James Jamerson Tribute

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  • Опубликовано: 3 май 2011
  • This is a short medley of motown songs containing highlighted bass parts from James Jamerson (1936-1983).
    Intro: A Place In The Sun (Supremes - Temptations)
    Reach Out I'll Be There (Four Tops)
    Ain't Too Proud To Beg (Temptations)
    I Second That Emotion (Smokey Robinson & The Miracles)
    Bernadette (Four Tops)
    You Keep Me Hangin' On (Supremes)
    Ain't No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell)
    What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)
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Комментарии • 183

  • @fenderstratguy
    @fenderstratguy 11 лет назад +58

    James Jamerson put out more #1 hits with one finger than most bass players could ever dream of no matter how they played

  • @mhunter5209
    @mhunter5209 3 года назад +19

    I listened to this with headphones on. Nearly blew my ears off. James is the unsung hero of Motown.

  • @janellmorrell6946
    @janellmorrell6946 Год назад +3

    His the reason I ever picked up a bass

  • @davidrosemale3573
    @davidrosemale3573 3 года назад +18

    The best person to ever play the bass guitar, the best James Jameson.

  • @bassworship50
    @bassworship50 3 года назад +27

    Never be another one. He's still mesmerizing us all

  • @djammerosl879
    @djammerosl879 2 года назад +11

    Class Mr Bassman,Yes James had all the riffs for every Motown Hit..We salute you James Jamerson.R.I.P.🙏🏽

  • @linbonn4749
    @linbonn4749 4 года назад +35

    Hearing James Jamerson's bass.....singled out sounds even MORE AMAZING....THANK YOU!!

  • @samuelbrooks7854
    @samuelbrooks7854 2 года назад +4

    man i just love that bass thank you Jamerson

  • @dianemitchell5770
    @dianemitchell5770 3 года назад +6

    LOVE James Jameson💖💖💖

  • @markbascom543
    @markbascom543 Год назад +4

    Motown wouldn't have been motown if it wasn't for James Jamerson and the Funk brothers.

    • @nickmariotti4241
      @nickmariotti4241 7 месяцев назад

      And one of the worst travesties was that he was not invited to the Motown 25 special in 1983, the night that Michael Jackson electrified the world with the famous "Moonwalk." My understanding is that he was there, but that he had not been invited as part of the Motown family--I don't know if tickets were sold to be in the studio audience at that event but if he had had to buy one it's a disgrace! I don't know all the details, and it might be that at that stage of his life he might have not been in any condition to be up there on the stage, but not to be invited to be there with the rest of them when he was such a part of making Motown what it became--it's just not right.

  • @brodocbetty4856
    @brodocbetty4856 2 года назад +6

    This great musician didn't get half the credit he deserved for the many great tracks he played on...

  • @michaelhenderson2744
    @michaelhenderson2744 3 месяца назад +1

    Best bass player in history of .music

  • @BullfrogFM
    @BullfrogFM 2 года назад +1

    simply outstanding

  • @stephenord3403
    @stephenord3403 3 года назад +8

    I go to sleep listening to motown, the bass and drums just do me, as does the rest of these musicians. Thank you Detroit, love 💘 from England

  • @stevencraig2448
    @stevencraig2448 2 года назад +4

    I wish he could have lived to see how admired he truly was. He left us too soon along with Benny Benjamin.
    Damn you Berry ! POS

  • @dannycorser
    @dannycorser 10 лет назад +9

    I went to Hitsville on 7/5/13 one of the greatest days of my life ,,, I have played the guitar since I was 10 im 54 just bought a Jazz Bass Fender , It was because of one man James Jamerson I think he would be proud to know a guy that loved Motown would sit my guitar down so I can learn some of his music , He was a Great Musician !

  • @Jaya-ce8qb
    @Jaya-ce8qb 3 года назад +3

    Wonderful video about the greatest bass player❤💜💙🥰

  • @HERNAN1960
    @HERNAN1960 3 года назад +9

    In the 60's I was hearing this kind of music and I always asked myself ... what a wonderful kind of bass line performance is this. After more 50 years I have discovered to Jamerson, Oh my G-d!

  • @bcmg5894
    @bcmg5894 Год назад +3

    Probably played bass on more hit records than anyone in music history

  • @grithersound
    @grithersound 3 года назад +26

    Way to give us a good listen to the true funk master! James Jamerson will always be The Man. Sounds so good. Great job! Thank you for posting.

  • @Lakeshore14
    @Lakeshore14 Год назад +3

    Love Motown music. Great artists and the fabulous Funk Brothers were the heart and soul of Motown. Sadly they never received the proper recognition. 👏👏🇨🇦

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 3 года назад +15

    I was reading the comments and saw where I had commented on this 6 years ago. I said it was a Great video then, and I say it now. Great video of the greatest bassist, period.

  • @johnnyangel504
    @johnnyangel504 26 дней назад

    Such Glorious music...and it was given a very strong heartbeat in the index finger oF JAMERSON.
    This is a wonderful technique of
    fading out the melody and just presenting the heartbeat.
    Thank you for doing this.

  • @georgerobinson6954
    @georgerobinson6954 Год назад +2

    The unsung hero of Motown whose genius on bass was interwoven into the fabric of the label's great success

  • @sotocubano
    @sotocubano Год назад +1

    My fingers and my soul drop a river of tears every time I listen the music this Man gave to us.
    Thanks God to give me the chance to enjoy his playing!!!
    God bless James Jamerson!!!

  • @walphainchgo
    @walphainchgo 13 лет назад +11

    The man with the magic fingers! Just straight killing that funk machine!

  • @hughyager701
    @hughyager701 5 лет назад +16

    He will always be my favorite bass-player of all time. He was a genious at coming up with bass lines. I did not know that his son was gone too.

  • @MrBubba171811
    @MrBubba171811 3 года назад +7

    This is the stuff, right here. Great job! Best bassist of all time. Period.

  • @nanelizabethjorgensen7971
    @nanelizabethjorgensen7971 11 лет назад +14

    EVEN with Marvin Gaye!! The man's a wizard!!! What's going on!!! Love it!

  • @bluherr5896
    @bluherr5896 3 года назад +4

    G.O.A.T

  • @motorcityquig
    @motorcityquig 10 лет назад +25

    Dam, those bass lines are so clean and smooth.

  • @jmartbm89
    @jmartbm89 2 года назад +3

    My favorite bassist of all time

  • @nielskjr5432
    @nielskjr5432 2 года назад +2

    Excellent, thank you! 👍
    I can see he died only 45 years old.
    In many of the photos he had cigarette. But that was normal in the 60's.
    Rock'n roll lifestyle is not the healthiest.

    • @silentyouber2816
      @silentyouber2816 Год назад +3

      He died of complications stemming from cirrhosis of the liver, heart failure, and pneumonia.
      He was a heavy drinker.

  • @robertcooper8582
    @robertcooper8582 Год назад +3

    I suffer from clinical depression you have helped me feel better with the funk Brothers music

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 2 года назад +2

    Not just his unmatched playing, but, it may be just me, the tone of that Precision Bass wipes me out, especially the notes on the Low E String.

    • @nickmariotti4241
      @nickmariotti4241 7 месяцев назад

      The story goes that he never changed his strings.

    • @wmden1
      @wmden1 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@nickmariotti4241 Thanks for the reply. I hadn't watched this video in a long time, but just did, when I saw the notification and read your reply. I will probably go on a Jamerson and Motown listening binge for several days, all the while smiling and clouding, a little, up at the same time.

  • @brandonwilliams3189
    @brandonwilliams3189 Год назад +2

    The man who not only inspired me to play bass but taught me the Bass by putting rudiments in his playing

  • @Embowafa2004
    @Embowafa2004 4 года назад +6

    UNBELIEVABLE!!! and a great resource on what a bass should sound like from a music production view point!

  • @stephenord3403
    @stephenord3403 4 года назад +6

    Jameson and P bass, pure bliss

  • @unc1589
    @unc1589 5 лет назад +7

    Damn. Bernadette is sick

  • @TheBassfresh
    @TheBassfresh 11 лет назад +16

    the man the bass the legend

  • @olesolja1407
    @olesolja1407 3 года назад +5

    Sound like Fairchild 670s or something had a serious crush on them smooth basslines. Them recording, mixing, and mastering engineers had dynamic play in this Motown bass formula...Not taking anything away from my Funk Brothers. This music is some of my best healing medicine when my soul gets down and out. I appreciate it so much more each day.

  • @RSerious
    @RSerious 3 года назад +3

    The Master!!!

  • @trucking604
    @trucking604 10 лет назад +139

    The greatest bass player of all time!

    • @paulgill5813
      @paulgill5813 9 лет назад +22

      That is so true . I saw a list one time on here that had listed the 25 greatest bass players of all time .I watched I was fumed .I put in the commets you have got to be jokeing.The people they had listed said their idiol was Jamerson people like Geddy Lee Paul McCartney and several others they had Flea and Les Claypol .I said you idiot the greatest bass player ever was James Jamerson by far the man was so amazing everyone wanted him on their albums .

    • @cedriclashar8905
      @cedriclashar8905 5 лет назад +5

      PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @davidcrabtree2145
      @davidcrabtree2145 5 лет назад +4

      He was. One of my hero's.

    • @oldschoolmusic2710
      @oldschoolmusic2710 4 года назад +5

      And there ain’t NO second place!

    • @melvinpruitt3907
      @melvinpruitt3907 4 года назад +4

      Booooy those What's going on bass licks are so infectious. 🎸

  • @Tawni.6269
    @Tawni.6269 7 лет назад +11

    Mr. James Jamerson will always be #1 On bass in my opinion. 👍😎

  • @jdms_yt
    @jdms_yt 5 лет назад +7

    So impressive! So pocket yet so flavorful!

  • @bryanfigueroa941
    @bryanfigueroa941 9 лет назад +41

    That's why I love the groove of flatwound
    Strings

    • @melvinpruitt3907
      @melvinpruitt3907 4 года назад +5

      Yes indeed and he refused and never went roundwound.🎸

    • @intuneorange
      @intuneorange Год назад

      And he never changed his flat round strings according to Legend I'm not sure but I think he recorded most of his bass Parts through a B15 Ampeg

  • @SuperMusicology101
    @SuperMusicology101 8 лет назад +18

    Bass Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @lendavidhart9710
    @lendavidhart9710 4 месяца назад

    Being born in 1969, and my parents last child, i grew up hearing these great pieces of music, my parents had an ear for music, i remember my dad singing all kinds of music in the house, i wouldn't trade my childhood for anything, some hard times, but the music helped me through

  • @StratBurst92
    @StratBurst92 2 года назад +1

    He was my inspiration to learn to play bass. I play with one finger, I always thought it was comfortable for me to do it that way.. I was amazed when I found out he always played with one as well.

  • @elainebmack
    @elainebmack 12 лет назад +36

    Well done! You did a great job in letting the listener hear Jamerson's bass lines in the context of the songs. You can identify the songs, yet hear exactly what Jamerson was playing. Really great job!!

  • @kennethjohnson6350
    @kennethjohnson6350 Год назад +1

    The GOAT.

  • @hockaday2fer2
    @hockaday2fer2 7 лет назад +10

    THE GREATEST BASS PLAYER Ever !,,ed

  • @mejsjalv
    @mejsjalv 3 года назад +26

    A master of really cool bass lines. For people who get deep into the bass guitar, this guy is so good he is pretty much a school subject.

  • @dannycorser
    @dannycorser 11 лет назад +3

    i have played and studied guitar since i was 11 im 54 and im going to start playing bass because of James Jamerson what a sound and he played his tail off ,,, Thanks for posting I LOVE IT !!!!

  • @deathrib
    @deathrib 12 лет назад +9

    How did I miss this bass player in the many years I've been playing music?! Many thanks for posting this wealth of music magic!

  • @deborahhewitt6101
    @deborahhewitt6101 Год назад +2

    James Jameson was an absolute monster on the bass. No wonder he inspired John Paul Jones

  • @wobblybobengland
    @wobblybobengland 3 года назад +7

    It was from Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell's greatest hits LP, 4:30 when I heard it I just had to find out who was playing that bass, that was over 40 years ago and I'm still hooked on the hook.

  • @phxphil1
    @phxphil1 10 лет назад +12

    Very nice mix and tribute to one of THE best bassists - one who set the standard.

  • @michaelwilks6353
    @michaelwilks6353 4 года назад +9

    Absolutely the no.1 Bass player.....James Jamerson!

  • @VernonsMyDog
    @VernonsMyDog 12 лет назад +5

    Smiling ear to ear! Great selection

  • @adriancalin8688
    @adriancalin8688 Год назад

    ❤whats goin on the best vynil ofallthetime

  • @lensinilas
    @lensinilas 13 лет назад +3

    AWESOME!!!!!!

  • @charleshorowitzphd
    @charleshorowitzphd 5 лет назад +4

    Fantastic tribute and demo

  • @chromodoris
    @chromodoris 12 лет назад +7

    When I think "groove", this is exactly what I think about!!
    Thank you for making this!

  • @evrydayppl6296
    @evrydayppl6296 5 лет назад +2

    What an exciting time!

  • @gmaj0r
    @gmaj0r  12 лет назад +4

    @robcicca Thanks for your comment. Actually it was Wilton Felder playing on I want you Back but he did the bassline in Jamerson style like a lot of motown bass players would play in the LA era.

  • @APDaneGL
    @APDaneGL 5 лет назад +3

    With today's modern stereo equipment, you can really hear now, he was either the second best or even the best talent on all of those recordings. Including the singer, writer, producer, etc. TY for the video highlighting his skill.

  • @cynthiamarshall13
    @cynthiamarshall13 10 лет назад +3

    Marvin was such a delightful soul!

    • @stackofiasco5591
      @stackofiasco5591 4 года назад +1

      I never heard MG sing jazz lines before. Nor seen him play an instrument. He was killing those tunes.

  • @FangHuiRui
    @FangHuiRui 5 лет назад +4

    Thank you for having this for us...

  • @BelleVue1969
    @BelleVue1969 13 лет назад +4

    Great examples of the King of Bass. 5* thanks for posting.

  • @Jazzy_Groover
    @Jazzy_Groover 13 лет назад +3

    Million of thanks!!!
    You couldn't have done it better!!
    Congratulations

  • @dtotheatothevtothee
    @dtotheatothevtothee 12 лет назад +8

    Thanks for putting this together, great stuff!

  • @wmden1
    @wmden1 9 лет назад +23

    Thank you. Great job. This surely deserves many more views. Jamerson fans don't know what they are missing, if they haven't found this video.

  • @cedriclashar8905
    @cedriclashar8905 5 лет назад +12

    thank you so much for this great edit.... he was just the best on bass...and from yesterday to today to me he is the BEST OF THE BEST ask any bass player

  • @johnoliva5014
    @johnoliva5014 2 года назад

    Simply the best sir paul agrees

  • @profissaocartazista9423
    @profissaocartazista9423 Год назад +1

    Este cara é simplesmente fenomenal, aqui no Brasil estudamos muito samba, bossa nova, baião, forró, mas nada se compara a essas linhas de baixo feitas e criadas por ele

  • @mcclendonreport
    @mcclendonreport 3 года назад +3

    The sound of the Universe.

  • @jiluchi07
    @jiluchi07 4 года назад +2

    oh yeah that's grooove

  • @darrenhawkins7970
    @darrenhawkins7970 7 лет назад +10

    His son who also played bass (James Jamerson Jr.) died too

  • @patrickmcandrew4949
    @patrickmcandrew4949 11 месяцев назад

    Great to hear the bass boosted

  • @Termsterms
    @Termsterms 5 лет назад +4

    Great job editing this together. Thank you!

  • @antij1
    @antij1 10 лет назад +15

    Not only was he a great bassist, he was also really cute.

  • @Wasimple
    @Wasimple 13 лет назад +3

    beautiful, good work

  • @gearguitarguy
    @gearguitarguy 12 лет назад +30

    Thanks for posting this. My favorite bassist of all time. Such an incredible musician and still hardly anyone knows who he is. Unbelievable.

    • @gulfcoastbeemer
      @gulfcoastbeemer 4 года назад +5

      if you are a musician you know and respect his legacy

  • @DaveSanders
    @DaveSanders 11 лет назад +6

    Awesome tribute to Jamerson. Amazing talent and groove.
    If anyone has not seen it..you should watch this movie about Jamerson and the other great musicians that played for all those sessions. (Netflix has the disc)
    IMDb: Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)
    Documentary about the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists.

    • @Jaya-ce8qb
      @Jaya-ce8qb 3 года назад +2

      Its free on Hulu. Its really great💙💜❤

  • @kathygaither5746
    @kathygaither5746 Год назад

    Wow!

  • @kassbass2010
    @kassbass2010 10 лет назад +4

    Thank you so very much for this video AND especially the great audio mix. Sincerely -thank you.

  • @melomanedame
    @melomanedame 12 лет назад +2

    love it

  • @garytyson2228
    @garytyson2228 10 лет назад +2

    Excellent video tribute !

  • @clank4001
    @clank4001 9 лет назад +10

    The HOOK!

  • @frankperricone2065
    @frankperricone2065 2 года назад

    James Jamerson, Big influence on John Paul Jones,if anybody does not know,he Is from Led Zeppelin, and is the reason I play bass and have a 73 Fender jazz and because JPJ in the beginning of Zeppelin played a Fender Jazz

  • @taylorrobinson9032
    @taylorrobinson9032 4 года назад +2

    That's where "da groove" came from!

  • @Wasimple
    @Wasimple 12 лет назад +1

    More! Well done!

  • @AxelShaw
    @AxelShaw 12 лет назад +2

    Great Job Man. Thanks a lot for the effort ;-)

  • @charlieparkerjazzart
    @charlieparkerjazzart 10 лет назад +1

    il più grande di tutti!!!!!!

  • @shutdownthefed
    @shutdownthefed 11 лет назад +1

    man I love this video

  • @fredlawson9394
    @fredlawson9394 2 года назад

    🔊👍👍👍🎸

  • @pedro3115
    @pedro3115 3 года назад +2

    He died so young

  • @adriancalin8688
    @adriancalin8688 Год назад

    Ce eleganta

  • @theloniouscoltrane3778
    @theloniouscoltrane3778 5 лет назад +12

    2019
    Black musicians are the most unfairly
    underrated musicians of all time!
    All the greats, including Elvis, Beatles, Cream,
    SRV, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, were influenced by
    blues and jazz played by majority of black musicians.
    But, they never got the credit they deserved.

    • @marsazorean62
      @marsazorean62 3 года назад +1

      Not true at all.
      BLACK MUSICIANS ARE ONE OF THE FEW GREAT GIFTS AMERICA HAS GIVEN TO THE WORLD.
      JAZZ,BLUES,AND... ROCKNROLL

    • @rintintin8446
      @rintintin8446 3 года назад

      The best guitarist? George Benson. The best trumpeter? Wynton Marsalis.The best pianist? Art Tatum. The best saxophonist? John Coltrane. The best ...............................................................................................