I recently purchased a fantastic solo bass album by a relatively unknown bassist from UK - Andy Saxton
He merges a lot of music styles on this album and the bass always manages to be the main focal point
Check his playing out - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmX3yDkx2M"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmX3yDkx2M[/url]
Solo album preview - [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CnC9d83boE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CnC9d83boE[/url]
Some great transitions between tapping/ slapping / strumming