Underground session or studio players. Any next James Jamerson out there?

[Nasnederis]

Post if you know of an underground or underated awesome player that you think could be big in the next years, maybe a legend. James Jamerson died without the right recognition, but I think in this time with the tecnology out there, would be hard not to find out an awesome player if there is one.

[James Hart]

Chris Chaney has my vote... seems every time I hear a female singer / songwriter type that catches my ear, he's laying the foundation.

Will Lee and Marcus Miller already get props for being what drives a lot of studio magic too.

[T-MOST]

+1 Will Lee, Marcus Miller. Don't forget Nathan East.

[gweimer]

So you're asking if there's a bass player out there that will define a musical genre that will have worldwide and enduring popularity? Don't count on it.

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by Nasnederis

Post if you know of an underground or underated awesome player that you think could be big in the next years, maybe a legend. James Jamerson died without the right recognition, but I think in this time with the tecnology out there, would be hard not to find out an awesome player if there is one.

I think it will be hard for anyone now or later to ever have the impact that the first two waves of great bass guitarists had. Jamerson was simply the first really great trained musician to really put his heart and soul into the bass guitar.

As great as Jaco was, doing something as simple as favoring the bridge pickup impacted players even more than his composition and virtuosity.

Larry Graham took played two licks and changed the world.

Anthony Jackson insisted on expanding the number of strings that the bass guitar has.

IMO, the greatest innovations are the most obvious ones, at least they are obvious after they have been done.

[Jim Nazium]

Originally Posted by Dr. Cheese

I think it will be hard for anyone now or later to ever have the impact that the first two waves of great bass guitarists had. Jamerson was simply the first really great trained musician to really put his heart and soul into the bass guitar.

As great as Jaco was, doing something as simple as favoring the bridge pickup impacted players even more than his composition and virtuosity.

Larry Graham took played two licks and changed the world.

Anthony Jackson insisted on expanding the number of strings that the bass guitar has.

IMO, the greatest innovations are the most obvious ones, at least they are obvious after they have been done.

Well said, and I agree. I don't expect that the next 60 years of electric bass will have anything like the pace of innovation in the first 60 years. In fact, even today, some of the "cutting edge" players are so far beyond the traditional supportive role of the bass that they have another bass player in the band.

People will certainly come up with new sounds and techniques, but I wouldn't expect anything revolutionary to happen any time soon.

[SX lover]

Hey! There's a kid on youtube that's playing the Jackson 5's "Darling Dear"(original bass line played by James Jamerson...)and this kid is the "re-incarnation" of James J. No kidding!