Michael Jackson's bass players

[chris_b]

Interviews with and some history of the bass players who played on MJ records over the years. This is a Who's Who of the very best players in the world.


http://www.bassplayer.com/article/men-in-the-mirror-the-bassists-of-michael-jackson-how-alex-al-and-his-predecessors-pumped-up-the-king-of-pop/4769

[lowdown]

Great stuff, thanks for the link.


Garry

[pobrien_ie]

Great article. Stumbled upon this myself a few months ago when I was trying to find out who played bass on Jackson 5's I'll Be There. Never did find the answer!!

[Musicman20]

Alex Al is fabulous on bass. Ive seen YouTube clips of him demoing Musicman basses and watched him on the rehearsals for the tour that unfortunately never took place.

[stef030]

I enjoyed that,

thanks very much


cheers
stef

[chris_b]

I've been listening again to the MJ tracks listed in the article. I find knowing who is playing bass now makes a difference to how I'm now hearing the numbers.

I'll Be There sounds too clear to be JJ or Bob Babbitt and doesn't sound like Wilton Felder. How about sending an email to Motown?

[Chris Horton]

Thanks for posting this Chris , I really emjoyed reading this