Is there any bassist that play jazz with a P-bass?

[Will Kelly]

Just an old guy that gave me life....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1fdoPziJnY

Thats a 1959 P with tapewounds.

[Boot Soul]

Originally Posted by DWBass

Jeff Andrews.

Actually, Jeff has usually been seen playing a P Bass fitted with Jazz style pickups. So even though it looks like a P, it likely sounds more like a J. I always liked the idea of this combination.

Jeff is a masterful player.

http://img.youtube.com/vi/4ETbWrbu_Fg/0.jpg
http://www.notreble.com/buzz/wp-cont...Gc-200x200.jpg
http://3.gvt0.com/vi/Xb6PkN5ezGc/default.jpg

[xUptheIronsx]

Originally Posted by Buster Brown

Actually, truth be told, if you even ATTEMPT to play jazz with a Precision, you will be visited late at night by thugs from the Federation of Real Jazz Players Who Only Use A Jazz Bass....or the FRJPWOUAJB....not a good thing to witness.......

yeah...those guys came to my house one night when i was in high school...used to use my P-bass for jazz band. I couldn't walk for weeks....

[woodsideh]

Mike League with Snarky Puppy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RluNrXjP3zY

[iunno]

I saw a Buddy Rich DVD where the bass player had a fretless P. They played a Weather Report tune too, it sounded pretty good.

[Trayster2]

Geddy uses a Jazz bass.

[aasti3000]

We forgot about one of the greatest bassist of all times. James Jamerson played double bass and a p bass. He even played the p bass when he sat in with Jazz bands. I've read interviews with musicians that played with him and said his P-bass looked liked it been through hell and that Jamerson preferred it that way. The funk brothers said he NEVER took care of his P bass and he believed he got better tone from it the more he didn't take care of it. Bob Babbitt said he never changed his strings...NEVER and that it was heavily bowed. But, he could play the heck out of it.

[RhinoBass]

Of course, Monk Montgomery was the first.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_Montgomery

[bassdog]

P bass was made for jazz, maybe.

[Shakin-Slim]

Monk Montgomery is the cat!

[BassClefJean]

Originally Posted by Huge

Sweet. I'm gassing for a fretless P so bad.

Fretless Precision. Musical oxymoron.

[Danno1985]

If you look at the late 60s/early 70s, you'll find that several well-known upright jazz players more-or-less experimented with what was often credited in the album liner notes in those days as simply "Fender Bass".

Here's Richard Davis playing what is almost certainly a P-Bass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZzXOQeby68
And Ron Carter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsVvMqGacGI

[cfsporn]

Originally Posted by Ric5

I like to play thunder with a thunderbird.

Sigworthy.

[FretlessMainly]

Originally Posted by kai_ski

I found this video a while ago. Very cool use of a P bass.

Very good stuff. And I want to play with this drummer!

[Jungy]

Originally Posted by Huge

Of course not. Jazz is played with Jazz basses. That's how it got the name.

People using Precision basses always play in the genre of Precision. Silly.

This is kind of irrelevant but I just find it too funny.
Lyrics from an Australian band called TISM

Too much focus leads to tunnel vision
Too much faith leads to Religion
Too much knowledge leads to confusion
Too many guitar lessons leads to jazz-fusion

[drnknmstr]

There was a fantastic local Bay Area bassist by the name of John Nichols would played a lot of a 62 P-Bass with halfrounds. It was all straight ahead stuff, but it was an amazing sound he got. It was setup so well, too. Easiest bass I've ever played as well just an amazing sound and feel. At the time I was kind of a "new tech" snob and everything needed to have nice hardware, laminate necks with graphite rods and active preamps, etc.

I was a bit of a fool like a kid who rejects old baseball cards, something I did, too. Ugh.

Another local Bay Area guy named Matt Fink used some other beatup P and man, he just OWNED that beast and was one of the best cats I've ever seen, even after seeing really famous players in LA.

But yes, the Fender P-Bass can do straightahead jazz just as good as any instrument.

[gumbynotpokey]

Originally Posted by aasti3000

We forgot about one of the greatest bassist of all times. James Jamerson played double bass and a p bass. He even played the p bass when he sat in with Jazz bands. I've read interviews with musicians that played with him and said his P-bass looked liked it been through hell and that Jamerson preferred it that way. The funk brothers said he NEVER took care of his P bass and he believed he got better tone from it the more he didn't take care of it. Bob Babbitt said he never changed his strings...NEVER and that it was heavily bowed. But, he could play the heck out of it.

Finally. I was stunned we got to the 3rd page before this master was named.

[kai_ski]

ahem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen