It's thick-thirty!

[Confunk]

Lizzo - About Damn Time (Live From Saturday Night Live) - YouTube

This young lady bassist ain't too shabby either.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Wait I recognize the face but the name ???????

 

[darwin-bass]

Although I can imagine what you mean, it isn't that way for me at all.

Jamerson innovated, whereas Julia interprets. That's not to diminish her accomplishment; rather it's to make a distinction between the two players' demonstrated talents.

Jamerson was a composing bassist who improvised exactly in service of the song, to render what sounded not like improvisation, but like a preconceived part.

Julia interprets preconceived parts, indeed parts already rendered by other players. That she does this with such skill, accuracy, and depth of groove is worthy of all the praise she is getting here. But it's not the same approach or aesthetic skill set as Jamerson's.

Fair - but both have a knack for playing very busy parts while still staying out of the way of the rest of the song.

 

[darwin-bass]

Don't you know George? Pigs sweat. Women perspire. Looks like she's having too much fun to perspire...

There is a little proverb
You really ought to know.
Horses sweat
And men perspire
But ladies only glow.

 

[Blue Moose]

Bowing to you in full "I'm not worthy" mode. You play with the confidence of somebody who's put in some serious homework, you can hear it and see it. Outstanding.

 

[Lowandfat]

that stuff normally takes a seasoned pro.

I guess we don't understand why you keep seeming surprised that studio producers are A-list players.

Don Was, Anthony Jackson, Randy Jackson, Babyface, D'Angello, Anthony Jackson, Justin Meldal Johnson, Stephen Street, Todd Rundgren, Vernon Porter, Max Martin, Brady Watts, Questlove, Nile Rogers, Brian Eno, Prince, Berry Gordy, Rick Beato, Jeff Lynn, and this is top of my head territory. Even Butch Vig (garbage) is as good a drummer as a producer.

 

[Lowandfat]

Fair - but both have a knack for playing very busy parts while still staying out of the way of the rest of the song.

She is an exceptional player with ears like texas. She is not JJ reincarnated. That's silly. I'll bet $5 she'd tell you the same.

 

[Real Soon]

Someone tell her to check her needle cartridge, cuz she's cutting a DEEP MOTHERshagING GROOVE, HOLY poopie. And that Sterling 'Ray is burning its own heatwaves. Killer tone on top of a killer delivery, man.

Also yes: this here Lizzo tune is a smokin' hot take on a lil bit of disco funk; I likes it!

 

[cnltb]

To my ear the song is absolute crap, but the playing is really good. (imho, of course)

 

[Snaxster]

Fair - but both have a knack for playing very busy parts while still staying out of the way of the rest of the song.

Maybe I misunderstand what we are hearing Julia playing in her videos. I thought that she was only rendering parts that were played by other players; in other words, she exclusively is mimicking other players' recorded works. If that is true, then she doesn't have the knack, but the original players did.

At that level, it is akin to European classical music, in which a performer may interpret a written work, but is always playing only the notes that were already written: Julia is to recordings as a Euro-classical performer is to notation.

 

[Hounddog409]

Julia

She's SOOOO good.

And she makes whatever budget-priced bass she's playing sound like a bajillion bucks.

$800-1000 is a budget instrument?

 

[Confunk]

$800-1000 is a budget instrument?

Since the SLO-built Stingray Specials are selling at $2500+, it is, relatively speaking.
IMO, there are build & feel differences between the 2 series that justify the cost, but she sure shows that a solid player can make even a "lower-tier" bass rock.

 

[JES]

I don't normally watch bass covers, but what a fantastic performance! Really enjoyable, great playing, that is all.

 

[Bunk McNulty]

Jamerson? Nawww! Bernard Edwards! Bookmarking this. Might take a crack at it. (Just a crack...)

 

[LoTone]

I sort of think of her as James Jamerson reincarnated.

Or Louis Johnson?

 

[Confunk]

Or Louis Johnson?

I would just say that she is an excellent contemporary bassist who plays with the legacy of many greats- as we all do,or should!

In his later years, I understand that Jamerson was somewhat out-of-the-loop for sessions because his style did not include slap, which was becoming more prevalent in Funk/Disco/R&B/Pop.

Nobody will ever equal Jamerson's fingerstyle genius, but Judy certainly is one of those awesome bass players who (at least to me) comes out of nowhere on the 'Net and impresses with their chops and taste.

 

[jbasedig]

Absolutely stellar playing. and you are having a blast. Musicians like you, and by that I mean..funky, soulful...and young, give me hope for the future...a hope that that the vast majority of music won't just be created on laptops with no one learning to play anymore. Thanks for hipping me to a new song (new for me). Keep playing

 

[Paul New]

Whoa. She bad.

 

[nnnnnn]

I thought that she was only rendering parts that were played by other players; in other words, she exclusively is mimicking other players' recorded works.

If you mean note-for-note, then no. I'm not familiar with the original version of this song, but I've seen some of Julia's other videos where she's staying true to the vibe of the original but adding in some very nice fills and variations of her own.

 

[FilterFunk]

That little recurring riff, first heard at 0.05, reminds me of EWF's "Shining Star."