Best Bass Grooves

[sleepy_monkey]

Heres some goove from Cymande for ya

Cymande is one of the coolest, grooviest bands ever to walk the earth. For those of you that haven't listened to them, find an album and buy it!

 

[Les Izmor]

Good Topic, nice submissions so far. In no particular order, but all killer:

Concrete Jungle-Bob Marley and the Wailers:


I think I could just keep going forever. One groove leading to the next. I'm also sure I've left out some big favorites. Maybe I'll do a part 2 some time.

 

[JamesM]

Instant Groove - King Curtis (jerry Jemmott on bass)
Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis (jerry Jemmott on bass)
Black Market (live) - Weather Report

 

[MakiSupaStar]

Link Removed - Gregory Isaacs
That's Flabba on bass. Good dub reggae.
5446 - Toots and the Maytals
Funky Kingston - Toots and Maytals
Concrete Jungle - Bob Marley


Some funk.
Talking Loud and Saying Nothing - James Brown
Cissy Strut - The Meters
Hey Pocky Away - The Meters
Nappy Dugout - Funkadelic
Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic

Some jamband stuff
First Tube - Phish
Weekapaugh Groove - Phish
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider - Grateful Dead

Random alternative stuff:
Reclamation - Fugazi
Tahitian Moon - Porno For Pyros (Mike Watt on bass)
Stop. - Janes Addiction
Been Caught Stealing - Janes Addiction

Then of course there is Fela Kuti. Pretty much any song by Fela Kuti has a grooving bassline.

 

[AndreyR]

The groove continues to dominate pop, funk, r&b, jazz, rock, metal, latin, etc. All these genres need a good groove - most often, a song is defined by its groove. Now what is the best groove in the world? It is YOUR INDIVIDUAL GROOVE!!! It is the groove that supports and complements the guitar riff or vocal melody. I encourage you to study many different styles of music, study specific grooves, and what makes them move you.


There are so many, but here are the ones I can think off the top of my head:

Funk grooves:
Almost any tune Jaco Played on.

KC & The Sunshine Band
That's the way I like it

Check out the Russian band Aria, and the band Kipelov.

 

[Largedon]

Isley Brothers
Footsteps in the Dark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DLnUwUpnb8

Live it Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEviQgKOPlA

Bootsy Collins
The Name is Bootsy Baby
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZWm7O0KnJU

Earth Wind and Fire
Sun Goddess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qPcrLXLeLQ

Brothers Johnson (Louis Johnson on bass)
Stomp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1C8OW0Dq5Q

Herbie Hancock
Actual Proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0c38Wtdvz0

Stevie Wonder
I Wish (I think this is a bass and key doubled)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0

Black Sabbath
NIB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6sViZZjiZE

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9nEpt9SR3I
Skip forward to 3:22 to hear my favorite heavy metal riff of all time.

That's enough for now.

 

[Mike Shevlin]

It's hard to imagine anything better than FW's playing on Patrice Rushen's 'Forget Me Nots'

 

[standupright]

Oh but this would be it!:

Boogie Oogie Oogie

Damn Janice Marie Johnson is hot!

too funny, i'm doin that tune in october for a unicef benefit. i however will not be singing it.

 

[bassman0902]

Just had iTunes running on shuffle, so:

Tyrone- Erykah Badu
China Girl - David Bowie (that's almost a joke, but it's a catchy line...)
Link Removed (As usual, great playing by Calvin Turner...)

And def anything Jamiroquai... Just like everyone else said...

 

[elgecko]

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

 

[khazol]

Cymande - Trevorgus