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Lots of interesting posts here!


In no order:


Richard Bona

Jaco Pastorius

Sting

John Patitucci

James Jamerson



Regards


Mike

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In no particular order: Boz Burell
John Deacon
Mike Rutherford (back in the early days when he could be bothered)
Bruce Foxton
Tony Levin

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Blimey - can't do five easily. No way could I limit it to 5 current favourites, but I'll try early influences whose playing I still love:

Geddy

Dennis Dunaway

Jean Jacques Burnel

Mark King

John Entwhiste


- and a cast of thousands... :)

Jon.

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Who first stood out when I started listening to bass music:

Paul McCartney - top man for melodic pop
Jack Bruce - top man for blues extensions
Roger Glover - for harder rock riffs
Berry Oakley - for stretching out in a melodic way
Phil Lesh - for playing like the bottom end of a symphony orchestra

Both Berry and Phil had a way of locking into both drums and lead guitar even when the music was really stretching. Jack did this in Cream but the formats were more limited imo.

Jaco came after these guys and just rewrote the book on so many styles, although Rick Laird did some pretty impressive stuff with Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Latterly:

Walter Becker
Meshell Ndegeocello
Pino Palladino
Richard Bona
Victor Wooten

Huge technique but no sacrifice of musicality when playing ensemble (some of Victor's solos are a bit OTT).

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[quote name='Shaggy' post='12827' date='Jun 6 2007, 08:04 AM']5. The guy on Paul Simon's "Graceland" (anyone know?)[/quote]

Bakithi Khumalo

He is one of the reasons I started playing bass. For years before I played bas or listened to music I used to put my uncles graceland cd on everytime i visited him and would listen to the bass parts.

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James Jamerson
Thunder Fingers
Andy Fraser - still only a teenager when Free recorded All Right Now and Mr Big
Jimmy Blanton - as everyone else is chosing guys I've never heard of
Bruce Foxton

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I'd like to see this thread turn into a poll once there's enough replies. Is anyone brave enough to do it without the fear that you might get told off for missing certain people out?

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Hmmm.. lemme see. I'd feel bad about putting one in front of the other!! ha ha ha!!

John Deacon. T'was him who got me into all things Bass and for that I would love to thank him in person!
Billy Sheehan was probably the first bass player i heard playing 'outside the box'
John Myung was probably the next bass player to stand out for me, as I'd started playing a 6er a cuppla years before I heard DT for the first time.

John Pattitucci, Dil Katz, Geddy Lee, Claypool, Newstead, Sixx, Mick Karn, Dirk Lance, Steve Harris, James Leach,Stu Hamm, JJ Burnell,Jerry Best, Pino, Lee Sklar, Nathan East, Neil Murray oh and Kim Khahn have all had a very huge influence on me..well actually there are so many more!! The first 3 would be there though.

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Once we've had a fair number of posts, I'm sure we could tot up the votes and induct the 5 players with the most votes into our Bass Chat Bass Players Hall of Bass. I'm sure they'd be thrilled at the prospect, especially the dead ones.

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1 John Entwistle (THE bass Guitarist)
2 Charles Mingus (Soulful, moody and charismatic)
3 Kenny Gradney (The groove behind Little Feat)
4 Trevor Barry (Makes ability look so easy)
5 John Myung (Technique with feeling)

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[quote name='Shaggy' post='12827' date='Jun 6 2007, 08:04 AM']The guy on Paul Simon's "Graceland" (anyone know?)[/quote]
Bit of (probably) well known trivia for you....
The bass break on 'You Can Call Me Al' is actually some slap and pop played backwards! :)
#No sh*t Sherlock... I here you all cry!# :huh:

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But Armand Sabal Lecco does actually play all the notes in the live performance, only he doesn't bother with the reverse effect. :)

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1. Jaco Pastorius - For obvious reasons
2. John Entwistle - Just brilliant his fluidity amazes me
3. Victor Wooten - Can do what ever he wants and its still brilliant
4. Steve Bailey - Master of the fretless 6-string
5. Roger Waters - Nothing fancy but essential to the song

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1. Ryan Martinie - Alongside Leech, in Metal music he is by far the best.
2. Jaco Pastorius - No Explanation needed.
3. Marcus Miller - The best kind of slap out there.
4. Jimmy Haslip - Flawless, just the left-handedness will always make my lip twitch.
5. Victor Bailey - Knows his theory and a solid player.

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Just to clarify Kumalo's bass break in 'You Can Call Me Al'... The first half is him, the 2nd half is reversed.
He plays it in full on the GraceLand Live DVD.

Sweeeeet player!

Si

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1. Jaco - defined the words 'natural talent'
2. Marcus Miller - The master of slap, groove, space and feel
3. Mark 'Bedders' Bedford (Madness) - My first hero and a very underrated bassist
4. Nathan East - First call session player and wonderfully melodic player
5. Bernard Edwards - disco legend who NEVER changed his strings

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Good Topic

1.Jaco pastorius ... Mr Funk and underrated for his walking i think.
2.Jeff Berlin .... Mr Chops, the best soloist around !
3.Mark King ... Mr Groove,massive technique and he'll groove you to death!
4.Vic Wooten ... Mr Everything,nuff said!
5.Darryll Jones... i love his sound and groove! His jazz bass snarls and spits at you!!!

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