Suggest some bass-centric CDs

[lv]

Can anyone suggest some CDs with lots of good bass playing/tone? Anything rock, blues, fusion etc. I don't listen to much jazz, though I suspect there are some good bass players who play jazz (perhaps its time to try out some jazz?)

Thanks

[lv]

Thank you!

[ghoti]

Almost anything by Rush. I'm a big fan of theirs, and Geddy Lee is one of my favorites on the Bass.

Primus is a little strange but I like their style quite a bit (Les Claypool is a great player).

If you're looking for slap bass, check out Flea for Rock/Funk (he's also good at fingerstyle).

Check out Youtube for the greats listed by us in this forum. Especially Jaco.

[TedintheShed]

I'm generally not a fan of these style CD's but here are a few more:

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Also, non bass centric CD's that have great playing in them would be Bela Fleck and the Fleck Tones Greatest Hits of the 20th Century (Victor Wooten) and David Lee Roth Eat'em and Smile (Billy Sheehan), Tool's Aenima and 10,000 Days (Justin Chancellor) and Iron maiden's "Piece of Mind"
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[LL1]

Lots of great mentions already,,,,heres a few more great bass albums:

Charles Mingus Ah/Um (jazz)
Christian Mcbride Live at Tonic (jazz)
Mike Gordon Inside In (jam?)
Joey Arkenstat Bane (jam?)
Les Claypool-lots to choose from
Victor Wooten has some solo cds

[big mike]

I'll add Oteil and the Peacemakers...yeah jazzy but good shit.

BIG ol +1 to Wooten.

[jimfog]

Donny Hathaway- Live (Willie Weeks)

Bob Marley - Live ( Family Man!)

Who- Live at Leeds (Ox)

Hitsville USA - Motown Box

Complete Stax-Volt Singles Box

Polytown - (Mick Karn w/ Splatt and Terry Bozzio!!)

Paul Young - Singles Collection (Pino)

Dave Holland - Extensions

Pentangle -(Danny Thompson)

Also, one that gets overlooked a lot:

Brian Melvin - Standards Zone (Piano trio w/ Jaco!)

Enjoy!

- Jim

[Antero]

Anything from Charles Mingus.

Anything from Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Bruce Thomas is one of the best bassist in rock, ever.

Start getting funky - James Brown, Parliament/Funkadelic, Sly & The Family Stone...

[TwoTubMan]

Anyone who mentions the bass playing in Hot Tuna's "Burgers" is a friend for life.

[zzzezums]

Rob Wasserman:
"Solo"
"Duets"
"Trios"

Hot Tuna: the first album which is live, recorded in '69 I think. Jack and Jorma are locked throughout.

[baald]

The Golden Palominos first album (has appeared with many covers, this is the first time i've seen this one). Bill Laswell AND Jamaladeen Tacuma bassin together on this.
http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Palominos/dp/B00000DBHJ/ref=pd_bbs_5/105-2904369-0848436?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1185809505&sr=8-5
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41P81T74NQL._AA240_.jpg

dali's car
http://www.amazon.com/Waking-Hour-Dalis-Car/dp/B00000189F/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-2904369-0848436?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1185809762&sr=1-1
Mick Karn on bass, ex-bauhaus Peter Murphy on vocals.
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E0ZGE6B9L._AA240_.jpg

[bjjp2]

The Who--Quadrophenia
Elvis Costello and the Attractions--This Year's Model
The Beatles--Abbey Road

[JohnSS]

I would also add:

Bright Size Life - (Jaco and Pat Metheny)
Quadrophenia - The Who (especially Entwistle's "The Real Me")
Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall - (Jon Camp takes the Chris Squire sound to new melodic heights)
Live at the Fillmore East - Jefferson Airplane (Jack Casady galore!)
Sly & The Family Stone's Gr. Hits - (Larry Graham's pioneering work)
Voodoo - D'Angelo (Pino Palladino in R&B Supergroove mode)

[jcground]

Anything by the Who (John Entwistle is my favorite bassist in all of Rock'n'roll), but especially:
http://www.thewho.net/discography/albums/covers/quadrophenia.jpg

Chris Squire in Yes, particularly basslines like the one from Roundabout on:
http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/images/yes/fragile.jpg

+1 on Geddy Lee in Rush, Billy Sheehan, Jaco, Stanley Clarke, and others mentioned here. (If you like Billy Sheehan, you should also look for stuff by Stu Hamm. He's amazing.)

Mark King from Level 42 is also worth checking out. His solo album, Influences, features some insane funk bass. He has mad chops.

[Denyle_Guitars]

Mike Watt
Frank Zappa (several bassists to choose from)

Grab the two albums from Psychofunkapus on ebay. (greatest socal post punk-funk-surf rock band to almost make it).

[TNJ]

Michael Manring- Thonk
Victor Wooten- A Show of Hands, Yin/Yang
Jaco Pastorious- Weather Report ("Heavy Weather")
Marcus Miller- The Sun dont lie
Oteil Burbridge- The Allman Bros. ("Hittin' the Note")/-Aquarium Rescue Unit ("The Calling", "In a perfect World")
Victor Bailey- Low Blow
Adam Nitti- Evidence, Balance

That ought to get you started!

S.
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[Lance]

I am digging the funk guys lately. Any old Meters is great stuff. George Porter Jr. is the Man.

http://www.themetersonline.com/

For more recent funk stuff, I would give Dumpstafunk a shot. They are currently touring too.
http://www.dumpstaphunk.com/

Stu Hamm
Willie Dixon
Bobby Vega
Alphonso Johnson

I have always loved Billy Sheehans' playing, but not a big fan of his tone. For really huge low end tonal presence I would say Alphonso Johnson is the man. If you want to download a bunch of him playing sith Steve kimock for free, here they are....

http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Aetree%20AND%20creato r%3A%22Steve%20Kimock%20Band%22&sort=-date&page=6

Pretty much any show from 2002 has Alphonso doing small group improvisation within basic song structures. Really good quality for free. Especially that 11-23-02 show from Chicago. HUGE low end tone!

[rob2001]

Early Red Hot Chilli Peppers stuff is pretty bass heavy and very old school funk sounding. It's always fun to listen to Flea and chad on the early records.

[RickC]

Renaissance Live at Carnegie Hall - (Jon Camp takes the Chris Squire sound to new melodic heights)


Indeed! Renaissance has been in heavy rotation in my car lately: Ashes Are Burning, Turn of the Cards, and the King Biscuit/Royal Albert Hall discs.

We played a bill with Renaissance back in '74, and I stole a set of (used) Rotosounds from Jon's kit, just for a souvenir; don't tell him! :)

/rick