Great bass playing in a musical...

[Tituscrow]

So there I was, listening to War of the Worlds for the first time in about ten years and I thought "jeez, I'd forgotten how good the bass playing was on this album". Which got me digging through other 'musicals' to revisit some great playing.

Grease, Bugsy Malone and Rocky Horror stood out.

This isn't a question about story, acting, singing or any of that, but which other musicals have great bass playing, that only other bass players would necessarily notice?

 

[JCraig]

I'm playing for Jesus Christ Superstar next weekend, and the bass playing on the original album is great. I'm not sure who the player is, but it's definitely worth a listen.

 

[JCraig]

I guess I should list Tommy as well. Entwistle is always phenomenal.

 

[Skitch it!]

Have played Godspell (some of that is tricky), Grease (very cool lines) and other bit's in the past. Excellent song-writing, great tunes to play.
Look to West Side Story for rhythm reading, that's a bit of fun ; )

 

[bassist4dalord]

Smokey Joe's Cafe. It's a musical revue, chock-full of Motown Pop standards.

 

[theduke1]

I played RENT last Nov. at our local college, it was A blast!

 

[theduke1]

I may be doing Chicago this May as well