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Who's Your Favorite Bass Players; Why?

I like Paul Chambers for his groove and arco. Sam Jones for his Time. Rufus Reid becaues he taught me. Jaco because of the absolute passion. Christian McBride because he's the MAN righ now--and he's the director of the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific, which is my Alma Mater; Ron Carter because of everything he's recorded; George Maraz because of his soul; Richard Davis because of his intensiity; Reggie Workman due to his authenticity; Lonnie Plaxico because of his work with he Jazz Messengers; Scott LaFaro--BECAUSE HE'S THE BEST! (Eddie Gomez and Chuck Isreal are cool, too!). Who're you 'un?
crazy4blues
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My favourites would be Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins.(i like the funky stuff).
Also i must admit I'm a bit of a fan of Victor Wooten(was amazing to see live)although he can become a little too technical at times.
minbean
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Ray Brown - energy and scale
Eberhart Weber - tone and style
Ron Carter - beat and virtuosy
der
38 posts
 
mike watt , matt freeman, victor wooten
tobias
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Michel Donato hasn't had a mention and he deserves it. Superb creativity married to technical mastery. Plus, his "Setting the Standards" disc with James Gelfand on piano is demo quality.
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shadorne
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John Deacon. I agree with a lot of the posts already but thought he should be added

John Deacon of Queen fame wrote "I want to Break Free" and I believe was largely reponsible for Queen's ability to produce such very memorable/catchy "primordial rhythmic loops" such as Under Pressure, Another one bites the Dust etc.,all of which provided a great backdrop to Brian May's improvs on lead guitar.
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