Favrite bass solo?

[Jaime Tortosa]

I want to know what's your favorite bass solo. 

I let you two of my favorites: 

 

[bassaussie]

Robert Palmer's cover of "Early in the Morning". The bass is amazing all the way through the song, then there's this blistering solo that comes from nowhere! It's around 3:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyD_b3xSzI

And this guy does a great job of breaking it all down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pQHRInI8pY

 

[ezbass]

Andy Fraser’s solo on Mr Big from the Free Live album; not technically difficult, but superb build and note choice.

 

Edited July 11, 2018 by ezbass

[Jaime Tortosa]

Mr Big is great. 

[Conan]

Generally speaking I don't like bass solos. And this track is not exactly a "solo" anyway...

 

[P-ZARN]

This version of Mr Big is by far the best      This was on the 'Free Story' album

[fleabag]

Intonation slightly out up at the dusty end     

[paul_5]

I’ve always had a soft spot for Billy Gould’s effort on ‘Kindergarten’ by Faith No More:

https://g.co/kgs/DQQKMa

[SICbass]

1 hour ago, bassaussie said:

Robert Palmer's cover of "Early in the Morning". The bass is amazing all the way through the song, then there's this blistering solo that comes from nowhere! It's around 3:20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyD_b3xSzI

And this guy does a great job of breaking it all down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pQHRInI8pY

 

Ooh yeah, I‘d forgotten about that. I used to listen to that album all the time. What a crackin‘ solo.

[chris_b]

Willie Weeks on Donny Hathaway's Voices Inside is a favourite, as is Dexter Redding playing The Awakening.

[PawelG]

https://pendofsky.bandcamp.com/track/psychobaton

The guitar solo is super cool too.

[Trueno]

7 minutes ago, Meddle said:

Glenn Cornick's solo on Bouree is great. Very tasteful, with some interesting chordal work. Glenn knew his stuff.

Excellent suggestion... I think I'll go and listen to it right now.

[fleabag]

Agreed - i have a JT album with that track. I also sold Glen a bass neck he bid on that i listed on Scambay

[Happy Jack]

All American Alien Boy by Ian Hunter, maybe 60 seconds in.

That's the young and unknown Jaco Pastorius more-or-less announcing his arrival.

I bloody hate everything about Jaco and his music, except that solo.

[Rich]

 

[Dad3353]

Then you might appreciate this from the master Casady (let it build up; it's worth it...)...

 

[visog]

Jaco - 'Havona' on 'Heavy Weather' (see parallel Fretless album thread)

Chris Squire - 'Does It Really Happen?' on 'Drama'

Jimmy Johnson - 'Pud Wud' on Allan Holdsworth's 'Sand'

Still very fond of Stanley Clarke - 'School Days'.

More recently, virtually anything by Hadrien Feraud.

[visog]

Oh and let's throw Jeff Berlin a bone: 'Water on the Brain' from Allan Holdsworth's 'Road Games'

[grumpyguts]

Enough of the twiddly derrière nonsense... Lemmy - Stay Clean. 

[Thunderbird]

I can think of any solos off the top of my head 😕

[Japhet]

Solo starts around 4.00 in.

 

[lowdown]

I like all the usual (and unusual) Bass solos from over the decades; Jaco, Patitucci and the rest of them etc. Slow/fast there is usually something to keep me interested. Just too many to list really.

 

 

 

 

 

[visog]

Richard Bona is a monster too...

[skidder652003]

always loved Bobby Vega

 

[visog]

1 hour ago, Thunderbird said:

I can think of any solos off the top of my head 😕

I presume you meant 'can't' but still you post that? Do you commentate on all your thoughts?

Go over to the 'favorite fretless albums' forum and post your fretted favourites...

 

Edited July 12, 2018 by visog