Favourite fretless Bass Albums

[Makatak]

Well, for me these two. Thank you Gary Numan for putting Pino Palladino on the map, and Mick Karn's work on Numans Dance is off the chain. Have a listen to both albums, absolutely sublime bass playing.....

 

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[Hot Rats]

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Brand X - Masques, Moroccan Roll, Unorthodox Behavior

 

[godofthunder59]

Ian Hunter's All American Alien Boy. Jaco really shines on this album.

 

[Bob_Ross]

Anything with Mick Karn, but especially his first solo album Titles and the first Dali's Car album.
Tony Levin's Waters Of Eden
Alphonso Johnson's Spellbound
Weather Report's Black Market (Alphonso and Jaco)
Adrian Belew's Lone Rhino featuring J. Clifton Mayhugh on fretless bass
Bill Laswell's Baselines

 

[spufman]

Hejira, Graceland and the new Notes With Attachments are three stunners, to my ears.

 

[P. Aaron]

Weather Report - Heavy Weather

Brand X - Masques, Moroccan Roll, Unorthodox Behavior

Heavy Weather was my first introduction to Jaco not even realizing it was a fretless bass. Just a great set of music that has always stayed with me.

 

[ProbablyTooLoud]

I love MM's playing on Miles Davis' Star People.

 

[Eli_Kyiv]

Arcadia - So Red the Rose (1985)
Marc Egan on fretless bass.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Pete Townsend's White City, yep, Pino strikes again. Same era as Don Henly's building the perfect beast.

 

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[Holdsg]

Another vote for Brand X

 

[ugly_bassplayer]

Digiorgio is a straight up killer.
Would be more respected if he wasnt in the “heavy genre”.
Jazz snobs would take notice. He aint just chops, he’s a good player, plays for the song.

But my fav is still Jaco’s first solo record.
Blew my mind when I first heard it as kid and still does.

 

[chaak]

Johan De Farfalla

 

[john_g]

Arcadia - So Red the Rose (1985)
Marc Egan on fretless bass.

I was going to say Arcadia. Lots of great fretless on this album.

Also, Tony Franklin with the Firm and Blue Murder

 

[Gigas444]

+ 1!!!!

 

[BluesWalker]

Bassist Mark Egan and Drummer Danny Gottlieb Team Up on Electric Blue

 

[Londo Molari]

Pretty much anything from Eberhard Weber.

 

[RedMoses]

Jaco's playing on Pat Metheney's "Bright Sized Life"

 

[Paul New]

Joni Mitchell Mingus