jwr@ccieng5.UUCP (James Walter Reid) (04/16/84)
All right, since we have all but worn out the 'great guitarist' debate, let us now start the 'great bassist' debate. My favorites (again, in no particular order); Chris Squire: In my mind, he is the best. Anyone who has seen Yes perform live can second this. A true pioneer. Greg Lake: This one will probably get criticized, but any ELP fan can tell you that this man used to be excellent. What he's up to now is uncertain. He was in Asia for a few months, but that did not work out. It amazing how the once great can faid into the background. Oh well.. Tony Levin: Squire's closest competitor. Very inventive, and extremely talented. His work with Crimson is surpassed only by his work with Gabriel. John Entwistle: What can one say? One of the originals, and one of the best. It will be interesting to see how he does without Pete, though. Geddy Lee: Another extremely talented player. The heart and soul of Rush. Very innovative. Well, those are my opinions. As before, replies are strongly encouraged. My thanks to all those who replied to my last article. (especially Rich Rosen, whose well argued points led up to my purchase of the new King Crimson album. Hackett will always be my personnel favorite, but I do try to keep an open mind.)
riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle) (04/17/84)
Charles Mingus, of course!
--- Prentiss Riddle ("Aprendiz de todo, maestro de nada.")
--- {ihnp4,seismo,gatech,ctvax}!ut-sally!riddlesrini@ut-sally.UUCP (Srinivasan Sundararajan) (04/17/84)
John Paul Jones - (Led Zep), for sure !
gtaylor@cornell.UUCP (04/17/84)
Let us now praise famous men.... As one of the first to climb on the bass arcana caravan, I nominate Mick Karn from the late and lamented Japan. He is one of the truly inventive fretless players in the biz (who plays fretless for rack, anyhow). Check out "The Tin Drum" or "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" for what is possible in a good marriage of electronics, fretless, and the dance g(through the night and through the fires we went searching down the wires) taylor@cornell
rkp@drutx.UUCP (04/17/84)
I strongly agree about Greg Lake. ELP would not been the same without him and his style of bass playing. My opinion has always been that Carl Palmer was a solo drummer and the real rhythm section of ELP was Greg Lake. Russ Pierce drutx!rkp
ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) (04/18/84)
Re: Great Bassists Charles Mingus and Sid Vicious -michael
clark@sdcsla.UUCP (04/18/84)
<> If you are going to mention rock bassists, you should include Stanley Clarke. Stanley Clarke, you say, he's jazz! Ah, but when Ron Wood, Ian McLaghan (sp?), and a few other die-hard rockers got together for a tour in 1978 (or so) for fun, called 'The New Barbarians', they had Stanley Clarke on bass. The concert was a rousing celebration of the heart of rock and roll, but one thing I remember quite clearly was a band break, for all but Stanley, where he soloed with his ol' four string, and brought down the roof. He had the place stomping as much as the whole rest of the band had. Incredible. -- Clark "Volume, clarity, bass!"
burris@ihopa.UUCP (David Burris) (04/19/84)
My vote for bass player would be Jaco Pastoreus(sp?). -- Dave Burris ..!ihnp4!ihopa!burris AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il.
chb@vaxine.UUCP (Kool Klezmer) (04/20/84)
Of course, Charlie Mingus!!!! But let us not forget also Jimmy Blanton, Scotty LaFaro, and the drummer's bassist, Ray Brown. BTW, We've had this discussion before!!!! Charlie Berg allegra!linus!vaxine!chb
dbb@fluke.UUCP (04/20/84)
Didn't we just have a "what's your favorite bassist?" discussion
about 6 months ago? I recall having mentioned Andy West at the
time. Well, never mind...
Let's hold off on any more "what's your favorite *ist\?" discussions
until about 1988, to give a few new names a chance to emerge. OK?
So, anyway, what's your favorite kazooist? (It was time to test
the flame retardant on my VT100 anyway)
--
Dave Bartley John Fluke Mfg Co PO Box C9090 Everett,WA 98206 USA
{ ihnp4!uw-beaver, decvax!microsoft, hplabs!lbl-csam, allegra } !fluke!dbbwjhe@hlexa.UUCP (Bill Hery) (04/20/84)
<> > If you are going to mention rock bassists, you should include Stanley > Clarke. Stanley Clarke, you say, he's jazz! Stanley Clarke jazz? As a long time jazz fan, I always thought he was rock.