rkp@drufl.UUCP (Pierce) (10/04/83)
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). OK, let's hear it. Who's your favorite?
rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (10/06/83)
In no particular order,
Paul McCartney (when he chose to actually play)
John Entwhistle
Chris Squire
Barry Adamson (Magazine)
Martina Weymouth (Talking Heads)
Steve Garvey (The Buzzcocks)
Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon)
Busta "Cherry" Jones (Eno, Talking Heads)
and of course, Dee Dee Ramone, Richard Hell, and the
lovable John Simon Ritchie
What about accordion players? My fave is Weird Al Yankovic ("I Love
Rocky Road", "Ricky", "Another One Rides the Bus").
Rich Rosen pyuxn!rlr
P.S. My favorite electronic percussionist is Layne Rico of Our Daughter's
Wedding. Anybody have a favorite sousaphone player?mike@uniq.UUCP (Mike Hall) (10/06/83)
Let's not forget John Wetton of later day King Crimson, the ultimate U.K., and finally the overly-commercial Asia. Mike ...ihnp4!we13!uniq!mike
rpk@mit-vax.UUCP (Robert Krajewski) (10/06/83)
Here are my choices -- maybe not my favorites, but just a few interesting
ones of the top of my head:
James Jamerson (Motown)
Bill Laswell (Material, NY art jazz/punk)
John Entwistle
Chris Squire (but mostly technique, that all)
Bernard Edwards (Chic)
Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel)
Bruce Thomas (Attractions, mostly for sound, not technique)
Paul McCartney (Beatles-era)
Jamalaadeen Tacuma (Cosmetic, Ornette Coleman)
Steve Swallow (ECM, Carla Bley)
and there's more, I'm sure ...
--
``Bob'' Robert P. Krajewski ARPA: RpK@MC
MIT Local: RpK@OZ
UUCP: ...!genradbo!mit-eddie!mitvax!rpkalan@micomvax.UUCP (10/07/83)
Its time for all of us Kanajuns to stick together. My nominee as best bassist(s) are: - Geddy Lee of Rush (listen to Moving Pictures) - Sting (not a Canadian but we can't all be perfect). - Adrian Beliew (sp.) the Bassist for King Crimson. I am not sure of the name of the third but no doubt I will hear about it. We don't need this Fascist Groove Thang! Alan Whitton ..decvax!philabs!micomvax!alan
wiebe@uw-june (Doug Wiebe) (10/07/83)
Andy West of the Dregs is pretty hot also (Guitar Player mag voter's poll rated him second best overall bass player last year).
gary@rochester.UUCP (Gary Cottrell) (10/07/83)
Stanley Clarke gary cottrell
alan@micomvax.UUCP (10/11/83)
Sorry about that, Of course the bass player for King Crimson is Tony Levin... For all those who pointed out my stupidity I thank you For all those who complained, I had a cold at the time. In the court of the Crimson KING. Alan Whitton ..!decvax!philabs!micomvax!alan ..!allegra!philbas!micomvax!alan
craig@hp-pcd.UUCP (10/12/83)
#R:drufl:-67800:hp-kirk:11500003:000:58 hp-kirk!craig Oct 10 07:45:00 1983 How about Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabrial, etc)?
donn@sdchema.UUCP (11/19/83)
[This is part of a batch of articles from San Diego that the rest of the net never saw, because our net connection was down -- sorry if you have seen this before, or if the discussion seems dated.] Lots of good bassists out there. I'm a real fan of the German bassist Eberhard Weber. He has a touch with one particular peculiar instrument -- a five-string electric bass that plays like a cello and sounds quite unearthly. He's fond of unusual chord changes and strange meters and solos that really sing. Some of his albums: THE COLOURS OF CHLOE. ECM 1042. With his group, Colours. Has a long, beautiful piece called 'No Motion Picture' featuring an intermittent, driving synthesizer figure. YELLOW FIELDS. ECM 1066. With Colours. This sounds more like regular jazz, but hints of the bizarre creep through. I like the hypnotic, Oriental 'Sand-Glass'. THE FOLLOWING MORNING. ECM-1-1084. With pianist Rainer Brueninghaus and members of the Oslo Philharmonic. Ethereal orchestral-sounding tunes; my favorite is 'T. on a White Horse', a kind of musical clockworks. Lots of typically Weberian soloing. SILENT FEET. ECM 1107. With Colours. A favorite. Jazzy, swinging, mysterious: 'Eyes That Can See in the Dark'. FLUID RUSTLE. ECM-1-1137. With Gary Burton, Bill Frisell, Bonnie Herman, Norma Winstone. Very subdued -- puts me to sleep if I'm not paying attention. An experiment. LITTLE MOVEMENTS. ECM-1-1186. With Colours. My favorite of the bunch. 'Bali' is alternately hot and cool, 'A Dark Spell' and 'Little Movements' are clever, intricate compositions and '"No Trees?" He Said' takes five. LATER THAT EVENING. ECM-1-1231. With Paul McCandless, Bill Frisell, Lyle Mays, Michael DiPasqua. Lots of wild improvisation on this one. Impressive talent. I haven't completely decided about it but I do like the title piece. Weber has done some really excellent work with Ralph Towner's group Solstice, and has played with Gary Burton's group, with the Jan Garbarek Group and with Pat Metheny (on WATERCOLORS -- see especially 'Sea Song'). I'd also recommend George Mraz's work with the John Abercrombie Quartet (ARCADE; ABERCROMBIE QUARTET; M) and Richie Beirach (ELM). There are lots of other good contemporary jazz bassists, not least being Dave Holland, Eddie Gomez and Jaco Pastorius (the early Metheny-Pastorius album BRIGHT SIZE LIFE is practically unknown and particularly good). Good rock bassists are harder to find, but try Percy Jones and John Giblin with Brand X and Jeff Berlin (with Bruford before it broke up). Jones in particular is technically very good and occasionally delicate or sensitive, unlike most rock bassists... and he doesn't sing! Donn Seeley UCSD Chemistry Dept. RRCF ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn