The best bass playing you have ever heard.?

[bubinga5]

I have heard my favourite bass players like Meshell, Randy Taylor, Mr Miller, but I've got to be honest i adore this persons bass playing. its so musical and dynamic. Of course i don't know who the f*** he or she is but, damn they lay down some fantastic bass. I love Zender's playing but this person is in a different league imo.. Wonderful wandering playing I've only seen in Willie Weeks .[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9DHDTu0jT0[/media]

Whats your favourite ever playing on a record.?

Edited April 4, 2016 by bubinga5

[lojo]

S Zender and RH Taylor certainly excited me as bass players at that time, I believe they played in ways that had not been done before.

I remember constantly listening to "blow my mind" so simple yet fresh.

Whilst I'm in awe of M Miller and his peers, I lose the emotional attachment to their music when it becomes about the bass over the style where someone like Zender plays the most beautiful and groovy lines that support the song rather than sit on top of it (if that makes any sense)

[SpondonBassed]

I have no one favourite. When I think "bass doesn't get any better than this" and track down yooboob examples of a performance I tend to find other performers distract me. Too many good players for me to have just one fave. At the moment, I am quite fond of Abe Laboriel sr. Maybe I am just a lickle fickle.

[Hobbayne]

The great Bruce Thomas still amazes me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrjHz5hrupA

[keefbaker]

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1459749213' post='3019106']
Whilst I'm in awe of M Miller and his peers, I lose the emotional attachment to their music when it becomes about the bass over the style
[/quote]

Totally. Marcus Miller's style is soulful and in a live band situation he kills it but his records sound like Casio keyboard demo tracks.

As to the OP's question another gem in the word is Dean Garcia. He doesn't play anything mega-complex but his tone and use of sliding makes an essentially pedestrial bassline sound amazing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ7_ufLazwM[/media]

[cameltoe]

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1459733639' post='3019090']
...I've got to be honest i adore this persons bass playing. its so musical and dynamic. Of course i don't know who the f*** he or she is but, damn they lay down some fantastic bass. I love Zender's playing but this person is in a different league imo.. Wonderful wandering playing I've only seen in Willie Weeks .[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9DHDTu0jT0[/media]

Whats your favourite ever playing on a record.?
[/quote]

Have I misread the OP's post? I thought it was Zender playing right through on Return of the Space Cowboy.

?

[oldbass]

For me its not the flash stuff that gets me but the subtle playing that often goes unnoticed but which inevitably supports the tune.
eg the subtle sequence of ghost notes on the chorus on Andy Gibbs Everlasting Love....yeah Its ok I can hear the chortling from the back of the class but its terrific playing however cheesy the tune might be.
or Bob Babbitts playing on the Gladys Knight and Diana Ross singles from the early 70's uber musical and spot on.
0.2$

[JamesBass]

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1459733639' post='3019090']
I have heard my favourite bass players like Meshell, Randy Taylor, Mr Miller, but I've got to be honest i adore this persons bass playing. its so musical and dynamic. Of course i don't know who the f*** he or she is but, damn they lay down some fantastic bass. I love Zender's playing but this person is in a different league imo.. Wonderful wandering playing I've only seen in Willie Weeks .[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9DHDTu0jT0[/media]

Whats your favourite ever playing on a record.?
[/quote]
All Music has the credits listing Zender as the only bass player on the album? As for my personal favourite bass line, that's a sodding tough one, and I'll have to have a think! Are we choosing one song, or one entire album?

We have had the Spotify playlist where users were adding songs to it all the time, [url="http://open.spotify.com/user/onlinedood/playlist/6UkfcLnRafb95u7EnciaAU"]Best Bass Lines Evaaaaar![/url] That MIGHT work, if not then let me know and I'll try to add it another way!

Edited April 4, 2016 by JamesBass

[Mudpup]

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1459767511' post='3019298']
Totally. Marcus Miller's style is soulful and in a live band situation he kills it but his records sound like Casio keyboard demo tracks.

As to the OP's question another gem in the word is Dean Garcia. He doesn't play anything mega-complex but his tone and use of sliding makes an essentially pedestrial bassline sound amazing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ7_ufLazwM[/media]
[/quote]

Really like this...never heard of them before

[lowhand_mike]

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1459770979' post='3019359']
All Music has the credits listing Zender as the only bass player on the album? As for my personal favourite bass line, that's a sodding tough one, and I'll have to have a think! Are we choosing one song, or one entire album?

We have had the Spotify playlist where users were adding songs to it all the time, [url="http://open.spotify.com/user/onlinedood/playlist/6UkfcLnRafb95u7EnciaAU"]Best Bass Lines Evaaaaar![/url] That MIGHT work, if not then let me know and I'll try to add it another way!
[/quote]

stuart zender played on the Stoned Again mix (original version) with the slap style chorus, where as the album version has a different feel and different bassline creadited to a Mr. X

[JamesBass]

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1459772814' post='3019396']
stuart zender played on the Stoned Again mix (original version) with the slap style chorus, where as the album version has a different feel and different bassline creadited to a Mr. X
[/quote]
Cheers Mike! Wonder who Mr. X is?

[lowhand_mike]

[quote name='JamesBass' timestamp='1459773048' post='3019400']
Cheers Mike! Wonder who Mr. X is?
[/quote]

did a little bit of digging and there is speculation over who it could be but nothing concrete, JK apparently said that whoever did play on it was arrogant and annoying to deal with which is a bit rich

[cheddatom]

This

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9eED6Krl14[/media]

I think it came from you or one of your threads. I love a lot of bassists but I've yet to find a performance to excite me as much as this

[bubinga5]

[quote name='lojo' timestamp='1459749213' post='3019106']
S Zender and RH Taylor certainly excited me as bass players at that time, I believe they played in ways that had not been done before.

I remember constantly listening to "blow my mind" so simple yet fresh.

Whilst I'm in awe of M Miller and his peers, I lose the emotional attachment to their music when it becomes about the bass over the style where someone like Zender plays the most beautiful and groovy lines that support the song rather than sit on top of it (if that makes any sense)
[/quote]Im all for bass players that play for the record. Why wouldn't they.? ok its nice to have a bit of flash. sometime they do but i prefer guys like Pino,. for me, perfection when it comes to understated groove bass playing. If he ever played on Space Cowboy i think my headphones would explode. I still think Marcus Miller when he plays finger style is just one of the best bass players alive. But he is not Pino Palladino.

[bubinga5]

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1459780269' post='3019518']
This

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9eED6Krl14[/media]

I think it came from you or one of your threads. I love a lot of bassists but I've yet to find a performance to excite me as much as this
[/quote]Ive never heard this record. its a cracker by the way. That is Meshel Ndegeocello on bass. if there is anyones bass playing i can recognise its Meshell's.

Edited April 4, 2016 by bubinga5

[Jazzneck]

I think "best" may be the wrong word in this context.

However, Ron Wood ............................... is he a bass player?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kaJIynR15s[/media]

Edited April 4, 2016 by Jazzneck

[lowdown]

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1459787373' post='3019628']
I still think Marcus Miller when he plays finger style is just one of the best bass players alive. But he is not Pino Palladino.
[/quote]

Why would he want to be Pino, when he has made a stonking career as Marcus Miller?
PP and MM are different players in style.

There are far too many players for me to list that I really like,
even those players still never cease to amaze me, I am always hearing something new
with every listen.


Yes, Marcus Millers finger/fretless playing is great.

http://youtu.be/CCnQOmzukRs

Edited April 4, 2016 by lowdown

[ezbass]

Oh, there are too many to list: Tony Levin on Red Rain, Pino on Tear Your Playhouse Down (although pretty much anything these guys play on is amazing to my ears); the usual suspects really. But someone who, IMO, doesn't get enough kudos is Roscoe Beck. The walking line on this track, with its skips and ghost notes, is just lovely and then there's the two-handed, chordal stuff that starts under the guitar solo @2:00 onwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8itrVCVrtNM&list=PLXYKzslrntw3LmWYDEBWLxVt8yb-7M9WP

[lowdown]

^^^^^
Yes!, Roscoe Beck is a lovely player.

[JTUK]

My current fave is Ready Freddie's playing on Steely Dan's tour Think fast in Cincinatti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeniR2wP6kg

Consummate playing from a consummate sideman.

Listen to it on a good sound system.

[oldbass]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1459791717' post='3019688']
My current fave is Ready Freddie's playing on Steely Dan's tour Think fast in Cincinatti
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeniR2wP6kg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=HeniR2wP6kg[/url]

Consummate playing from a consummate sideman.

Listen to it on a good sound system.
[/quote][quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1459791717' post='3019688']
My current fave is Ready Freddie's playing on Steely Dan's tour Think fast in Cincinatti
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeniR2wP6kg"]https://www.youtube....h?v=HeniR2wP6kg[/url]

Consummate playing from a consummate sideman.

Listen to it on a good sound system.
[/quote]

+++1 havent seen it before

a The band... what a fab sound, my dream set up.
b Freddie. Lovely tone from what I think is a 'boring' 70's P bass, superb pro and still no-one can play 'forget me nots' the way he does.

The whole darn thing is as good as it gets.

[Truckstop]

My favourite bass performance is on Aretha Franklin's Border Song. I think it's Chuck Rainey?

[Lozz196]

I think the one bit of bass playing that really made me go "wow" was JJ Burnell on Hanging Around by The Stranglers. Awesome tone, not that amazing a bassline, but so prominent in the mix it just really knocked me out.

[spectoremg]

[quote name='lowhand_mike' timestamp='1459772814' post='3019396']
stuart zender played on the Stoned Again mix (original version) with the slap style chorus, where as the album version has a different feel and different bassline creadited to a Mr. X
[/quote]Didn't Andrew Levy play on early Jamiroquai stuff?

[spectoremg]

[quote name='keefbaker' timestamp='1459767511' post='3019298']
Totally. Marcus Miller's style is soulful and in a live band situation he kills it but his records sound like Casio keyboard demo tracks.

As to the OP's question another gem in the word is Dean Garcia. He doesn't play anything mega-complex but his tone and use of sliding makes an essentially pedestrial bassline sound amazing.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ7_ufLazwM[/media]
[/quote]Nice to see Dean Garcia get a mention, his name came to mind when I heard a Eurythmics song the other day. He toured in Sinead O'Connor's band years ago too.