Top 5 bassists
 

Victor Wooten
Les Claypool
John Paul Jones
Marcus Millar
Jaco Pastorius

Ryan Williamson
Marcus Millar
Jaco Pastorius
Les Claypool
Geezer Butler

who's Ryan Williamson play with?

hehe n00b :D




GG is RW

At the moment, he plays for a band called Semiblind, but he said he was thinkin about leaving them for something heavier.

lol

Stanley Clarke
John Paul Jones
Bill Laswell
Paul Chambers(Miles Davis )
Greg Lake (King Crimson, ELP)

gotta add Charles Mingus as well
theres a few more i like but cant remember their names..

Jack Bruce
John Paul Jones
John Entwistle
Noel Redding
Bootsy Collins


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James Jamerson and Carol Kaye.

Enough said.

Percy Jones (Brand X)

Jerry Jemmott, Willie Weeks, James Jamerson, Paul Chambers , Dave Holland and Charlie Haden all come to mind as extremely important bassists. They made the music they played sound and groove better. Tony Levin is an important rock player.

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John Patituci
Tony Levin
Jaco of course
Mingus was great :D
hm.... theres numerous others, so i'll leave the 5th spot open :D

I'll apply for that 5th spot. Hear me playing on this song
http://www.thenines.co.uk/Beneath%20the%20sun.mp3

Holy shit--how could I forget?

The greatest bass player of the rock era is Larry Graham in the greatest band of the rock era, Sly & the Family Stone.

TAFKA! I really like how you guys sound. I checked out the other songs posted on the site. Nice job! :tu: :tu: :tu: :AP: :AP: :AP:

What a shame.
 

What a shame I'm working friday night.
I would have made the effort.
I'm only in Oxford.
Break a leg and all that.

Cheers guys. That's really cool of you Malvachat, maybe some other time.

Larry Graham (Saw him play with Prince about 6 yrs ago....amazing)

Les Claypool

Paul McCartney

ya know, theres a lot of bass players that i think are great. but let me tell ya, wasnt till at the age of 16? i really started listening to Weather Report and it was at that time that i noticed the bass player with them was like no other. this man took the bass, and played it like a lead guitar, like a slide guitar, like anything and everything, with the deepest richest tones ive ever heard come outta a bass. so distinctive is his style, i can pick it out in any music i hear that he played in. Joni Mitchell for instance, he played on Mingus.

so for me there is not top 5, there is the one, and others can aspire.


Jaco Pastorius rest in peace bro