Does "avant-garde" include drone; i.e., Morton Feldman, or Phill Niblock? Bass players they are not, but awesome they definitely are. I feel the bass would make a great drone instrument, wouldn't it?
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Avant-Garde Bassists?
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When I think of avant-garde I think of Brian Gibson and Lightning Bolt.
Their live show is super intense.
The late Mick Karn, creator of many inscrutable fretless lines, started off somewhat influenced by Percy Jones, but quickly found a very unique voice. Came to prominence in the left-of-center UK new wave/art rock band Japan in the late '70s:
Maybe not all that out there harmonically, but still a unique approach.
Maybe not all that out there harmonically, but still a unique approach.
Sounds like CG noodling, except it's phrygian instead of pentatonic.
My choice of best avant garde bassist -- nobody takes it out, breaks all the rules and yet makes music and displays technique better than Dave Holland
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well, i *love* me some dave holland, but has he been avant grade since the 70s?
i'd argue that he hasn't. and i think there are guys who are doing a lot of different techniques and so forth that dave doesn't . . . i don't think it's his focus.
i'd argue that he hasn't. and i think there are guys who are doing a lot of different techniques and so forth that dave doesn't . . . i don't think it's his focus.
Can't believe nobody has mentioned Ingebrigkt Haker Flaten or John Edwards.
That's the brit John Edwards who plays sometimes with Evan Parker and John Russell, not the JE in Status Quo..
Ingebrit's work is all over the place..I like him a lot in The Thing.
That's the brit John Edwards who plays sometimes with Evan Parker and John Russell, not the JE in Status Quo..
Ingebrit's work is all over the place..I like him a lot in The Thing.
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May I humbly suggest yours truly.
hexbass.bandcamp.com
cool. but there's a lot there. could you give *one cut* that could be an example?
Bill Laswell for sure, but he covers a lot of ground musically, I guess just like Bill Frisell.
Last Exit (the avantgarde/free jazz band not the fusion band) probably displaying some of his most far out work, some of his early work with the experimental rock band Massacre, with Fred Frith on guitar, features some of my favorite tracks with Laswell as well.
Trevor Dunn too, both in his own trio, where he mainly plays upright though, in his work with John Zorn, but I would also claim it's the case in Mr. Bungle.
His own trio Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant and John Zorn's Moonchild I'd say would be a good place to start.
Both Bill Laswell and Trevor Dunn are on my personal top 10 favorite bass players of all time.
Last Exit (the avantgarde/free jazz band not the fusion band) probably displaying some of his most far out work, some of his early work with the experimental rock band Massacre, with Fred Frith on guitar, features some of my favorite tracks with Laswell as well.
Trevor Dunn too, both in his own trio, where he mainly plays upright though, in his work with John Zorn, but I would also claim it's the case in Mr. Bungle.
His own trio Trevor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant and John Zorn's Moonchild I'd say would be a good place to start.
Both Bill Laswell and Trevor Dunn are on my personal top 10 favorite bass players of all time.
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both those guys are good examples. i was thinking about trevor in the context of this thread yesterday.
Among his works also BRISE GLACE is very much on the avantgarde side, highly recommended!!
BRISE-GLACE Band Page
Anyways I love EVERYTHING by Darin Grey <3
