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asian bassists

#208
American born Filipino here. Agree about the number of accomplished bass players in Japan. There are actually a lot of talented players in the PI as well, but without the resources to move ahead and make a name for themselves, they are strictly playing for the love of the music.
 
#215
phxlbrmpf said:
Do the Pillows even have a bass player? Judging from their "Ride on Shooting Star" video, they don't seem to have one.
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That would be Jun Suzuki, but he's not an official member. He may as well be since he's played bass for them for most of their lifetime. They've had two other bassists before him.

PSouth said:
Kameda from Tokyo Jihen (he's one of my favorites)
Toki from Losalios
Kazu from Blonde Redhead
The singer from Deerhoof
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That's a good list and it's good to see other Japanese bassists listed besides tetsu from l'arc en ciel, who is really good but seems to be the only name people know. Some of my other favorites:

- Tomokazu Ninomiya from eastern youth, one of my favorite bands. I really love his fretless Jazz tone and smooth playing. He was originally a metal guitarist!
- Hinata Hidekazu (formerly of) Zazen Boys and Art-School, but he's also a member of Straightener. I think his best work was with Zazen Boys because he used his abilities to the fullest. Zazen Boys' replacement for him, Ichirou Yoshida, is probably even better.
- Manabu Nakagawa of envy. His G&L L-1000 sounds so sweet.

There's also a ton of talented filpino bass players, and most of them are unsigned. I remember seeing a few local acts out in Long Beach and there were quite a few really groovy players. And from the PI, Buddy Zabala formerly of Eraseheads and Buhawi "Buwi" Meneses from Parokya ni Edgar are just a couple of my favorites. I haven't heard some good filipino music in awhile though. Any recommendations for newer bands out there?

By the way, I'm half filipino. No need to give me a number.
 
#218
me A-B-C, American Born Chinese. my English is ok as long I don't mumble.

been reading through this thread, another bro' to check out is David Wong, a smokin' upright player who is part of legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes "Fountain of Youth Band" Link Removed

and for someone wanting to see an attractive Asian bassist: Nam Chi Vu Link Removed
 
#220
Okay, so here are all the current members of the Asian Brotherhood/Sisterhood of the bass:

Asian Bass Players Club

#1 darkrider1
#2 Hella
#3 j-raj
#4 TAOspeedwagon
#5 varunkapahi
#6 Jimbo
#7 TheNorm
#8 GassieBall
#9 THSL
#10 -> Skip, unlucky number
#11 Ampeg SVT
#12 Bass Mule
#13 Shenron118
#14 CTbass&birdsong
#15 Toto_Chan
#16 Sheep Man
#17 sinophysiker
#18 bplayerofdoom
#19 da_witch
#20 Shoonk
#21 Intrepid
#22 Paddygil2
#23 Kelvin
#24 bkchang79
#25 StrudelBass
#26 RyKnoz
#27 Bass_Mule
#28 Lazy
#29 lowbass
#30 By-Tor
#31 alexssandro
#32 John K.
#33 Stingraymund
#34 Jiro
#35 hieronymous
#36 The Golden Boy
#37 Minger
#38 rabid_granny
#39 rkatapt
#40 Captain Scarlet
#41 Dennis Kong
#42 Peik
#43 dirtgroove
#44 bassdude33
#45 j.s.basuki
#46 nailuj1987
#47 Minger
#48 Fat K
#49 pandrew
#50 SelenaBassGirl
#51 Amito
#52 ac11367
#53 JohnSS
#54 Liist
#55 MrPrashant
#56 Rogatywka
#57 Gin
#58 i2k
#59 jazguar615
#60 MisterV619
#61 lexxmexx
#62 Indigo_Blues
#63 enen
#64 Internal Affair
#65 derelicte
#66 glenfong
 

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