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Jamiroquais bassists....rate them here.

#82
Damn, I just found this early live jam called "Do that Dance"...


This is definitive proof that Zender is one of the most funky-assed mofos to emerge in the past 15 years. I love the fat chords in the outro and that envelope filter.
 
#84
I have been thinking about Zender's style a lot recently. He was the perfect combo between the old "hold the root and the low end" bass player, with more modern techniques. Of course, he wasn't a flashy bass player, at least, not that much when playing live, but he was everytime doing what the tune needed and adding a lot of spice.

I have a lot of respect for Nick and Paul, specially for Paul, but I don't feel they have that truth conection to the tunes that Zender had. Of course, this is non-objective, but just IMHO...
 
#88
Randy Hope Taylor just played on Talullah and did additional bass on Don't Give Hate a Chance.
The coolest bass lines are from Derrick McIntyre.

I think Nick Fyffe is very underestimated. He created great bass lines and he grooves like hell. Don't forget the most sucessufull song of Jamiroquai, which I think has the best bass line of all Jamiroquai Tunes: Love Foolosophy.

Anyway: Who is Derrick MacIntyre?

Pedro
 
#90
I love Zender but here lately Ive been digging Paul . His line on Runaway is one of my favorites....simple but grooves and moves. He also adds some cool touches to some of the old tracks live.No matter the bass player ...they've all be great. Zender and Paul are my favorite
 
#91
For me it's Stu, and Nick fyffe being my least impressive (I don't say he's bad, but compared to Stu...). And on stage, I think Stu was really awesome, I love the way he looked and moved.

Also I've just learned from this thread that another guy played the album version of Space Cowboy? Well, then I'd plce him ex-aequo with Stu, it's one on my favorite tracks, I just love the bass line, and the tone of the bass itself. I'm wondering who the guy is, what bass he was playing, he really deserves credit for this great track.
 
#92
Much love for the underrated Nick Fyffe. I just recently worked out the bass lines to A Funk Oddessey. They may not be as complex or improvisational as Zender's lines (which I love too) but they are cool, in the pocket, groovy, and always have that disco thang going on (which i love).

I love all the Jamiroquai bassists equally since I like the band so much, but i just thought I'd give Fyffe some love since he gets put down a lot.
 
#93
James Hart said:
The band today is better than they've ever been to me as a fan of the music. I love Paul's vibe and hope his stuff continues to kill like the little bit we've heard from him.

Randy is one of my favorite players... so even though he was just a brief hired gun, he shines.

Some of my favorite tunes and lines from the band come with Nick on bass.

The busiest and most "bass player in me digs it" stuff comes from Stu
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Nothing more to say. James nailed it.
 
#96
Bruce Lindfield said:
I think Stuart Zender is the only one who is allowed to impose his personality on the recordings and he is the real "stand-out" in Jamiroquai.

After him - it all just sounds like Jay Kay plus session musicians to me...:hmm:
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Exactly. Really can't find a better way to word it. I bought Synkronized without knowing that Stu had left. I don't think I ever managed to listen to it all the way through. Probably a great album, but not at all what I was looking for.

Stu's lines were pretty busy, but always very tastefully busy. The balance is just beautiful.

I find more songs in the Stu era that would have sounded completely different or just flat not existed sans Stu. Can you imagine Just Another Story with another bassist? Light Years? Music of the Mind wouldn't exist. Hooked Up? Travelling Without Moving? Use The Force? Dude had such a fabulous way of propelling grooves in astandard ways.
 
#100
I think a lot of people who got into Jamiroquai after Stu had already left don't really understand how they used to be a band. You can listen to the old albums and hear how good Zender was, but you can't know how they came across to the fans during that period.

Jamiroquai wasn't "The Jay Kay Show" back then. He was the front man of a group called Jamiroquai. Stu's bass and Toby's keyboards were as integral to the band as Jay's voice, and that was recognized and reflected in the way the band was presented to the public.
 

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