Favourite Upright Bassist?

[SevenSeas]

Okay well as the thread suggests, I am interested to know what peoples favourite upright bassists are; If you can include a favourite album, track, video etc. That would be cool;

I'll start:

Avishai Cohen;
Album: Seven Seas.
Track: About A Tree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEhz_0yTavE

[Cat Burrito]

Lee Rocker

[funkypenguin]

for me its between Scott lafaro, ray brown and the legend that is john patitucci

[icastle]

Danny Thompson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bi8uRmFKTY

[RussFM]

This guy, because I saw him tonight supporting Frank Turner, and he's mental!

http://youtu.be/otQ9zl9WIDI

[Clarky]

Scott Lafaro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARGPAkIcw4

and Danny Thompson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmSPv-rtSQ

[Clarky]

and Ray Brown (OK, so that makes three but they are all different in style and approach)

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKMTcA2UuFg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKMTcA2UuFg[/url]

[grahamd]

Mingus

http://youtu.be/jOWNkZrkLfk

[Horizontalste]

Jim Creegan of Barenaked Ladies, awesome on Brian Wilson.

[Coilte]

This is a silly question to ask here on "Bass Chat" when everyone knows that the answer is....Bilbo !!!


Mine (after Bilbo of course !!!) is Dave Holland.


[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQF9bJE800s"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQF9bJE800s[/url]

[stingrayPete1977]

Esperanza!

[stingrayPete1977]

And Gary karr.

[phil625sxc]

I like lots but Stanley Clarke, Christian McBride & NHOP (Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen) would probably be my top 3

[DaveFry]

I'm having growing admiration for Benoit Dunoyer de Segonzac .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPebE4K4lg

Neat sliding harmonic ( I'm guessing ) at 8:33 .


(-Concert in Leipzig Cathedral where Bach is buried .)

[lowdown]

Most of the above, along with Paul Chambers and some of Ron Carters stuff.

Check this out - 4 DB's sawing & Pizzing away !.... There is a 'real' Bass face going on with the Pizz player.
Night in Tunisia......

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-PbqoBA2k"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-PbqoBA2k[/url]


Garry

[ezbass]

Another vote for Danny Thompson. So many great tracks to choose from but I'm particularly fond of his work on David Syvian's Ink in the Well from Brilliant Trees.

http://youtu.be/BMjQpUwGFVI

Edited April 25, 2013 by ezbass

[Clarky]

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1366898945' post='2058747']
Another vote for Danny Thompson. So many great tracks to choose from but I'm particularly fond of his work on David Syvian's Ink in the Well from Brilliant Trees.
[/quote]

Absolutely love his playing on that - was the first time I heard Danny back in the mid-80s when I was a Japan fan and I fell in love with his singular, buzzy tone

[icastle]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1366899326' post='2058752']
Absolutely love his playing on that - was the first time I heard Danny back in the mid-80s when I was a Japan fan and I fell in love with his singular, buzzy tone
[/quote]

The thing that still astonishes me about him is that every time I think I know where I've 'heard him first', it turns out that he's played on something I've heard earlier.

[TheRev]

Influence No1: Danny Thompson. Clarky has already posted my favourite Danny moment, so let's move on....

Influence No2: Ali Friend of Red Snapper, Clayhill and Beth Orton.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQkaOjw1oko&feature=share&list=RD02ev8jUs-omr8[/media]

Influence No3: Dan Berglund of E.S.T.

[media]http://youtu.be/9Yt8GPO4BgU[/media]

[paul_5]

[quote name='grahamd' timestamp='1366875399' post='2058278']
Mingus

[media]http://youtu.be/jOWNkZrkLfk[/media]
[/quote]

End of thread.

[thisnameistaken]

Meh. Loads. Including pop players like Jimi Jazz. Actually MCA (RIP) played some nice upright parts on older Beasties tunes. Alright Hear This is a nice one.

http://vimeo.com/37998548

[leschirons]

Brian Bromberg for me. Anything on upright from the album "You know that feeling"

[EssentialTension]

[quote name='Clarky' timestamp='1366865731' post='2058181']
Scott Lafaro

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARGPAkIcw4[/media]

and Danny Thompson

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmSPv-rtSQ[/media]
[/quote]
Those two will do.

[risingson]

Mingus, Scott LaFaro, Ray Brown, Mr. PC Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Patitucci, Christian McBride and Dave Holland.

[miles'tone]

Oscar Pettiford. Love him on the Bud Powell album Live at the Essen jazz festival
1960.
It's a classic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGc4-RFh6uE&feature=youtube_gdata_player