Best Female Bass Player

[PJ Phillips]

Great bass players all!
What's the deal with Carole Kaye ... Did she play on everything?
I think she may have been credited with a lot of Jamersons sessions - could never figure it out!

I love Me'Shell and also the amazingly fearless bass playing of Tal Wilkenfeld. She is a rock!

Also, may I add Midus Guerriero who is fantastic and also a great singer
and finally the beautiful Gay-Yee Westerhoff (cellist from 'Bond') who is a monster funky electric bass player too.

[Dood]

[quote name='Rogueporn' post='223877' date='Jun 21 2008, 10:51 PM']Tal Wilkenfeld, Rana Ross[/quote]


RIP Rana. I recall we had some very bizarre conversations via email way back when.

[16Again]

Gail Anne Dorsey and Divinity.

[OutToPlayJazz]

[quote]Gail Anne Dorsey and Divinity.[/quote]

Oh yes, I'd quite forgotten about MC.Divinity. She tours sometimes with the Victor Wooten band. Quite a tidy player. It's Tal all the way for me, though

[aceuggy]

[quote name='The Burpster' post='194093' date='May 7 2008, 06:17 PM']Tina Weymouth or

Suzie Quatro

For me......[/quote]


Suzie Quatro......didn't know she played bass1

[StanRobinson]

I said before but.. Sibyl Buck.
SR

[rmorris]

[quote name='clauster' post='194495' date='May 8 2008, 10:48 AM']+1 to Tina Weymouth

Also Clare Kenny (Shakespeares Sister, Aztec Camera, etc, lots of session work).[/quote]

nice call on Clare - good stuff on Orange Juice tracks.

Overall depends on whether looking for best ' solo / muso / tech ' female bass player or female bass player in the best band.

Kim Deal in the Pixies - not overtly technical - but there's no-one male or female who would be ( have been ? ) better in that context.

There should be gratuitous pic of Suzi and the Fonz around here somewhere - best female singing acting bassist ?

[rmorris]

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[Dood]

[quote name='OutToPlayJazz' post='224329' date='Jun 22 2008, 06:36 PM'][/quote]


There's someone stood in the way of those 2 stacks.. "OY!!! get out the waaaaaaaayyyyyyy" *waves hand frantically sideways*

[Bay Splayer]

this bird here................

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oh sorry its a bloke (steve severin)

[Moody]

[quote name='RIM Basses' post='223885' date='Jun 21 2008, 11:29 PM']Yolanda Charles also![/quote]

+1000 she is absolute quality and a really nice person to boot!

[Sarah5string]

Me.





*runs away and hides*

[xilddx]

Tessa Pollitt from The Slits could lay down an awesome dub line. Man Next Door still gives me the shivs.

[OutToPlayJazz]

[quote name='Sarah5string' post='226056' date='Jun 24 2008, 05:32 PM']Me.





*runs away and hides*[/quote]

Funnily enough, we can't argue with you there Sarah, being as you're one of our own, as it were!

Poor Tal will feel left out

[Marky L]

I'd just like to add to the mix -

Grog, from Die So Fluid.

Purely on her exceptional use of a latex catsuit.. mmmmmmmmmmmm

[xilddx]

[quote name='Marky L' post='227477' date='Jun 26 2008, 04:10 PM']I'd just like to add to the mix -

Grog, from Die So Fluid.

Purely on her exceptional use of a latex catsuit.. mmmmmmmmmmmm [/quote]

She very good!

[bassbluestew]

I think the Jamerson / Kaye thing is a WHOLE BIG topic on it's own.

Looking at some US sites they get VERY het up over it.

S

[molan]

Ok, so this may be a little controversial but I really like Michele Stodart of the Magic Numbers.

No clever technical stuff going on but I just love some of her ideas and the patterns she plays, really suits the band's sound and actually quite fun to play along with. First album and demos are my favourites.




Here she is playing live : [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTocYnxWYE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYTocYnxWYE[/url]

Not particularly fluid and the tone is bit dead but something about the bass line just does it for me


PS - if you want to hear the 'produced' version of the same song it's here : [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-7Japu-MdU&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-7Japu-MdU...feature=related[/url]

Edited July 5, 2008 by molan

[waynepunkdude]

What are they doing out of the kitchen long enough to learn bass?

[molan]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='233335' date='Jul 5 2008, 09:20 PM']What are they doing out of the kitchen long enough to learn bass? [/quote]

That's one of the things I quite like about all of them, a bit on the large side, lots of hair, no posing fashion stuff & churning out great little pop songs

Found another live version of the same song with much better sounds from Glasto a few years back : [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYtZ5LNd8tQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYtZ5LNd8tQ[/url]

Edited July 5, 2008 by molan

[jmccabe]

I didn't spot Sara Lee in any of the comments, ex Gang Of Four after Dave Allen left.

[coasterbass]

[quote name='jmccabe' post='242799' date='Jul 18 2008, 03:30 PM']I didn't spot Sara Lee in any of the comments, ex Gang Of Four after Dave Allen left.[/quote]

So confused.....

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[Bilbo]

I refuse to engage in this debate as it is, by its very nature, sexist. A players gender is of no relevance to his or her playing.

You'll be asking who is the best gay bass player next.

The best Muslim player?

The best Socialist player?

The best player over 65?

Nonsense.

[cheddatom]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='242871' date='Jul 18 2008, 04:34 PM']I refuse to engage in this debate as it is, by its very nature, sexist. A players gender is of no relevance to his or her playing.

You'll be asking who is the best gay bass player next.

The best Muslim player?

The best Socialist player?

The best player over 65?

Nonsense.[/quote]

Who knew hermaphrodites were so easily offended!

[Wooks]

[quote name='bilbo230763' post='242871' date='Jul 18 2008, 04:34 PM']I refuse to engage in this debate as it is, by its very nature, sexist. A players gender is of no relevance to his or her playing.

You'll be asking who is the best gay bass player next.

The best Muslim player?

The best Socialist player?

The best player over 65?

Nonsense.[/quote]

But you've just contributed to this debate Bilbo

I'll get me coat shall I??

Edited July 18, 2008 by Wooks