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06-05-2008, 01:20 PM
| | | | Victor Wooten and Jaco vs. James Jamerson!!!
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Ok! Today my buddy bassist and i had a little debate who was better,, Victor, James or Jaco. Dont get me wrong i love all three of them,,,but our argument was who has made the bigger impact.My buddy concluded that Victor and Jaco was the bigger impact because they took the electric bass into a who new level and change the bass community and the way we look at the electric bass today. Where i think James Jamerson was the better of the two because he change the course of modern day music history where as no other instrumentlist has ever done before. What do yall think? I'm i wrong for choosing James as the front runner. Or who do you think should be the front runner? Thanks |
06-05-2008, 01:22 PM
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06-05-2008, 01:23 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | Victor is the superior player technically. Jaco was the superior arranger and writer of the three (imo) and definitely did the most to change the way the role of the bassist is perceived. Jamerson was a groovey guy, but Jaco and Vic can both groove deeper and harder imo. However, music is not a competition. Everyone is going to have a different favourite based on what they like to hear. |
06-05-2008, 01:25 PM
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06-05-2008, 01:36 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:10 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Paris | | | The whole "who is better?" thing is really strange to me.
Why think in those terms? We're talking about music not wrestling. |
06-05-2008, 02:11 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | If your argument was who had the biggest impact, it was Jamerson!
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06-05-2008, 02:11 PM
| | | | this is definately not worth arguing.
no one was bigger or better than the other. just differnt..
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06-05-2008, 02:13 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New Hampshire | | | I think arguments like this are pointless, but my vote is Jamerson. He was a pioneer on the electric bass, playing on tunes that just about every bass player around either grew up on or was influenced later by. Even non-bass players and non-musicians recognize his bass line contributions to these songs because they MADE the song. I love Jaco and while he's definitely had an impact, taking bass to another level and being a pioneer of the electric fretless, Jamerson was the first true pioneer IMO.
As for Vic? 90% wankity wank wank. Just an opinion.
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06-05-2008, 02:16 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:19 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:19 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:22 PM
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06-05-2008, 02:24 PM
| | | | I don't like these styles of comparisons either as they take all of these great musicians
out of their historical context. None of us would be grooving on electric bass if Monk
Montgomery hadn't proceeded Jamerson etc. Jaco was doing something new when he
hit the scene, but Stanley Clarke was really changing up how the electric bass is played
around the same time as well. Stanley was a huge influence on Victor Wooten and so
it keeps going on. Music changes and evolves with each new generation adding their
own unique mark and voice when the true talents of their generation get their moment
in the sun. |
06-05-2008, 02:26 PM
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