Your favorite Jazz, Funk and Fusion bassists!

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Well, I'm looking to bay some CD's so say what is your favorite Bassists in jazz, funk, fusion... All info is good...
Thanks!

[Three33]

Jaco Pastorius

good cd's:

Solo: Jaco Pastorius, Word of Mouth, Birthday Concert

W/Weather Report: Heavy Weather

W/Pat Metheny: Bright Size Life


Marcus Miller

goods cd's:

Solo: M^2


Victor Wooten

Good Cds:

Solo: A Show of Hands, What Did He Say?


Paul Chambers

good cd's:
w/Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
W/John Coltrane: Giant Steps

Scott LaFaro

Good cds:
W/Bill Evans: Explorations, Portrait in Jazz, Waltz for Debby

Eddie Gomez

Good Cds:
W/Bill Evans: You Must Believe In Spring

Milt Hinton

Good cds:
solo: Laughing at Life

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Thanks

[zazz]

in a nutshell...havona..jaco pastorius....simply breathtaking

[Baryonyx]

Jonas Hellborg, Stuart Hamm, Victor Wooten, Kai Eckhardt, Stanley Clarke, Mark King, just a few of a big big list!

[bradjonesbass]

Funk - Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham, Francis "Rocco" Prestia

Jazz - John Pattitucci (sp?), Victor Wooten, Marcus Miller

Fusion - Stanley Clarke, Jaco, Oteil Burbridge, Kai Eckardt

Those are my 3 or 4 favorites in each, and really they all kind of cross genre and don't necessarily fit in just one category.

[Aaron Saunders]

Jazz -
Ray Brown on the Oscar Peterson Trio's "Night Train" and "We Get Requests"
Christian McBride on many albums including Jane Monheit and Diana Krall CDs
Ron Carter with the Miles quintet 64-68, and on Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage"
John Pattitucci on his own CDs and with the Wayne Shorter Quartet ("Beyond the Sound Barrier")
Jaco's debut CD, Invitatition, and "Bright Size Life" with Pat Metheny
Dave Holland with his quintet on "Not for Nothing"
Paul Chambers on the first Miles quintet, with John Coltrane on several albums, and Art Pepper's "Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section"
Charles Mingus on his own releases including Mingus Ah Um, Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, Live at Montreux 1975 (DVD,) and Live at the Jazz Workshop

Fusion -
Victor Wooten on his own CDs
Marcus Miller on Joshua Redman's release(s) and his own CDs
John Pattitucci with Chick Corea's Elektrik Band
Alain Caron with UZEB

Funk -
James Jamerson on...well, Motown.

[DWBass]

Scott Ambush (Spyro Gyra). Listen to anything from Spyro Gyra from 1991 to present! Scott is a monster!

[christoph h.]

alain caron, mike pope, adam nitti, richard bona, chris tarry, gary willis...

[Winterpegbass]

funk
Rocco Prestia/TOP - what is hip, funk the dumb stuff, diggin on james brown, soul injection, etc - buy a best of Tower of Power album

you can get a link to many TOP transcriptions from this site

James Jamerson - buy the Standing in the shadows of motown book as it comes with CDs as well as transcriptions

Larry Graham - Hair, the jam - buy the best of Graham Central Station album, he invented slap/pop - wooten & Prince both worship him!

Bootsy Collins - Get James Brown's greatest hits as it has other great bass players/bass lines too, also a best of Parliament, Funkadelic, P-Funk album; Bootsy's Rubber Band

Jaco - buy heavy weather, black market (weather report) and his first solo album, transcriptions are widely available for his stuff

Marcus Miller - Power, Jazz in the house (solo)- buy a best of david sanborn album with run for cover & slam also the miles davis tutu album

Louis Johnson - Buy his instructional dvd & album with "get the funk outta my face"

People often neglect the following:

Buy a best of Earth, Wind and Fire album (verdine White)

Buy a best of Ohio Players album

Buy a best of Kool & the Gang album

Buy a best of Jackson 5 / Jacksons album

[Snarf]

Originally Posted by DWBass

Scott Ambush (Spyro Gyra). Listen to anything from Spyro Gyra from 1991 to present! Scott is a monster!

Totally. Spyro Gyra is the man.

Jazz: Dave Holland, John Patitucci (on double), Scott Lafaro, Paul Chambers, Christian McBride

Fusion: John Patitucci (on electric), Gary Willis, Jaco, Ric Fireabracci, and whoever played bass for the Rippingtons on the Kilamanjaro album

Funk: meh

[DWBass]

Originally Posted by Snarf

....and whoever played bass for the Rippingtons on the Kilamanjaro album

Funk: meh

That would be Jimmy Johnson, Bill Lamphier & Jimmy Haslip.

[Aaron Saunders]

...how the hell did I forget Scotty?! Definitely put in another vote for Scott LaFaro.

Albums to check him out on -- Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Portrait in Jazz, Explorations. Brilliant group, my favourite piano trio (second place goest to the OP-Ray Brown-Ed Thigpen trio.) Also dig him on Ornette Coleman's "Free Jazz" playing with Charlie Haden.

Also, put in a vote for Charlie Haden. Dig him with Pat Metheny on "Beyond the Missouri Sky" and his own releases with his band, the Liberation Music Orchestra.

A connection between Haden and LaFaro -- they were very close friends, lived together, and both studied under Red Mitchell.[ Red was an amazing bass player who I don't think has ever gotten the widespread recognition that he so widely deserves. If you can, try and find the album "Presenting Red Mitchell." Also, Red was the bassist who really pioneered tunign the bass in 5ths. There's also a duet album -- maybe with Jim Hall? -- that's widely sought after, but I'm not sure of the name.

Which also brings to mind a duo album with Jim Hall and Ron Carter. There are two, actually -- "Telephone" is, IIRC, a little bit more reccomended. Finaly, there's another duo album, this one with Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Orsted Pederson, who set the bar so high for technique on double-bass that the heaviest hitters of today STILL aren't getting it as good as he did with such spotless, effortless, powerful technique and spotless intonation. The closest I've heard are Patitucci, McBride, and Brian Bromberg. Brian is also a pretty heavy chops dude, but he does it in such a fantastic musical sense. Amazing player -- check out his album called "Jaco" featuring some pretty amazing and original takes on and arrangements of Jaco tunes.

Also check out Miroslav Vitous for both jazz and fusion. IIRC, he was a founding member of Weather Report (if not, he played with them for some time in their early days.) Other than his appearances with them, he's also an amazing jazz player. If you search the Recordings [BG] forum you should find a video of him playing with the Jeff Berlin trio.

[GabeN]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big, Talas, and Niacin. He has some crazy fusion shtuff goin on.

[GM60466]

Ron Carter

GM

[JimK]

Originally Posted by GabeN

I can't believe nobody mentioned Billy Sheehan of Mr. Big, Talas, and Niacin. He has some crazy fusion shtuff goin on.

IMHO, Sheehan is not a Fusion bassist.

Some current favourites(All still living & playing well, too)-
Jazz: Dave Holland, Ben Allison, William Parker
Fusion:Gary Willis, Randy Tico, Jimmy Johnson, Tommy Kennedy, Anthony Jackson, Fima Ephron
Funk: Paul Jackson, George Porter, Oteil Burbridge, Chuck Rainey

[markjazzbassist]

funk

rocco prestia
verdine white
stuart zender
bootsy collins
james jamerson
willie weeks
marshall jones (ohio players)
lucky scott (curtis mayfield)

jazz

ron carter

fusion

stanley clarke
jaco pastorious

[Jazzany]

Gerald Veasley
Jimmy Haslip
Kim Stone (Rippingtons)
Richard Bona
Jamaladeen Tacuma
Stanley Clarke
Abraham Laboriel
Bill Evans
Luico Harper
Jonas Hellborg
Freddie Washington
James Genus
Dominique Di piazza
Laurence Cottle
Tom Kennedy (Dave Weckl)
Brian Bromberg
Bunny Brunnel
Jon Reshard
Lincoln Goines
Freddie Washington
Reggie Miller
Oteil Burbridge
Benny Reitveld
Jimmy Haslip

[JoseNeville]

Jeff Berlin - Lumpy Jazz, In Harmoy's Ways

[Mojo-Man]

Jaco
Jonas Hellborg
Jeff Berlin
Anthony Jackson
Richard Bona
Kai Ekhardt
Percy Jones
Paul Chambers
Scott Lafaro
Ray Brown
Oscar Pettiford