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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:29pm PT
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I'd have to go with Stanley Clarke...
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:30pm PT
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jaco
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LuckyNeck
Trad climber
the basement of Lou's Tavern
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:35pm PT
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Les Claypool
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:35pm PT
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I always thought Jeff Berlin's opening bass solo to In Five G kicked ass.
http://nicoviewer.net/sm10410186
One of the first "jazz" shows I saw was these guys at The Roxy on their Gradually Going Tornado tour. I was hooked from that point on.
Stanley Clarke's up there, too. Maybe the best ever. I saw him with Return To Forever in '84, then again with Bella Fleck and Jean-Luc Ponty in '05. He has great to begin with, but he's gotten even better with age and experience.
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:40pm PT
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I think his name was Eberhard Weber, on the ECM label,back around 1972.
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apogee
climber
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:48pm PT
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Tony Levin.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:54pm PT
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lemmy
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apogee
climber
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Sep 21, 2011 - 11:54pm PT
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DT! We missed you in polititard land today.
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apogee
climber
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:01am PT
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apogee
climber
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:07am PT
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True men don't
Kill coyotes
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Minerals
Social climber
The Deli
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:07am PT
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Billy Sheehan or Steve Harris
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:07am PT
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Mostly technical picks from probable bass players or musicians. Mingus was great because he could write a tune and Jaco as well but McCartney is one of the great musicians of all time. Lyrical bass lines, could sing great and play at the same time which is harder technically then finger trickery and, of course, wrote more than 400 great tunes.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
I'm James Brown, Bi-atch!
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:08am PT
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willie dixon
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Knave
Trad climber
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:11am PT
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Saw Stanley Clarke Live last year, he still has incredible energy. I have about ten favorites depending on my mood: Ron Carter, Charles Mingus, Christian McBride, Jaco, Claypool, Flea, Victor Wooten, Entwhistle, Bootsy Collins. Crap there are a lot of good musicians in the world!
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apogee
climber
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:21am PT
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Yes!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Sep 22, 2011 - 12:32am PT
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going to second Bootsy and especially Paul McCartney. Good points on the latter.
also: John Paul Jones is spot-on.
finally: the white guy in the Jimi Hendrix experience was really f-ing good at laying down a solid line for a very free drummer and a very, very, very free guitarist to jam over. Much underrated.
Jack Bruce wasn't bad.
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