Favourite slap player

[BassKees]

"B'nard" would be how my formerly east coast-dwelling self would have said it back when I still had that accent. Though, really it would have been more like "B'naud"

Maybe the "Chic" way to pronounce it, comme les français.

 

[Julian G]

For me it all started with Stanley Clarke and Mark King - different styles and approaches but both key figures who introduced me to the world of slap!!

 

[SeaDunk]

For me its Marcus Miller for the Sound and Groove, but along side him its Tomohito Aoki. He's my favourite.

Also some others i like

Mitsuru Sutoh
Tetuso Sakurai
Mark King
Yohsihiro (Narucho) Naruse
Scott Ambush

 

[stubbadubs]

nathaniel phillips, freddie washington, marcus miller, stanley clarke, larry graham, louis johnson, tetsuo sakurai, jamil joanes, mark king, stuart zender... so many goats! I love slap.. rarely get to do it unfortunately

 

[Dlew919]

How I forgot Stuart Hamm and Les Claypool I don’t know. Stuart Zender had sort of flown under my radar but shouldn’t have. As did Freddie Washington.

The other players mentioned have been an amazing journey for me!

 

[Chickenwheels]

 

[BazzaBass]

Who is it? Maybe you dedicated your life to learning their style. Maybe you just like the sound. The list isn’t comprehensive and I know I’ve left your favourite off. Comment if you like.

And note, it’s not about best. It’s about your favourite. These are some of the greatest bassists, so go nuts.

Jerry “Wyzard” Seay

 

[Todd Hamby]

Anthony Wellington!!

 

[Chickenwheels]

 

[Chickenwheels]

Saw this show twice at Ronnie Scott’s in London.

 

[59jazz]

Marc Pero of Papa Grows Funk in Nola.

 

[socialleper]

My Unlisted favs are Ryan Martinie and Nick Schendzielos.

 

[Gorilla Monsoon]

Will Smith.

 

[lalo_garcia-maynez]

I like slap bass Solos but what I value the most is a SONG with a good bass line with slap . A line that grooves and that sounds great . A bass line within a song is actually harder because you need to groove with the rest of the band and be tasty ; on a bass solo you usually don’t have to keep time and you can almost throw any flashy lick you want … I love a bass line where you can say “this song sounded better slapped than played with usual fingerstyle or a pick”.
For that reason, Mark King and Melvin Davis in my opinion groove the most .
Here’s are two videos of them :

 

[Brother Goose]

Thunder Thumbs. RIP

 

[GTx2]

Henrik Lender

 

[Gervais Cote]

I voted Marcus Miller because Alain Caron wasn’t on the list.
Both are very good although different.
They are on top because although they slap at the speed of light, they make MUSIC, not NOISE !

 

[Eidolon0274]

Alain Caron!

Always first for me is 90s era Victor Wooten, but Alain was my first thought!

Slam the Clown, Donna Lee are great examples.

The extended bass slap solo in "Slam" is top tier slap playing. Any player that can keep a bass solo----> slap bass solo interesting for that long. Yea.

 

[ELG60]

I'm really partial to Mark King because he serves the song (and sings at the ae time). Marcus is a legend and I like what Joe Dart brings to the table.

Not really a fan of slap for slaps sake, but it can definitely serve a point. I think that a great example of its tasteful employment is by Chuck Rainey in Peg. They talk about it here, specificallyat about1:10:

 

[pcake]

Les Claypool.

exactly! he's one of my three picks.