carey@yale-com.UUCP (Orchid) (10/06/83)
Now that we have beaten Steve Howe and Eddie Van Halen to death
(literally), how about your favorite bass players. My #1 is
actually a tie between John Entwistle (sp?) and Chris Squire. Close
behind are Greg Lake and the late Gary Thain (of early Uriah Heep).
Entwistle is fine. I don't care for Squire or Lake. My personal
favorites are Mark Boston ( Rockette Morton of Captain Beefheart fame ),
Eric Drew Feldman, Roy Estrada, and George Scott ( Raybeats, 8 Eyed Spy,
Contortions, - he's been dead for a few years, but he was great while he
was around ).carey@yale-com.UUCP (Orchid) (10/06/83)
Oh yeah, of course. I forgot Bill Wyman.
jsc@nbires.UUCP (Steven Carnes) (10/07/83)
as a former professional bassist, I'd vote for: Slam Stewart (older jazz bassist from the late 30's--hummed an octave above his bowed bass line) Ray Brown (his sessions with Cannonball Adderley are killers) Roger Bush (ever heard of him?? try the Country Gazette bluegrass band) steve "lost my callouses" carnes
craig@hp-pcd.UUCP (10/12/83)
#R:yale-com:-212600:hp-kirk:11500004:000:239 hp-kirk!craig Oct 10 08:02:00 1983 Getty Lee (bassest for RUSH) really makes the trio format come alive - he takes an active part in making the music happen and doesn't just provide a background for others to play against. Craig Durland hp-labs!hp-pcd!hp-cvd!craig
jtm@syteka.UUCP (Jim T. McCrae) (10/14/83)
Let's don't forget Charlie Mingus. If they have to be alive, how about Eddie Gomez?
gregorym@tektronix.UUCP (Gregory Muth) (10/26/83)
Chris Squire, formerly of YES, gets my vote. He is a versatile player
and produces a variety of interesting voices from the bass. He really adds
a lot to the band.
Stanley Clarke, of Return to Forever fame, takes a close second...
Greg Muth
Beaverton, ORbrenner@aruba.DEC (04/20/84)
Oh, lord, yes, Walter Becker! I must have blocked his name from my memory because the demise of Steely Dan was too painful for me. I truly miss the Dan -- I mean the real Dan sound of the records up to and including Royal Scam. Does anybody have recommendations of other bands that play that kind of muscular cynical jazz-rock stuff? I've been dying for a fix ever since Aja. Ellen Brenner ...decvax!decwrl!rhea!aruba!brenner
ckk@g.cs.cmu.edu (Chris Koenigsberg) (11/02/85)
Eh, did you say Bass players? For electric bass guitars, I like Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Stanley Clarke (in the old days), Tony Levin, Jack Bruce, Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant), Chris Squire, Jaco Pastorius, Alfonso Johnson, and the twin bassists with Ronald Shannon Jackson and the Decoding Society, forget their names. Eberhard Weber is in a different category, he plays a "stick" that is NOT the Chapman Stick but more like an electric viola da gamba, upright but much smaller than a contrabass. For contrabass, Bertram Turetzky, Miroslav Vitous, Stanley Clarke again, Sirone, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee, Charlie Haden,....could go on and on.
ryan@fremen.DEC (Mike Ryan DTN 264-8280 MKO1-2/E25) (11/04/85)
---------------------Reply to mail dated 1-NOV-1985 22:49--------------------- >Posted by: decwrl!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!seismo!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!g.cs.cmu.edu!ckk >Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI >For contrabass, Bertram Turetzky, Miroslav Vitous, Stanley Clarke again, >Sirone, Ron Carter, Cecil McBee, Charlie Haden,....could go on and on. (Sorry about that last one...) Speaking of great acoustic bass players, what's Niels-Orsted Pedersen (sp?) doing these days? Mike
wed@drutx.UUCP (DeibertWE) (11/06/85)
How about Ray Brown? William D.