Inspirational bass players

[De Sisti]

All on the double bass,
Ray Brown,
Ron Carter,
Paul Chambers,
Stanley Clark,
Charlie Mingus,
Christian McBride,
John Clayton,
Esperanza Spalding,
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen,
Percy Heath,
Geoff Chalmers

[redshift]

We got to page 2 and nobody mentioned Geddy Lee?
Also John Deacon

ETA: that young chap on the Larry Carlton / Robben Ford vid from Switzerland. Oh Yeah, Travis Carlton. Him.

[ian]

I can name precisely zero bass players, which is exactly how it is supposed to be.

[Woofage]

Percy Jones
Jean-Jacques Burnel
Chris Squire

[hatler]

As a combined rhythm unit aren't Mick Fleetwood and John McVie meant to be one of the best pairings on the planet ?

[Jaded]

The PiL John Wardle.

[PeterM]

Lloyd Swanton of The Necks

[citoyen]

Going back to Tina Weymouth, I found this playlist on Spotify, which has been keeping me entertained this evening...

Tina Weymouth’s dopest basslines
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IXVq2Izc0OgUSmPZcMVVb?si=N1X6xNzFS32kMztFMyI6aw

[PaulF]

Chris Squire, Fragile or Fish Out of Water are good starting points. Tony Levin especially Peter Gabriel’s early solo albums and King Crimson.

[Robh]

Lars Danielsson
Anders Jormin
Arild Andersen
Roy Babbington
Eberhard Weber
Hugh Hopper
Brian Bromberg
Mark Sandman
Charlie Haden
Jonas Hellborg
Esperanza Spalding
Danny Thompson
Tal Wilkenfeld
Miroslav Vitous
Jannick Top
Jaco Pastorius

You missed out Ron Carter. And Mingus. And Thundercat. And Derrick Hodge is worth checking out too.

Edit: I see De Sisti mentioned carter and Mingus.

[Hot Flatus]

This thread is just a subtle method of flushing out and then blocking all the secret prog rock fans, isn't it.

[De Sisti]

This thread is just a subtle method of flushing out and then blocking all the secret prog rock fans, isn't it.

All of my nominees are from the Jazz world.

[PaulF]

This thread is just a subtle method of flushing out and then blocking all the secret prog rock fans, isn't it.

All of my nominees are from the Jazz world.

First they came for the proggers and I did not speak out for I was not a proggers
Then they came for the jazzers...

Patience, your time will come

[Pingu]

As a combined rhythm unit aren't Mick Fleetwood and John McVie meant to be one of the best pairings on the planet ?

If so then it's proof that you can't polish a turd*.





*Post Peter Green that is.

[Chris N]

Mark Sandman

  The first bass player I actually paid any attention to.

Any of the guys that play bass for Scary Pockets

  Nick Campbell is my favourite.

[Chris S]

My eldest son is a fairly useful bass player.

His inspirations were John Entwistle, Flea and Victor Wooten.

[Karla]

This thread is just a subtle method of flushing out and then blocking all the secret prog rock fans, isn't it.

That's why we need Peter Hook 

[CarlF]

Also inspirational:

James Jamieson
[...]

James Jamerson, no?

[Hot Flatus]

This thread is just a subtle method of flushing out and then blocking all the secret prog rock fans, isn't it.

That's why we need Peter Hook 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En1e65Y-6CM


Inspirational

[Pickled Onion]

No-one's mentioned Herbie Flowers yet?

[nicknack]

This thread is just a subtle method of flushing out and then blocking all the secret prog rock fans, isn't it.

That's why we need Peter Hook 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En1e65Y-6CM


Inspirational

[Peter]

 

(For a rather more musical demonstration of what can be done with just the 1st and 5th of a chord, try Randy Meisner in Hotel California.  Randy's replacement, Tim Schmit saw no reason the change it.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHrkaxyoWB4

So many types of perfection in one track.

[citoyen]

All of my nominees are from the Jazz world.

I’ve never really got into jazz but I do like a bit of Mingus.

[Redlight]

Nathan East?  relatively unknown because he is a session player

He gets extra points here as he is a huge Brompton advocate and always has one with him when on tour 

[Redlight]

How about Duck Dunn, from the 1960s Stax house band?