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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

Jaco Pastorius for taking great jazz fusion flavoured folk albums by Joni Mitchell and making them superb - if anybody can come up with a duo as sublime and energising as that of Brecker and Pastorius on The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (Joni's Shadows & LIght) let me know.


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Anything Jonas Hellborg plays on
 
Chris Squire's Fish Out Of Water has its moments.
 
A couple albums with Alphonso Johnson: Allan Holdsworth's Velvet Darkness and Flora Purim's Open You Eyes.
 
Can't go wrong with Jack Bruce - Cream's Wheels of Fire for instance - and not forgetting some of the duo-bass work he did with Steve Swallow on a few Kip Hanrahan albums.
 
Jaco Pastorius for taking great jazz fusion flavoured folk albums by Joni Mitchell and making them superb - if anybody can come up with a duo as sublime and energising as that of Brecker and Pastorius on The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines (Joni's Shadows & LIght) let me know.
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I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Jack Bruce... all the Cream albums are worth checking out for great bass playing.
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try some Rage Against The Machine...
i know, sounds weird but the guy is great...
-music is like pornography...

sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...



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Eskaton - 4 Visions (+ their next two albums)
Area - Caution Radiation Area (+ next two albums)

Three greats:

Jannik Top, Hugh Hopper, Richard Sinclair,
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Tool: Aenima (Justin Chancellor)
King Crimson: Discipline (Tony Levin)
Rush: 2112 (Geddy Lee) 
Primus: Antipop (Les Claypool)
Flower Kings: Unfold the Future (Jonas Reingold)
Karmakanic: Wheel of Time (Jonas Reingold)
Camel: Snow Goose (Doug Fergusson)
IQ: Subterranea (Jon Jowitt)
Iron Maiden: Somewhere in Time (Steve Harris)
Liquid Tension Experiment: Liquid Tension Experiment (Tony Levin)
 
 
 
 
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Originally posted by willy willy wrote:

Fragile by Yes for sure.
Also Jaco Pastorius' self titled album is quite good.
Ditto, ditto on both accounts.  For 'emotion,' you also must listen to Stanley Clarke on RTF, Romantic Warrior.  His acoustic and electric bass offerings on just about every song is truly remarkable....
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Chris Squire - Fish Out of Water
Brian Eno - Another Green World / Before and After Science
Soft Machine - Third
Robert Wyatt - Shleep
King Crimson - USA
UK - UK




Edited by Man Erg - May 08 2007 at 03:57

Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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- Tony Levin is just amazing with "Bruford Levin".
- Or Percy Jones with Brand X on MOROCCAN ROLL
- There's an excellent British band from the 1970s (jazzy/funky/proggy) called Back Door, on which the bass is very much a solo instrument. And incredibly alive!
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'Drama'
'Gateway 2'
'Emerson, Lake&Palmer'
'Electric Savage'
'Danger Money'

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Alright! All of mine have yet to be mentioned:
 
Jethro Tull:
Thick as a Brick, for all the amazing bass trickery one Jeffrey Hammond-Hammond does with his instrument.
 
Minstrel in the Gallery, the title tune is arguably THE bass tune.
 
The Who:
Quadrapheania, just...because. The Ox. He was the other best.
 
Iron Butterfly
Ina Gadda da Vida, because no one else will mention it. Lee Dorman pumps out some pretty cool licks in the title tune.
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My favourites:

John Paul Jones - Zooma

Phoenix - Cei ce ne-au dat nume (with Iosif Kappl)

YES - CttE of course

Black Market by Weather Report and Unorthodox Behaviour by Brand X in jazz-rock
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Fragile by Yes for sure.


Also Jaco Pastorius' self titled album is quite good.
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Anything with the names Sly and Robbie are good. 

Any Rolling Thunder Revue era Dylan.

OK Computer, Amnesiac - Radiohead

Amputechture - the Mars Volta
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Originally posted by Lota Lota wrote:

Chris Squire is one of the best bassist on earth so any Yes album would be fine especially Fragile.
 
I second that... though squire is my favirote, honurable mention to Geddy lee (MP) and Roger Waters (animals)
Tool's bass player is also amazing, if your into more modern prog.
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EXSIMIO's "Carbon14" has some great bass throughout.The leader of that band is also the bass player.
"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"

"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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King Crimson - Thrak.
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Long list for you ; these are real winners: Tony Reeves (Greenslade) Mick Karn (Japan's Tin Drum), Howlett (Gong + Hillage) , Babbington & Hopper (Soft Machine and Isotope) , Tony Levin, Percy Jones , John G.Perry, Goblin's Fabio Pignatelli (on Roller), Patrick Djivas (PFM's Stati) , the remarkable Jonas Reingold (Flower Kings) , Gijs Koopman (Knight Area), La Maschera di Cera+ Hostsonaten and Finisterre ' Fabio Zuffanti, Magma's Top, Ozrics Zia Geelani (Groove baby) , Wetton (with KC), Anima Dominum's bassist, Gryphon's Philip Nestor (ridiculously good) and Taproban's devastating Guglielmo Mariotti. I could name another 2 dozen, so when you want more , Oliver Twist, just ask!  Thomas
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Riverside both albums ,Pink floyd's Meddle...

Edited by DarioIndjic - May 07 2007 at 21:34
Ars longa , vita brevis
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There are many great bass albums, here's a good selection:
 
  • Anything by Yes - Fragile is probably Squire's best album, although The Yes Album and Close to the Edge are also great bass albums.
  • Anything by Rush - I love the pre-Moving Pictures material because I prefer the Rickenbacker sound, Geddy is always amazing though. Standout bass albums are Hemispheres, Moving Pictures and A Farewell to Kings, in my opinion.
  • Anything by Primus - Les Claypool has to be heard to be believed, although his bass work is hard to replicate. Sailing the Seas of Cheese is a good pick.
  • A lot of The Beatles work features great bass playing by McCartney. Their best bass album is undoubtably Abbey Road, in my opinion.
  • Most Zeuhl - Bands like Magma use a distorted lead bass sound which is brilliant. Very enjoyable and chaotic lines.
  • Tony Levin's work with King Crimson - Particularly Discipline.
  • You'll find Iron Maiden in the prog-related section, so I had to put them in here. Steve Harris is a great bassist to listen to for his galloping sixteenth notes. Powerslave has his finest work on it.
  • All of Tool's albums have great atmospheric and heavy bass wizardry from Justin Chancellor, I love listening to them.
These are just my picks though - As a fellow bassist I might add. Smile

Edited by East of Lyra - May 07 2007 at 21:22
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