Recommend me some modern (or not) music with upright bass

[Dazed]

Not particularly looking at jazz or classical or any other specific style where you often find an upright, but music where you can hear it’s an upright being used.  
 

 

[chris_b]

Try Keb Mo and Bonnie Raitt.

 

No uprights used, but music that can sound good on an upright.

[tegs07]

Martin Harley and Daniel Kimbro

 

 Static in the Wires https://open.spotify.com/album/3zDH1Y7Ij83ZgvxKDrwVwx?si=Lv6w4rxGS1WhobaYitcwKA

 

The Wood Brothers

 

Kingdom in My Mind https://open.spotify.com/album/2DcaMqz70T997l2zEdkWQh?si=S3mKkmprSqOUqADqtXTjtA

 

John Martyn

 

Solid Air https://open.spotify.com/album/0QD0LEYQDkrJrtVcuRBcVp?si=IxFrPlseTW68gdZbXlni_w

Edited September 6, 2024 by tegs07

[Dad3353]

 

Edited September 6, 2024 by Dad3353

[Grahambythesea]

This number is not particularly jazz, but it’s good music.

[MrCrane]

 

 

[baldwinbass]

Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloe, from the album Colours. Magical, etherial sounds.

If that's too jazzy, he's appeared on Kate Bush's albums The Dreaming, Hounds of Love, The Sensual World & Aerial

[ezbass]

More Danny Thompson 

 

 

[Huge Hands]

Braylon Lacy plays upright on most of Erykah Badu's NPR Tiny Desk.

 

In fact, due to it's intimate nature, there are quite a lot of Tiny Desks with upright bass - you can get lost in there for hours....

 

 

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[BassTractor]

12 minutes ago, ezbass said:

More Danny Thompson 

 

 

 

Karn only needed 34.  
😉

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2024 by BassTractor

[Sambrook]

Lake Street Dive.

[Beedster]

The remarkable Chris Wood 

 

 

[Old Man Riva]

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[paul_5]

Anything by Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Amazing stuff.
 

 

[fretmeister]

The Horrorpops!

 

 

[Hellzero]

2 hours ago, paul_5 said:

Anything by Esbjörn Svensson Trio. Amazing stuff.
 

 

Indeed and there is a before and after Esbjörn Svensson in jazz piano and trio, but the OP didn't want jazz nor classical...

[Hellzero]

3 hours ago, Old Man Riva said:

 

Kamasi Washington is also in the jazz scene, even if he's including some more modern stuff in his music... And it's not what the OP asked for.

[Hellzero]

That said, you can listen to the two Lou Reed albums with Rob Wasserman, New York and Magic & Loss.

 

Here played live:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[simonlittle]

This whole album by The Cinematic Orchestra has some amazing upright bass playing by Phil France. Over twenty years ago now but still sounds fresh

 

[Leonard Smalls]

most rockabilly! eg:

 

 

And Robert Wyatt showing Elvis C how it should be done

 

 

[MichaelDean]

Go Go Penguin are pretty interesting. 

 

 

 

[Hellzero]

3 hours ago, MichaelDean said:

Go Go Penguin are pretty interesting. 

 

 

Jazz scene again, and before anyone mention it, the amazing Neil Cowley Trio is also from that jazz scene... 😉

[nekomatic]

26 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Jazz scene again, and before anyone mention it, the amazing Neil Cowley Trio is also from that jazz scene... 😉

However, since derailing threads has a long and honourable tradition here, I endorse this recommendation. 

[lowdown]

A 90's band called 'Soul Coughing'. They had an Upright Bassist called Sebastion Steinberg.

The music is a mish mash of Hip Hop, Electronic and Rock.

 

 

 

[lowdown]

G Love & Special Sauce...

 

If you click on the YouTube link there is a full play list.

 

 

Edited September 7, 2024 by lowdown