Jazz bassists

I haven't heard many from that list. And I can't decide right now.
Umm, I'll say Jaco Pastorius for what he did with Weather Report. Amazing stuff!

    When you have to choose between the likes of Bona and Wooten from a list you know you have a tough choice but when talking jazz bass it has to be Jaco Pastorius.

Cleveland Eaton!! now I remember... amazing bassist with amazing technique and solid playing

I`ve always loved the style of Marcus Miller

Pekka or Vitous for me.

Percy Jones is a facourite of mine that would have taken my vote if present.

I like how (on his solo records) Stanley Clarke plays like he's having fun. He's also an amazing songwriter.

markosherrera wrote: Choice and argument.

MoS
With apologies from trampling over your excellent - thought-provoking in my case - polls on other instruments, I can't hold back further. BTW buried somewhere in PA, triggered by a much shorter poll of bass guitarists, I rattled off a list of jazz bass guitarists that rock bass guitarists should check out. So while knowing these polls are harmless fun, the teacher in me needs to make these things more comprehensive and  possible sources of information.

Personally I see real omission in the absences of Jack Bruce (for instance, you should read how influential Bruce was to Steve Swallow's conversion to bass guitar playing - the two do get to play together on at least one Kip Hanrahan album) and Jonas Hellborg , who through his recordings on the DEM and Bardo labels over the the last 20 years, has demonstrated a virtuosity  in a number of music forms, most jazz and jazz rock but indo-jazz fusion and even thrash metal - sticking to the 4 string electric or acoustic bass guitars). Remember John McLaughlin discovered Hellborg after what are reported disappointing workouts with a mentally degenerating Jaco (btw we are promised the complete Trio Of Doom recordings on a single CD sometime this year), and the live recordings (alas that only circulate as bootlegs) are stunning.


Edited by Dick Heath - January 28 2007 at 08:51

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Probably due to his cheesy career in American Idol, people never mention one of the greatest, Randy "The Emperor" Jackson, the guy played with almost everybody doing an outstanding job with: Jean Luc Ponty (Voyage - 1975, Mystical Adventures, Civilized Evil and Individual Choice) Journey (Member of the band) Aretha Franklin Billy Cobbham Todd Rundgren Bob Dylan Carlos Santana Jerry Garcia Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown Herbie Hancock Roger Waters Blue Oyster Cult Then started with Madonna and N'Sync going for a more profitable career, but during his peak, he was amazing. Iván

if we are talking about more than just jazz, Helmut Hattler of Kraan, Guru Guru and Tab Two (and many short lived projects like Highdelberg and Liliental) should definitely be on the list