My good friend recently switched to bass after frustration with guitar. He would like to know about players who play interesting/intricate bass parts on electric bass. He is looking for rock players, but experimental, free improv, jazz, etc would also be useful. Thanks. Zach
zsteiner@butler.edu wrote:
My good friend recently switched to bass after frustration with guitar. He would like to know about players who play interesting/intricate bass parts on electric bass. He is looking for rock players, but experimental, free improv, jazz, etc would also be useful. Thanks.
Zach
I would recommend checking Les Claypool, Robert Trujillo, and Flea (in early RHCP albums only) for rock; Bill Laswell, Jannick Top (from old Magma), and Philippe Bussonet (currently in Magma and One Shot) for more jazzy stuff. -- Thierry
Mike Watt on the Minutemen records, Jamaladeen Tacuma generally, Jaco on Joni Mitchell's HEIJIRA, Shuggie Otis' playing on Zappa's HOT RATS, James Jamerson on Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her", and whoever played bass on "California Nights" and "Treat me Like A Lady" by Lesley Gore. skip h
I second your recommendation of HOT RATS, but note that Otis is only credited on "Peaches en Regalia." Max Bennett is listed as the bass player on the other five songs. Also excellent: Tony Levin, Bruce Thomas, and just about everybody in Tortoise. William Crump on 6/30/03 4:30 PM, skip Heller at velaires@earthlink.net wrote:
Mike Watt on the Minutemen records, Jamaladeen Tacuma generally, Jaco on Joni Mitchell's HEIJIRA, Shuggie Otis' playing on Zappa's HOT RATS, James Jamerson on Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her", and whoever played bass on "California Nights" and "Treat me Like A Lady" by Lesley Gore.
skip h
I haven't read this review, just wanted to pass on the link. The "NY Review of Books" on Arthur Kempton's "Boogaloo: The Quintessence of American Popular Music": http://www.nybooks.com/articles/16478 Regards Franz Fuchs
From Franz Fuchs
And here's another review: http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?030707crbo_books1 Regards Franz Fuchs
From Skip Heller
James Jamerson on Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made To Love Her"
Speaking of James Jamerson - I think there's a lot to from Dr. Licks' book about him: http://makeashorterlink.com/?E1EA52B15 (Amazon link because of excerpts.) Regards Franz Fuchs
on 6/30/03 3:54 PM, Franz Fuchs at f.fuchs@gmx.net wrote:
Speaking of James Jamerson - I think there's a lot to from Dr. Licks' book about him:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E1EA52B15 (Amazon link because of excerpts.)
This is an amazing book, and anyone who cares about the development of American music in the 2nd half of the 20th century would do wise to read it. sh
A bass player deserving much wider recognition. Pomegranate Steuart Liebig (Cryptogramophone CG109) This set of four concerti is an epic masterwork by composer/bassist Steuart Liebig. It featues soloists Nels Cline on electric guitar, Mark Dresser on contrabass, Vinny Golia on sopranino saxophone and Tom Varner on french horn. These soloists are backed by a crack ensemble of Eric Barber - woodwinds, Ellen Burr - flute, Alex Cline - drums, John Fumo - trumpet, Jeff Gauthier - electric violin, Steuart Liebig - electric bass, and Scot Ray - trombone. Destined to become a creative music classic, Pomegranate bridges the gap between jazz, contemporary classical music and skronk-rock. http://www.cryptogramophone.com/crypto/html/main.php
on 6/30/03 9:17 PM, skip Heller at velaires@earthlink.net wrote:
on 6/30/03 5:41 PM, s~Z at keithsz@concentric.net wrote:
Destined to become a creative music classic
Is it me, or does anyone else find the term "creative music" condescending and elitist?
Not to mention insubstantial, ephemeral and null. If that press release actually said anything, I missed it. WmC
On 7/1/03 11:17 AM, "skip Heller" <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote:
on 6/30/03 5:41 PM, s~Z at keithsz@concentric.net wrote:
Destined to become a creative music classic
Is it me, or does anyone else find the term "creative music" condescending and elitist?
Ranks right up there with "creative writing" and "creative non-fiction."
Creative accounting. At 12:33 PM 7/1/2003 +0900, Bill Ashline wrote:
On 7/1/03 11:17 AM, "skip Heller" <velaires@earthlink.net> wrote:
on 6/30/03 5:41 PM, s~Z at keithsz@concentric.net wrote:
Destined to become a creative music classic
Is it me, or does anyone else find the term "creative music" condescending and elitist?
Ranks right up there with "creative writing" and "creative non-fiction."
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on 6/30/03 8:32 PM, Chris Selvig at selvig@earthlink.net wrote:
Creative accounting.
Hey -- there we go. If we could just get one of these "creative music" geniuses to admit he's into the same sort of creativity that goes into that style of accounting, you would indeed have an accurate description on your hands. Or of them, depending.
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on 6/30/03 8:32 PM, Chris Selvig at selvig@earthlink.net wrote:
Creative accounting.
Hey -- there we go. If we could just get one of these "creative music" geniuses to admit he's into the same sort of creativity that goes into that style of accounting, you would indeed have an accurate description on your hands. Or of them, depending.
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Jaco Pastorius Bob Sweet bsweet@umich.edu READ Music Universe, Music Mind http://www.arborville.com --On Monday, June 30, 2003 3:08 PM -0500 zsteiner@butler.edu wrote:
My good friend recently switched to bass after frustration with guitar. He would like to know about players who play interesting/intricate bass parts on electric bass. He is looking for rock players, but experimental, free improv, jazz, etc would also be useful. Thanks.
Zach
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I'd suggest checking out Michael Henderson, let's say on Davis's Dark Magus, In Concert, Agharta or Pangaea Also the bass players on Eno pop albums from the seventies, they were all incredible. John Wetton on '70s Crimson albums is incredible, check out the live stuff, 'great deceiver' in particular. Les Claypool seems an obvious reccomendation. Could I forget Tony Levin? Jeezz. Check out Crimsons' Dicipline/3oPP/Beat/Thrakk. I like the guy who plays bass on the new Metallica - is that the guy from Suiciadal tendencies? And, BTW. is it true that that bend had very much to do with on called Infectious Grooves? Marcin ----- Original Message ----- From: <zsteiner@butler.edu>
My good friend recently switched to bass after frustration with guitar. He would like to know about players who play interesting/intricate bass parts on electric
Marcin Gokieli wrote:
I like the guy who plays bass on the new Metallica - is that the guy from Suiciadal tendencies? And, BTW. is it true that that bend had very much to do with on called Infectious Grooves? Marcin
The guy is called Robert Trujillo. Infectious was composed of members of ST and can be considered as some sort of funky-ST. There was a previous thread on this a few days ago. -- Thierry
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