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Greatest Bass Solos
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Wooten - Magic Fingers (check it out!!)
Ray Brown & NHOP (together!) - You Look Good to Me
Mr. Paul Chambers - "Straight, No Chaser" on the Milestones album
let me know what you think about the youtube clip
Ray Brown & NHOP (together!) - You Look Good to Me
Mr. Paul Chambers - "Straight, No Chaser" on the Milestones album
let me know what you think about the youtube clip
I'm not a big fan of bass solos... but my long-time favorite has been Jack Bruce's solo on the Frank Zappa song "Apostrophe" - - totally musical, totally cool.
Quickest random YouTube searches yield:
Oteil -
Too many thousands of others to count...
Wow on the Jeff Andrews.
Alvaro Martín Gómez A.
TalkBass' resident Bongo + cowbell player
Link Removed, definitely. I like it so much and consider it such a beautiful solo that I practiced it and recorded a humble rendition on video.
"Bonin' In the Boneyard"- Fishbone (band. but hopefully you already knew they were a band. Seeing they are the best band ever. This parenthesis is getting quite long.)
Also, greeeaaat bass solo. RHCP- "Coffeehouse"
on youtube, gustavo dalfarra, type in "amazing bass guitar" and click on the video of a guy who looks and plays like jesus.
Also, greeeaaat bass solo. RHCP- "Coffeehouse"
on youtube, gustavo dalfarra, type in "amazing bass guitar" and click on the video of a guy who looks and plays like jesus.
A few of my favorites have already been mentioned. Another one is Roger Glover on "Pictures Of Home" from Deep Purple's "Machine Head". It's really short and not overstated, but really driving, builds to a climax and has a great rock tone.
Am I the only one to say it: ME! Last Saturday night, second solo, second set of three. Playful use of the melody, dissonant enough to suggest jazz chording, good rhythmic and tonal components...
One of those 'lightning in a bottle' moments..
One of those 'lightning in a bottle' moments..
Hmm. I only wish I played in a group in which those things would be useful, let alone appreciated. Not to say I could pull them off, regardless...
Wouldn't dare refer to this as the "greatest", but this one stands out as being a textbook example of the kind of things I admire in a bass solo:
Wilbur Ware, on Sonny Rollins' "Softly As A Morning Sunrise"
Wilbur Ware, on Sonny Rollins' "Softly As A Morning Sunrise"
Chuck Rainey on "Kid Charlemagne"
I dont know if you'd call it a solo but is the sickness.
+1 on the Willie Weeks too. He's a monster on that whole album. I really like "Little Ghetto Boy"
I'll be a REAL bassist when I can play those note for note.
I dont know if you'd call it a solo but is the sickness.
+1 on the Willie Weeks too. He's a monster on that whole album. I really like "Little Ghetto Boy"
I'll be a REAL bassist when I can play those note for note.
