Greatest Bass Playing...(acoustic/electric)
Mar 16, 2011 at 6:28 AM Post #61 of 104
Nice to see Niels-Henning's name correctly spelled in an international community.
 
I once saw him demonstrate one of the little secrets behind his virtuosity. He had taught himself to improve speed by playing with three fingers instead of two even if there were two or four beats in a measure.
 
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Dave Holland
Charles Mingus
Danny Thompson
Phil Lesh
Jim Ferguson
Jaco Pastorius
Miroslav Vitous
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen 
 
so many more and so diverse, too!
 
- Ed
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Mar 16, 2011 at 8:03 AM Post #62 of 104

 
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br777 said:
listening to more defunkt.. i now konw where the early red hot chili peppers got 90% of their influence.. maybe the other 10% was mr. bungle
 
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Egg-zactly…
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Mar 16, 2011 at 12:01 PM Post #63 of 104

I have one of his albums called TIki - which has OK but there was a great track of his playing on there which reminded me of Jaco alot. Actually - I first saw him in concert with Bobby McFerrin - they were duetting and that was my first impression - wow - he can really play bass...great musician!
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another amazing and not so well known bassist.. Richard Bona. 
He plays a lot with Pat Metheny and has excellent solo albums.  
He is great singer and percussionist too. 
his style is very eclectic so its hard to capture him in 1 song.   the song i really wanted to feature is HERE
but here goes.  solo around 3:00  
and he plays a fodera... which means being awesome is actually a requirement... :wink:
 

 
 
 
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Mar 16, 2011 at 12:03 PM Post #64 of 104

I particularly like this second live performance - absolutely wonderful! Thanks for posting this - I have never heard her play this well before.
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lets not forget our 2011 grammy winner.. Esperanza Spalding!!!
 

 
she gets two because shes beautiful, can sing like a beast, and tear up the bass. awesome, awesomer, awersomerest!
 
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Mar 26, 2011 at 8:26 AM Post #70 of 104
…this I found completely by accident, because yesterday was drummer Paul Motian's birthday…Gary Wang, the bassist, plays beautifully…
 

 
Mar 28, 2011 at 1:33 PM Post #73 of 104
Brian Bromberg and Mark Dresser both have phenomenal sound and technique, although they could hardly be aiming in less complementary directions for upright jazz bass. Dresser of course played with Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne, John Zorn, and many other cutting edge improvisers and composers of the first order in avantgarde music, while Bromberg has ventured into any number of fusion experiments, taken up piccolo electric bass, played on stage with two drummers and two other bass players, etc. and is more likely to be recorded with George Duke, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, or Dave Weckl. So here are 3 links for each, and while I prefer Dresser's musical taste, I greatly admire what Bromberg does when he plays the acoustic upright.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dresser
http://www.mark-dresser.com/
http://www.gerryhemingway.com/dresser.html
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bromberg
http://brianbromberg.net/bio.htm
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-bromberg-p6177
 
Mar 28, 2011 at 3:19 PM Post #74 of 104

 
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melomaniac said:
Brian Bromberg and Mark Dresser both have phenomenal sound and technique, although they could hardly be aiming in less complementary directions for upright jazz bass. Dresser of course played with Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne, John Zorn, and many other cutting edge improvisers and composers of the first order in avantgarde music, while Bromberg has ventured into any number of fusion experiments, taken up piccolo electric bass, played on stage with two drummers and two other bass players, etc. and is more likely to be recorded with George Duke, Randy Brecker, Eric Marienthal, or Dave Weckl. So here are 3 links for each, and while I prefer Dresser's musical taste, I greatly admire what Bromberg does when he plays the acoustic upright.
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dresser
http://www.mark-dresser.com/
http://www.gerryhemingway.com/dresser.html
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Bromberg
http://brianbromberg.net/bio.htm
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/brian-bromberg-p6177
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x2 on Dresser…he's unbelievable!! I looked for clips of him for this a week or so ago.
 
 
 
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