Been away for about 15 years...Who did i miss?

[Gizmo]

So i've been out of the BASS/Bassist loop for a little while & after feeling the pull of the low end once again i thought i drop a post to ask  about catching up on Who/What i've been missing out on for the past 15 years or so? 

 

My fav's of yesteryear player were/are guys like Bromberg/Manring/Hamm/Caron/Wooten/Malone/Miller/Larue/Campagnani/Nitti...etc, so all the slapper/taper/soloist kind of bassist that do the fusion/prog type stuff id guess, I've been catching up on these guys & sofar some good & some WTF is this mess moments

 

Now i did drop by Youtube first to see what was  up/down....BIG MISTAKE, WTF is with all this BASS BATTLE/Bass influencer stuff ? (no doubt at 52 im guessing its that i  just "don't get it") 

 

2 Guys that have popped up on the radar that i have on playback loop atm are Alex Lofoco & Fernando Molinari, both monster players that also have great tunes/groove...Id say that Alex is like all my fav player fussed into one with a health amount of himself, shame he only seems to have released one album in like 8 years?  

 

So any recommendations for me ?

 

Cheers

[dannybuoy]

Joe Dart without a doubt

[ezbass]

Michael League in Snarky Puppy

[Mrbigstuff]

13 minutes ago, ezbass said:

Michael League in Snarky Puppy

Funnily enough I think their first masterclass and gig in London was platoons 15 years ago. It has to be my greatest ever musical experience.

[itu]

Women: 

kingaglyk.com 

Alissia Benveniste 

Mohini Dei 

 

Men: 

Tom Kennedy 

Richard Bona 

charlesberthoud.com 

 

I don't think you lost a thing. These are flashy players but I still think most of the bass work is done in half or first position and with roots and fifths. Good timing is still the key. 

[Count Bassy]

The ubiquitous use of Class D amplifiers and Neodymium magnet speakers. ie speakers and cabs are smaller and/or lighter.

 

 

Playing with a pick and playing slap bass, and flatwound strings are now illegal, so don't be tempted.

 

Edited just now by Count Bassy