WHAT TO LISTEN TO ?

PUCKBOY99 · #1 10-15-2007, 03:45 PM

SO.....I'm just getting into the bass & I'm really digging the fretless sound as a solo instrument.

Give me a list of some players to listen to.

I've got....

Victor Wooten A Show Of Hands

Trip Wamsley Curve

I've also got some jazz discs that include...

Jaco Pastorius This Is Jazz: Weather Report & This Is Jazz: The Jaco Years

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones LIVE

Charles Mingus

What else is out there to inspire me & obvious must haves ????

Thanks !

88persuader · #2 10-16-2007, 02:23 AM

I think you're of to a good start. :-)

Justin V · #3 10-16-2007, 02:47 AM

Michael Manring - Soliloquy: The only solo bass album I've found that I can listen to for more than ten minutes without getting distracted. Absolutely stunning.

ROON · #4 10-16-2007, 12:37 PM

Doug Wimbish, Stu Hamm.

Barkless Dog · #5 10-16-2007, 01:04 PM

Steve Lawson

Stanley Clarke

mick Karn

Percy Jones

lefty007 · #6 10-16-2007, 01:23 PM

Any Michael Manring, and the latest Mark Egan CD is very nice.

Also look for Gary Willis.

PUCKBOY99 · #7 10-17-2007, 05:28 AM

Not sure how I forgot Stanley Clarke......but thanks for the tips.

I listened to a little Manring on the Zon site & Youtube.......the guys a MONSTER !!!

I'm skerred....but I'll seek some more out

Spector_Ray · #8 10-17-2007, 05:33 AM

Tony Franklin.
Back in the day when I first started playing bass, the first time I ever really noticed a fretless was Tony playing in The Firm. This was a supergroup led by ex-Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers with Jimmy Page on guitar, Franklin on bass and ex-Uriah Heep drummer Chris Slade. It was really interesting to hear a fretless bass in a contemporary rock band. It's worth a listen.

PUCKBOY99 · #9 10-17-2007, 05:37 AM

Oh, I know the Firm .....thanks.

Does Tony have any solo discs that you know of that I should listen to?

PUCKBOY99 · #10 10-17-2007, 05:44 AM

Oh, and I just picked up a Stevie Wonder Greatest Hits double disc.

Did he use the same guys or was it mainly different studio guys?

Sir Duke & Do I Do stand out bass-wise, but I've always loved the song Overjoyed.....hearing Victor Wooten play it is just awe-inspiring.

bottomzone · #11 10-17-2007, 09:16 AM

Alphonso Johnson, Ralphe Armstrong, Bunny Brunel, Percy Jones, Lincoln Goines and Alain Caron.

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!