Suggest some bass-centric CDs

[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.
j

[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?qu...t=-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]

Originally Posted by JohnSS

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