oddentity wrote:
How does he compare with Gary Willis of Tribal
Tech? I can't imagine a better bassist that
Willis. His mastery of the intrument is astonishing. |
I agree with all the comments here. But the problem is priorities and
more importantly time. We are always looking for volunteers to compile
good biographies and discographies, so please start writing. With
respect to priorities, I ask myself does either Victor Wooten or Gary
Willis (both in my top 20 bass guitarists) have a substantial body of
albums released under their own names, and then the more
subjective/personal question, do any other (jazz rock fusion) bassists
deserve inclusion before them or indeed any other instrumentalist?For
instance, I have added Jonas Hellborg to PA because of the
numbers of excellent albums he has released under his own name and the
shear variety of musics he has been involved in, since the mid 80's.
So (names off the top my head) put the following jazz rock/fusion bassists in order of who should be here:
Jaco Pastorius
Jeff Berlin
John Patitucci
Gary Willis
Victor Wooten
Gerald Veasley
Jamaladeen Tacuma
Miroslav Vitous
Anthony Jackson
Alphonso Johnson
Stanley Clarke
Percy Jones
Hansford Rowe
Eberhard Weber
Rob Wasserman
Matthew Garrison
Christian McBride
Marcus Miller
Mark Egan
Ralphe Armstrong
Jack Bruce
Billy Sheehan
Lee Sklar
Jimmy Haslip
Mick Karn
Michael Mainring
Steve Lawson
Alain Caron
etc.
(Roy Babbington)
(Dave Holland)
[Tony Levin and Hugh Hopper are here already]