Bass Players Everyone Should Know (But Don't)

[jutty17]

Simple rule: list the player(s) you love, but aren't household names. If you want to link a performance, or list their style, that's cool too! This is in the spirit of spreading the word of Bass, no suggestion is a bad suggestion! I'll start:

1. Doug Johns - very funky guy with a great life story:


2. Robertino Pagliari - Fretless metal/jazz fusion whiz with the band OHM


3. Eric "Jesus" Coombs - tasty funkmaster with the band Lettuce

 

[Skillet Blonde]

Shem von Schroeck - check out some live Loggins and Messina. Makes me wanna haul my gear out to the curb.

 

[Hot Rats]

Phil Lynott.

 

[LadyLoveStingRay5]

Rocco Palladino (son of Pino)
Juliaplaysgroove ( YouTube )

 

[pbass888]

My old teacher, friend and NYC heavy for years, Jeff Andrews. He had chops and musicality.

Played with Brecker brothers, Wayne shorter, Mike Stern and Steps Ahead among others.Check him out!

 

[DaveParker39]

1) Guy Pratt - he's starting to show up more on podcasts and YouTube, but still not as well known as he should be. a massive body of work, a huge brain, a great wit... his book is a must-read for any musician. Like a Prayer (Madonna), Floyd, Michael Jackson, etc.


2) Ian Hill - a massively integral sound of Judas Priest and a massively influential heavy metal bassist, and I would argue that while his style might seem "simplistic" it is actually unorthodox

 

[cxcxcx]

Jamareo Artis
Hadrien Feraud
Kevin Jenkins
Norman Watt-Roy
Wayne Braithwaite
Bill Sharpe
Mario Cippolina
Tracy Wormworth
Michael Rhodes

 

[Michedelic]

Who is this ‘everybody’ being discussed? The general public, or other bass players?

 

[Bass4ThePublic]

Burke Shelley