Bilbo Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live Michael Brecker - Michael Brecker, Don't Try This At Home or Pilgrimage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huge Hands Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Any Stu Zender Jamiroquai (First three or four albums?) + double infinity for Donny Hathaway Live. Any Jamerson stuff, especially the track "Chained" by Marvin Gaye. Rose Royce Greatest Hits. I'm serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 There's some great 80's basslines on the Frankie Goes To Hollywood stuff too... Wasn't that the Blockheads rhythm unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) [s]Anything[/s] everything by Les Claypool Edited April 8, 2008 by johnnylager Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='gary mac' post='172118' date='Apr 8 2008, 11:33 AM']There's some great 80's basslines on the Frankie Goes To Hollywood stuff too... Wasn't that the Blockheads rhythm unit[/quote] Trevor Horn used a Fairlight to sample Norman Watt-Roy and the Blockheads drummer jamming, and programmed the sampled notes/hits to make up the backing tracks. on early FGTH live recordings you can hear Mark O'Toole actually playing those basslines for real, plus other riffs that Horn later used as keyboard parts eg. the intro to Two tribes. Horn preferred to keep the band out of the studio, but gave them the writing credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbass Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Songs: Crossroads by Cream - Jack Bruce at his finest, and all the more impressive for being live Open Your Eyes - Flora Purim (Alphonso Johnson) (Also known as Bug Powder Dust by BombtheBass) Take Yo Praise - Camille Yarbrough Albums: Blood Sugar - RHCP Duran Duran - Greatest Hits Rage Against The Machine - RATM Stone Roses - Stone Roses Pretty much all of Abbey Road Edward the Great - Iron Maiden (its got to be the greatest hits, there's too many other albums) Most Hendrix (in the pocket, every song) Kill em All - Metallica (280bpm triplets anyone??!!) Ummm... Jaco?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJA Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='coasterbass' post='172159' date='Apr 8 2008, 12:29 PM']Open Your Eyes - Flora Purim (Alphonso Johnson) (Also known as Bug Powder Dust by BombtheBass)[/quote] when I play that riff people think it's Muse's hysteria! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 The article Bass Player did just over a decade ago still stacks up as a great list: [url="http://www.bassplayer.com/article/essential-bass-recordings/jun-97/4570"]http://www.bassplayer.com/article/essentia...ngs/jun-97/4570[/url] DUKE ELLINGTON Solos, Duets and Trios [RCA/Bluebird] Bassist: Jimmy Blanton PATSY CLINE 12 Greatest Hits [MCA] Bassists: Harold Bradley, Bob Moore OSCAR PETERSON TRIO Night Train [Verve] Bassist: Ray Brown CREAM Wheels of Fire [Polydor] Bassist: Jack Bruce CACHAO Y SU RITMO CALIENTE Cuban Jam Session,Vol. II [Panart] (Available from Descarga Latin Music, 800-377-2647) Bassist: Israel "Cachao" López MILES DAVIS Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet [Prestige] Bassist: Paul Chambers STANLEY CLARKE Stanley Clarke [Epic] Bassist: Stanley Clarke PRIMUS Sailing the Seas of Cheese [Interscope] Bassist: Les Claypool STAX/VOLT The Complete Stax/Volt Singles, 1959-1968 [Atlantic] Bassists: Donald "Duck" Dunn and others RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Blood Sugar Sex Magik [Warner Bros.] Bassist: Flea GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION The Best of Larry Graham and Graham Central Station, Vol.1 [Warner Bros.] Bassist: Larry Graham CHARLIE HADEN & PAT METHENY Beyond the Missouri Sky (short stories) [Verve] Bassist: Charlie Haden CHAKA KHAN What Cha' Gonna Do for Me [Warner Bros.] Bassist: Anthony Jackson MOTOWN Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection, 1959-1971 [Motown] Bassists: James Jamerson and others B.B. KING Completely Well [MCA] Bassist: Jerry Jemmott LED ZEPPELIN Led Zeppelin II [Atlantic] Bassist: John Paul Jones PAUL SIMON Graceland [Warner Bros.] Bassists: Bakithi Kumalo, Lloyd Lelose, Alonzo Johnson, Conrad Lozano BILL EVANS TRIO Sunday at the Village Vanguard [Riverside] Bassist: Scott LaFaro MICHAEL MANRING Drastic Measures [Windham Hill] Bassist: Michael Manring THE BEATLES Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [EMI] Bassist: Paul McCartney EDGAR MEYER, YO-YO MA & MARK O'CONNOR Appalachia Waltz [Sony Classical] Bassist:Edgar Meyer MARCUS MILLER The Sun Don't Lie [PRA] Bassist: Marcus Miller CHARLES MINGUS Mingus Ah Um [Columbia] Bassist: Charles Mingus WEATHER REPORT Heavy Weather [Columbia] Bassist: Jaco Pastorius THE METERS Funkify Your Life [Rhino] Bassist: George Porter Jr. TOWER OF POWER Tower Of Power [Warner Bros.] Bassist: Francis "Rocco" Prestia III STEELY DAN Aja [MCA] Bassists: Chuck Rainey, Walter Becker YES Fragile [Atlantic] Bassist: Chris Squire VICTOR WOOTEN A Show of Hands [Compass] Bassist: Victor Wooten I have most of these albums and they're right on the money! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 +1 for anything by Deep Purple but particularly Made In Europe, a live album with Glenn Hughes playing funky heavy rock with a Rickenbacker. Not just great playing but great tone too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blamelouis Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Great thread . Cant stop listening to Hiromi Uehara her album Time Control is amazing. Tony Grey on bass on a lot of her stuff !! [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu6agePRtzk&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yu6agePRtzk...feature=related[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkydunc Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 My Fave Jaco work is on Joni Mitchell's album Hejira - phenomenal and inspiring fretless D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnylager Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='PaulMartin' post='172191' date='Apr 8 2008, 01:08 PM']+1 for anything by Deep Purple but particularly Made In Europe, a live album with Glenn Hughes playing funky heavy rock with a Rickenbacker. Not just great playing but great tone too.[/quote] +2. And he nails backing vox at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leowasright Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Back in Black , AC/DC For all those who believe that bass [b]is[/b][i][/i] the root note. Once you can do this THEN go and do all the funky stuff. David H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirkThrust Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='johnnylager' post='172281' date='Apr 8 2008, 02:48 PM']+2. And he nails backing vox at the same time.[/quote] Yeah and what a voice. Coverdale could keep quiet (and sometimes I wish he would) and let GH do the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamonUK Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Level 42's "The Pursuit of Accidents" album. Tour de four of bass playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Funk Drops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullet-Rule Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 As for albums: 'Snow' by Spock's Beard 'No World for Tomorrow' by Coheed and Cambria, but I view all of Coheed's albums as bass masterpieces. Mic Todd knows when to keep it simple and when to lay down an awesome groove/ fill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaNoFuNkY Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 (edited) Marvin Gaye - Got to give it up (part one) Just heard this on the radio and no matter how often I hear it, it just always leaves me going.............................yeah! Also, Jackson 5 - I Want You Back is always a classic, has some great outro frills (I can hear it in my flat mate's room, and it makes me wana funk like no-one is watching). Best stop now really Edited April 8, 2008 by RaNoFuNkY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='Bullet-Rule' post='172585' date='Apr 8 2008, 08:55 PM']As for albums: 'Snow' by Spock's Beard[/quote] Hell yeah and especially 'V' by Spock's Beard! Dave Meros is an awesome bass player with a super sexy bass tone. He's also a really nice approachable guy too. I will of course have to give props to my band mates and suggest listening to Sikth and James Leach's awesome bass playing. Tone, punch and some wicked bass lines! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass_In_Yer_Face Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 [quote name='DamonUK' post='172470' date='Apr 8 2008, 06:00 PM']Level 42's "The Pursuit of Accidents" album. Tour de four of bass playing.[/quote] I was going to say 'Standing In The Light' also by L42 Tin Drum by Japan to here Mick Karn's fretless. Also the early Stranglers stuff and Compact Snap by The Jam for Mr Foxton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Just found this, to add to the Talas suggestion...Sink Your Teeth Into That [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFcTuQsr1TM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFcTuQsr1TM[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Incubus - S.C.I.E.N.C.E. Still their best album, especially with regards to bass playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 [quote name='chardbass' post='171727' date='Apr 7 2008, 08:21 PM']Jim Jam- Jim Mullen (Pino on P bass- v tasty)[/quote] Have you got a copy of this? Doesn't it also have Hamish Stuart on guitar? I've been looking for a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 Miles Davis - "Kind of Blue" lots of reasons to own this album, the bass playing is just one of them. Grace Jones - "Slave to the Rhythm" I like the production and the "modern" bass tone. Donny Hathaway - "Live" soul goodness. James Brown "Star Time" box set funk bass primer, it's all good. Prince "Sign of the Times" probably the greatest album ever. probably. cop Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Larry Graham influence with cool chords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakenewmanbass Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 (edited) [quote name='chardbass' post='171727' date='Apr 7 2008, 08:21 PM']Jim Jam- Jim Mullen (Pino on P bass- v tasty)[/quote] Shameless boast, I did a session with Jim (and I've gigged with him) a few months ago. The guy is a legend PS nice list above foal30 Edited April 9, 2008 by jakesbass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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