16th note finger funkers!

[AM1]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1414238404' post='2587363']
Might not get any thanks here, but Rocco is way too mechical and it just isn't funky, IMO.
[/quote][url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56_eUJzWOTg"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56_eUJzWOTg[/url] Those clipped grooves are an art form in and of themselves, he has plenty of funk, he just chooses when to unleash it to suit the songs. Listen to that bass and drum interaction at 1:19 onwards - that has the funk!

[bubinga5]

those SEMIQUAVERS, (were not in america) are played to very good affect by this master. always thought his playing was amazing around those changes. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7nXpLCr3T8[/media]

Edited November 1, 2014 by bubinga5

[bubinga5]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1414238404' post='2587363']
Might not get any thanks here, but Rocco is way too mechical and it just isn't funky, IMO.
U.K guy I used to like,
Jerome Rimson.
You can't ignore Jaco, as you know.

You can get great lines from a pick and heavy muting.
Anthony Jackson and Bobby Vega... who is great at whatever he does..


[media]http://vimeo.com/72357168[/media]
[/quote]Francis Prestia Mechanical.? Not Funky.? like you say, its just your opinion but dude even if it comes down to ones own taste, thats not true. Rocco has played some of the funkiest bass lines ever written. but beauty in the eye and all that.

Edited November 1, 2014 by bubinga5

[bubinga5]

[quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1414238404' post='2587363']
Might not get any thanks here, but Rocco is way too mechical and it just isn't funky, IMO.
U.K guy I used to like,
Jerome Rimson.
You can't ignore Jaco, as you know.

You can get great lines from a pick and heavy muting.
Anthony Jackson and Bobby Vega... who is great at whatever he does..


[media]http://vimeo.com/72357168[/media]
[/quote]that guy has some great feel. he explains his technique very well also. actually that guy is awesome. i learned a lot from that.

Edited November 1, 2014 by bubinga5

[jakenewmanbass]

Someone not mentioned here yet is Willie Weeks,
check out his work on Donny Hathaway Live, to my mind one of the funkiest recordings in existence.
Thing is with Willie is that his lines are super musical as well as very funky, and by all accounts he's a lovely guy too, a pal of mine has recorded with him (and Steve Jordan)

[lowdown]

[quote name='Roland Rock' timestamp='1414431307' post='2589210']
Jerry Jemmott is well worth a mention
[/quote]

Worth a few bars of 16th note mentions.
Great, melodic groover.
I might be wrong, but I think Jaco mentioned him as an influence.

[JTUK]

[quote name='bubinga5' timestamp='1414877156' post='2594350']
Francis Prestia Mechanical.? Not Funky.? like you say, its just your opinion but dude even if it comes down to ones own taste, thats not true. Rocco has played some of the funkiest bass lines ever written. but beauty in the eye and all that.
[/quote]

I can't listen to him..and I certainly can't watch his tutorials videos.

[Bassnut62]

[quote name='jakenewmanbass' timestamp='1414878071' post='2594364']
Someone not mentioned here yet is Willie Weeks,
check out his work on Donny Hathaway Live, to my mind one of the funkiest recordings in existence.
Thing is with Willie is that his lines are super musical as well as very funky, and by all accounts he's a lovely guy too, a pal of mine has recorded with him (and Steve Jordan)
[/quote]

+1 for Willy Weeks...that Donny Live album is one of my faves, along with the Curtis (Mayfield) Live album recorded around the same time, and I think it might have been Willy Weeks on the Curtis album too.

[jakenewmanbass]

[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1414913310' post='2594519']
Worth a few bars of 16th note mentions.
Great, melodic groover.
I might be wrong, but I think Jaco mentioned him as an influence.
[/quote]
You're not wrong Garry...