, rocco prestia, will lee, jaco, me'shell...the list goes on.
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07-03-2006, 01:56 PM
|  | Ojo. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Beaumont/Calimesa, CA | | | james jamerson.
john paul jones.
hub and ?uestlove, for sure.
there are alot of bassists in the world...
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07-03-2006, 02:01 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: New York | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by tzadik Oooo... good question. The first guy that comes to mind is Chris Wood of Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
What do you think? | awesome reply. wood is the glue between the wild billy martin (best drummer on the planet imho) and the even wilder and more experimental john medeski. for a trio, they bring it so far out and at the drop of a pin, right back on the groove. |
07-03-2006, 02:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Phoenix, Az | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by burk48237 Will Lee, James Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, Tommy Simms, Nathan East, Wilton Felder, Me'shell, Abraham Laborial, Pino Palladino, Darryl Jones and Jaco would be a great list of the masters. Most the rest are just taking lessons! | I agree with most of that.. especially the Great Jamerson, his mastery of the electric as a result of knowing well the upright bass, and music theory along with his special ability to come up with syncopated grooves is a very rare combination, especially in his time!.. |
07-03-2006, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by burk48237 Will Lee, James Jamerson, Chuck Rainey, Tommy Simms, Nathan East, Wilton Felder, Me'shell, Abraham Laborial, Pino Palladino, Darryl Jones and Jaco would be a great list of the masters. Most the rest are just taking lessons! | +1 and I would like to ad Victor Bailey and Marcus Miller (all Miles works). |
07-03-2006, 02:17 PM
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Wouldn't you like to know?! | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Atlanta | | | Pino and Bobby Watson from Rufus.
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07-03-2006, 04:42 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | I gotta agree with Me'shell! Talk about a 'deep pocket groove'! She's got it! Rocco! Marcus dahling! Tom Barney! Scott Ambush! Melvin Lee Davis! Jerry Brooks! David Dyson!
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07-03-2006, 04:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New York | | | my bad...hwo did i forget jamerson in my post? chris wood is great as well. i love the groove playing that oteil does with the peacemakers ARU and the allman brothers as well. timmy c from rage could groove too.
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07-03-2006, 06:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | Me'shell has some DEEP pockets!
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07-03-2006, 06:17 PM
| | low ended | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: Southern Ohio | | | Phil Lesh |
07-03-2006, 06:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | Chuck Rainey.
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07-03-2006, 07:43 PM
| | The Funkfather
Endorsing Artist: Kohlman Bassworks | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hampton Roads, Virginia | | | Leon Sylvers & Foster Sylvers! |
07-03-2006, 08:00 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Lakland / Schroeder /Bag End | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: W' Sconsin | | | I must add George Porter Jr. You could play The Meters 'Sissy Strut' to your Grandma and she'd understand 'the pocket'. |
07-03-2006, 08:30 PM
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07-03-2006, 09:01 PM
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Originally Posted by sjleland No one mentioned Duck Dunn? | AAAARRRGGGHHH! I am so ashamed. You are so right! And who played with Al Green? Another pocket monster! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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