Recommendations on Bass Soloists and Jazz

[squirrel]

Hello,

Currently I am pretty much a punker and only listen to Punk/Ska and would like to get into some Jazz aswell as hearing some Bassists who do solo work. I'd appreciate it if anyone can recommend people that fit into this category. I'm thinking of looking for stuff that doesnt have vocals, is Slap/Funk the best to listen to? The only stuff I have heard is by Flea and old Jamiroquai stuff (Emergency on Planet Earth) which i enjoy.

Thanks in advance,
squirrel

 

[sloppysubs]

michael manring, steve lawson, mick karn, scott harlan, jaco pastorious, vic wooten, stanley clark, oteil burbridge....

 

[squirrel]

Thanks, is Marcus Miller top notch at all?

 

[bas_anton]

Marcus Miller is the MAN!!!!
He has great tone, and you can hear that he´s got tons of attitude. Stay away from the records with David Sanborn. Get M2, Ozell tapes and The man with the horn.

 

[Andre_gt7]

Marcus Miller has got the best tone in Jazz, Period.

 

[LowEndLobster]

I think MM is bordering the R&B/Funk genre, though he does play jazz.

 

[sloppysubs]

another guy i just thought of is wayman tisdale. friend of marcus miller.

 

[SteveC]

Depends on what you mean by "jazz" and "solo" bassists.

For "Classic" or "Traditional" jazz guys I think it's hard to beat Ray Brown, Ron Carter, people like that. Both have tones of recordings with all kinds of people. They play walking parts and solo.

There are also "Solo" bass players that have been mentioned. They play without accompaniment, or maybe with a loop pedal, something like that.

I wouldn't necessarily classify Marcus Miller in the same catagory as Ray Brown. Apples and oranges to me. There are also "contemporary" or "smooth jazz" guys like Jimmy Haslip who is a killer player, soloist, etc.

 

[peteroberts]

guys you are forgetting Jimmy Haslip! He is a great soloist.

So is Pattitucci, so is Jeff Berlin.

 

[Lackey]

Great bassists who play with other musicians but have "solos"...

Heck, I'm lazy, just look at my influences.

 

[Joe Beets]

Paul Chambers during the Miles Davis-John Coltrane years.

 

[Jason Carota]

Matthew Garrison. Smokin' in group settings with others such as Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin, and Steve Coleman. Amazing as a soloist, too.

 

[The Reff]

Don't forget Marc Johnson - especially with Bill Evans Trio

 

[Andre_gt7]

ooo cant Forget Bill "Buddha" Dickens ;-)

 

[Floating teetH]

I like charles mingus and dave holland. Jaco Pastorius is also highly l337.

 

[TaySte_2000]

Jaco Pastorius, Jonas Hellborg, Steve Lawson, Michael Manring. These could be some good places to start.

Have a listen to the mp3's on Steve's site www.stevelawson.net and if you hadn't noticed he has his own forum here with Michael Manring and they are both super helpful.

Enjoy

 

[chimp]

Richard Bona is something special.

 

[Little G]

Matt Garrison
Marcus Miller
Steve Jenkins
Peter Muller
Chyco Simeon
Bill Dickens
Victor Wooten
Jeff Berlin
Jaco Patorius
Steve Lawson
Mike Manring
Otiel Burbridge
Laurence Cottle
Richard Bona
Paul Jackson
Anthony Jackson
David Dyson
Melvin lee Davis
Janek Gwizdala
Stuart Zender (Jamiroquai)
Julian Crampton (Incognito, Down To The Bone)

Some not necessarily jazz but great solo bassists

 

[wyliee]

Do a search for Todd Johnson (http://www.toddjohnsonmusic.com/).

He's a great six string soloist. (And a top notch instructor as well.) Todd uses a looper and MIDI pickup to do walking lines, solos and keys at the same time.

HIGHLY recommend seeing him live. Also check out his CD with Kristin Korb.

 

[eric atkinson]

Hmm i also enjoy deep banana blackouts live cds! But its not really trad. jazz. A really nice way to search this stuff out is go to amazon.com and do a search on any of the people listed above then see what people that bought that cd bought. Also ya can listen to tid bits of songs from the cds. John Scofield is another player that always gets great bassist!