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Top 10 Bass instrumental records?
- Thread starter Gigibass
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A partly instrumental/partly vocal album with great grooves from Randy Hope Taylor is TribesVibes and Scribes by British acid jazz band, Incognito.
Eberhard Weber was already mentioned (rightly so!). I'll add his 1977 release "Following Morning" to the list.
Then there's Finland's own Pekka Pohjola, the late great bassist/composer. His first album "Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva" has a lot of bass playing and slightly Zappa-esque but still unique sounding compositions, like this one:
One track from '79:
Then there's the whole Zeuhl genre started by the mighty Magma whose music is always very bass heavy. Jannick Top pioneered a drop-C tuning (he actually tuned his bass like a cello in fifths but one octave lower) and that low tuned stuff continued with his succesors like Bernard Paganotti, Guy Delacroix and Philip Bussonet to name a few. Magma had a lot of vocals so I'll recommend this track from Magma alumnus Patrick Gauthier:
The bassist is Bernard Paganotti who already had a 5-string w/a low B during his own Weidorje band in the late seventies. Paganotti also shine on Magma's amazing "Live" double album from 1975 which is a recommended strating point.
Then there's Finland's own Pekka Pohjola, the late great bassist/composer. His first album "Pihkasilmä Kaarnakorva" has a lot of bass playing and slightly Zappa-esque but still unique sounding compositions, like this one:
One track from '79:
Then there's the whole Zeuhl genre started by the mighty Magma whose music is always very bass heavy. Jannick Top pioneered a drop-C tuning (he actually tuned his bass like a cello in fifths but one octave lower) and that low tuned stuff continued with his succesors like Bernard Paganotti, Guy Delacroix and Philip Bussonet to name a few. Magma had a lot of vocals so I'll recommend this track from Magma alumnus Patrick Gauthier:
The bassist is Bernard Paganotti who already had a 5-string w/a low B during his own Weidorje band in the late seventies. Paganotti also shine on Magma's amazing "Live" double album from 1975 which is a recommended strating point.
Here is another one.
Bjorn Meyer, Convergence.
Bjorn Meyer, Convergence.
I really like Tony Grey's album "Elevation". Great tunes, wonderful playing with fantastic guest guitarists (John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Nir Felder, Tomoyasu Hotel, David Fiuczynski) featured in all tunes. Nice varied moods as well, unlike some virtuosos who make scary stances and faces while sounding like they're in a rush to find a loo.
This is a Jaco album that should be in everyone's collection. Stellar playing by a whole host of great bassists.
Trying to stay within the original guidelines…no vocals on this self-produced release, a curious British trio from 1972 that could be considered jazz, but not in the strictest sense(let it track through, this is a playlist)…
The tune "Lieutenant Loose" features solo bass by their guy, Colin Hodgkinson(the real focal point of the band), and "Slivadiv" was sampled by the Beastie Boys.
A second release, recorded in New York with Felix Pappalardi, added keyboards and vocals, but the band's fortunes didn't get much further. Hodgkinson went on to play with Jan Hammer in the late 70's, then later in reformed versions of the Spencer Davis Group and Ten Years After.
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Colin going it alone live:
The tune "Lieutenant Loose" features solo bass by their guy, Colin Hodgkinson(the real focal point of the band), and "Slivadiv" was sampled by the Beastie Boys.
A second release, recorded in New York with Felix Pappalardi, added keyboards and vocals, but the band's fortunes didn't get much further. Hodgkinson went on to play with Jan Hammer in the late 70's, then later in reformed versions of the Spencer Davis Group and Ten Years After.
Colin Hodgkinson - Wikipedia
Colin going it alone live:
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Many great suggestions here, I would add the two Gordian Knot albums (self-titled and Emergent) that were written and produced by Sean Malone (RIP) - a true bassist's bassist.
I've loved Jonas Hellborg since hearing Elegant Punk in the '80s, but I hadn't heard "The Silent Life" album until today!
He's utterly unique, so many influences, such fierce rhythmic drive, monster technique in service of a deeper vision.
He's utterly unique, so many influences, such fierce rhythmic drive, monster technique in service of a deeper vision.
Trying to stay within the original guidelines…no vocals on this self-produced release, a curious British trio from 1972 that could be considered jazz, but not in the strictest sense(let it track through, this is a playlist)…
The tune "Lieutenant Loose" features solo bass by their guy, Colin Hodgkinson(the real focal point of the band), and "Slivadiv" was sampled by the Beastie Boys.
A second release, recorded in New York with Felix Pappalardi, added keyboards and vocals, but the band's fortunes didn't get much further. Hodgkinson went on to play with Jan Hammer in the late 70's, then later in reformed versions of the Spencer Davis Group and Ten Years After.
Colin Hodgkinson - Wikipedia
Colin going it alone live:
Holy smokes this is freakin cool! Never heard of it
The subject of the bass on Tribes, Vibes & Scribes was discussed here years ago. It turns out Randy Hope-Taylor only played on a couple of tracks. Everything else was programmed by Richard Bull.
