The TOP 10 Electric JAZZ Bassists of All Time
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- The legacy of the bass guitar in jazz is pretty extensive, with notable players hailing from all corners of the globe and all eras of jazz history. But who are the most important? Jaco? Victor Bailey? Jeff Berlin? A few stand out even among the greats, and in today’s video we’re going to look at ten of the very best.
Who would you pick?
Let me know in the comments section if I’ve missed any of your favourites!
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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I definitely would have had Stanley Clarke. In the 70s it was him along with jaco that really pushed the electric bass up to a solo instrument in jazz. His stuff with return to forever is so good
I have to agree with you. Don't forget his "School Days" album. Stanley Clark, Al Di Meola, and a few others got me interested in fusion jazz.
Love this channel, but no Stanley Clarke is criminal. I grew up in the 70's, he was a HUGE influence.
@@nkuntroll247 - Lopsy Lu from his self tiled solo album. Tony Williams on drums.
The absence of Stan Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten (SMV) means I cant take this list seriously. I enjoy the channel but this is a flat bust, credibility has been lost.
@@grahamlockley4435 don’t be so melodramatic lol. Maybe he was trying to also highlight some that aren’t as obviously well known as them
How Anthony Jackson, The Electric Bass GOAT does not make this list, I'll never know 🤔
I love this list, but I agree-where’s Anthony? Maybe cuz he’s more known for his pop stuff? (Al Jarreau, the O’Jay’s “Money”, etc.).. To me, his execution, touch and expression is on the level of Segovia. There are bassists, and then there is Anthony.
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@@joyousracket8767 he has a lot of Jazz work with Michel Camilo, Steve Khan, Hiromi, Harvey Mason, Yiorgos Fakanas, Lee Ritenour and so so many other Jazz Artistes. His catalog and versatility is incomparable.
Yes, Anthony J.,is t
The ultimate, in terms of finess,more choice, phrasing and Com and of his instrument! His supporting lines are a masterclass study in musical maturity, imagination, passion andfeel!
@@SDNLP02 you've summed it all up! I'd pay just to sit and have a chat with him.
Marcus Miller is on every list especially his work with Miles Davis,but still a great list 👏🏿
Brian Bromberg.... Too little mention of the guy as a serious monster player.
Not fully jazz, but bossa - jazz, I love brasilian Luizao Maia's playing and inventiveness. RIP Luizao.
Nice list, definitely some choices that are beyond debatable! However if we’re talking ALL TIME I found Anthony Jackson and Stanley Clarke conspicuously absent. Also Victor Wooten, though I know the argument can be made for him not being tied to jazz as much....but I still think his contributions and INNOVATIONS earn him a spot. I was disappointed 😔
Stanley Clarke, Wayman Tinsdale, Julian Vaughan, Gerald Veasley, Victor Whooten!
Obviously Marcus Miller, and Stanley Clark should be in this list. One bassist that no one seems to talk about is Jimmy "Flim" Johnson. An amazing bassist that changed with the amazing things he did on an Alembic Fretless bass.
Jimmy “Flim” Johnson!!!
This Guy is too young, no Stanley Clarke!!! Shame on him!!!
I don’t believe so
we’ve got “in jazz”in the title
Dave Holland, Anthony Jackson, Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson. Kai Eckardt, Esperanza Spalding, Richard Bona, Nathan East, Victor Wooten
Kinda mind blowing that Anthony Jackson and Stanley Clarke aren’t here, but it is his opinion….
Great selection. IMHO Thundercat has definitely learned his jazz vocabulary, just listen to the stuff with Kamasi. And he is bringing Bass up front as an artist, pushing the envelope.
Yeahhhh UZEB!!! Alain Caron mind blowing bass player, and with Michel Brecker as guest for that Montreal jazz festival and their first UZEB studio album Fast Emotion.
Great vid and list Scott 👌all monster bass players I personally admire
Sending a shout out to Jazz fusion bassist Stanley Clarke. Super instrumental in bringing the bass to the forefront. And, a tremendous composer.
Did you know Jazz Fusion was created by Miles Davis
@@mab7175 Thnx for the info. As a trumpet player, Miles was on the cutting edge of the jazz scene.
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Miles Davis was one of the greatest musicians of the 20th Century regardless of the genre. He was never conferred the magnitude for that credit. A rarely known fact really obscure. The collaborations of the Jazz ensemble orchestrations of Miles Davis with Gil Evans starting from Miles Ahead Plus 19. And yes, Sketches of Spain too, were written and orchestrated by Miles Davis not Gil Evans. A Jazz writer and critic for Down Beat Magazine, Leonard Feather, in an interview with Miles Davis asked Miles Davis questions about those Jazz ensemble orchestrations with Gil Evans. Miles Davis told Leonard Feather , I wrote all that music and orchestrated too. I met a drummer who sat in some of those orchestrations. He told me. It's true. He said Gil Evans would pace the floor nervous. Until Miles Davis came in with the charts and assisted the musicians to play the orchestrations. They complained to Miles. We can't play this, never seen and played music like this. Miles told them you can't just read and play this music. You must feel it. The different musical instruments overtones had to overlap other instruments overtones. That can't be read. Listen very closely to the recordings, Miles Ahead plus 19. That's why Miles Davis walked off with all the recognition. Thereafter, Gil Evans remained an obscure figure in Jazz. Subsequent orchestrations by Gil Evans without Miles Davis never had those surreal intricate subtleties. Herbie Hancock wrote the tune Sorcerer as an tribute to Miles Davis. Herbie Hancock was astoundingly intrigued by Miles Davis. He pondered. Where is Miles Davis's music coming from. It is not from this world. Miles Davis was not only circumscribed to merely a trumpeter on the cutting edge of the Jazz scene. Miles Davis was a musical genius and one of the greatest musicians regardless of genres in the 20th Century.
Personally, Jeff Andrew's is my favorite of these 10 amazing musicians.
My hero though is Stanley Clarke, on electric he fit's more in the "fusion" realm but he has some stellar solo's on electric that show his jazz language.
Yes! And thats why I have P bass with J pickups 😉
If you like Jeff Andrews, I'd suggest also taking a look at Dario Deidda, I think him, Swallow and Jeff would top my own personal list. Though the above list is also fantastic.
This clown doesn’t even mention Stanley Clarke, what a total disrespect of the greatest electric bassist of our times.
Jeff's playing is wonderful. His work with the Mike Stern Trio is sublime.
Love that Alain Caron is in there. He''s a well rounded player. Would love to see more of him.
I'm so thankful you included Jeff Andrews. That solo is, of course, a benchmark. But his ensemble playing? Whew.... I miss him.
in this video, Jeff with Mike Stern?
I do belive that Jeff Andrews took genuine bebop language and paired that with a beautiful harmonic concept. In this endeavor, Jeff went the farthest. RIP
Greetings, Scott It's great to have Jeff Andrews in your top ten. He was so inspiring to me, nice touch from you.
The bass Jeff Berlin is playing is a Peavey Palaedium, his signature model that he used in the first half of the 90s.
Thanks for putting Steve Swallow on this list. As I was starting on bass in high school (simultaneously playing classical cello) I loved jaco, Stanley Clarke etc but no matter how much of their stuff I learned none of it ever spoke to me in the way Steve Swallow did. He shows how the electric bass can really bring this kind of tranquility and clarity of sound that the upright cannot. Great choice of solo to show that aspect of his playing. As far as I’m aware no one does what he does on the bass.
any album recs for Swallow’s electric tranquility?
Are You Crazy…
@@ianrags Definitely "Trios" and "The Lost Chords Meet Paolo Fresu" with Carla Bley; "Monteverdi: A Trace of Grace" with Michel Godard; "Wisteria" with Steve Kuhn
@@jameschones1858 no. I mean it
i can’t believe that you didn’t include Stanley Clarke
Great video, I like that the fact it included lesser known names
Thanks Scott, so cool !
I'd also include Marcus Miller during his time with Miles. As a Montreal boy I was pleasantly surprised to see Alain Caron on your list, well done ! ;-)
Great video, Scott! I appreciate this because it helps someone like me who isn't super familiar to jazz to know what to look for. Also, I appreciate your enthusiasm about specific lines and how you explain what you're hearing. This is very motivating.
Really
Also Nathan East, Abe Laboriel, Melvin Lee Davis, Jimmy Johnson, Adam Nitti, Rich Brown, Jimmy Earl, Robert Vizvari, and many more that I can't think of or don't know about at the moment.
It’s a great list. I would have to include Brian Bromberg, Dave LaRue and Roscoe Beck. They changed my bass playing
Perhaps Anthony Jackson needs his own video where he is all Top 10 places himself
I am a huge UZEB fan, being from Hamilton, Ontario they played F bass and F guitar! He did a workshop and he was so down to earth and humble.
Thank you, Scott, for introducing me to a couple of players I never heard of and a couple more that I heard of but never investigated! I don't know whether their respective groups fall into the category covered by this video, but Percy Jones of Brand X and Bill Laswell's work with Material both could fit nicely on this list. Percy's technique is as impressive as anyone's, and Bill, though not a jaw-dropping improvisationist, has some amazingly cool and slinky lines (listen to "Silent Land" from Material's Memory Serves). Thanks again!
Great video Scott! I’d have put Richard Bona in there for sure. Every time I listen to him my jaw continuously hits the floor. Then when you consider the beautiful melodies he plays and sings… with that amazing voice of his; he’s without equal.
Yes, Richard Bona is a monster - great chops and incredibly musical player.
Not many people I know know about Bona. He's very talented. Kudos for bring him up.
And if you start talking about Richard Bona, then we have to mention the great Etienne Mbappé as well.
So happy you included Jeff Andrews, absolutely phenomenal
Exceptional video showcasing a wide variety of brilliant Jazz Bass Players. Well researched and highly entertaining, as well as eye-opening to some less well known Jazz Players. Loved it!
it seems that this list is about some who don't get the spotlight as do the usual lists. Esp. Alain Caron with whom I stage helped in Edmonton's Jazz Fest two years in a row. He's right up there but doesn't receive the accolades so many others do. For attention sure pays to play in the USA!
You forgot the man who introduced the electric bass to jazz : Monk Montgomery (elder brorher of Wes Montgomery)
Solid list... So hard to narrow it down, but definitely a solid list...
Hope I don’t miss the course entries, if so please save a spot for me Scott!! Last year I’d didn’t have the money and this year I don’t as well, I love these lessons and this is an opportunity I don’t want to miss again, cheers.
One Historical Electric Bass Player that is Absent here was Monk Montgomery (brother of Wes & Buddy) first appeared with Art Farmer and Lionel Hampton in 1953.
Perfect selection. BTW, as a kid, I only had three VHSs: John P., Gary W., and Luis Johnson (for the slap stuff). Your videos are always the best.
The 👍 is for Louis Johnson
Being from Quebec, I had the chance of meeting Alain Caron when I was in my teen years, he signed my very first bass that I still use to this day. UZEB and Alain's Le Band are my biggest fusion inspiration. Thanks a million to have put him in the top 10.
man, that bass has such a unique sound.... thanks for vid! all best
For me Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson besides most of who you mentioned.
Kai Eckhardt and Dominique Dipiazza! I can’t get enough of their playing
Something I struggle with is thinking of bass soloists as guitar solos on heavier guage strings. I am a bigger fan of bass parts within jazz music. Saw Robert Hurst play with Diana Krall a few weeks ago. Mostly upright but some electric. He did a couple of short solos, but what mostly blew me away was just his lines during the songs. I've seen Swallow and Bailey and loved their "non-solo" playing. The fast solos just don't do it for me. Ralph Gauck is an amazing fretless player from Germany who's playing is so melodic. I love his playing. Fast bass soloing just reminds me of guitar shredders. Give me a David Gilmour solo over anything Yngwie does. You can flame me now 😀
yes Gilmour over Malmsteen any day!
yes, re Gilmour over Malmsteen!
This was a fantastic selection. As far as importance it's hard not to include Stanley and Marcus, but there isn't anyone I could remove from this either.
Great video of course there could be ten more great players in here. And what is that bass you have there it's beautiful I couldn't make out the head stock I have terrible eyes.
I TOTALLY agree with you when it comes to Jeff Andrews. And actually all of the others as well!. :D And Hardrien is a freaking beast...
Mike Bendy, Felix Pastorius, Jon L. Smith, Derrick Hodge, Nate Edgar, Oteil, Funky Digo, Kyle Miles, Pino Paladino, Paul Bender, Stuart Zender, Thundercat, Flea, Bootsy, Meshell, Verdine, Mingus, Larry Graham, Carol Kaye, Reed Sutherland, Tony Levin, Robert Trujillo, Leland Sklar, & Esperanza Spalding all tied for 12th..
Most are NOT jazz players (Flea, Sklar, Bootsy, ...) , and others play(ed) mostly upright ( Spalding, Mingus, ...)
Did Scott get a new 6 string? Nice! Good list!
Cool vid.
Missing I'd say Stanley And Alphonso Johnson.
Also the dude from Madeski, Martin and Wood.
Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Jimmy Johnson are some of my favorites. Jimmy changed the way I looked at bass and my playing.
The 👍 is for Wooten and Clarke. I don't know the other guy
@@aaronmason6778 FYI Jimmy Johnson has the nickname Flim Johnson, of Flim and the BBs and tons of jazz session work. Story goes he had the first digital recording (or first CD perhaps) that was jazz and not classical music. Also that in parallel between two bass builders he and Anthony Jackson inspired the development of the 5 and 6 string electric basses.
@@1planetmusic294 Thanks. I'll look into Johnson
Mohini Dey is mega
scott please !!!!!!!! you can't not enter Dario Deidda, please try to find him, he absolutely deserves to be mentioned
most ppl have already mentioned some of the legends, but I would put S. Clarke, A Jackson, B. Bromberg, M. Miller and R. Bona on my list :-) but I hate lists so I try to listen to them all. Great to see Swallow on your list. I had totally forgot about him.
THUMBS UP
Great video. Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller, Steve Bailey, those names absolutely come to my mind, but is very hard to put everyone on a list...
No way you could have a top anything electric bass and not have Stanley Clarke on it. He’s the most important person along with Jaco for the bass.
It’s like having a basketball list and don’t even have Michael Jordan on it. I would have to ask are you crazy.
needs to deepen the list. only 10 doesn't work too well.
Richard Bona, Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller,
Alain Caron...sweet jumping Jesus! In '85 a friend gave me a mixed tape of UZEB and it blew my mind. That Bull's Nostril Blues (or Bull Nostrils Blues, whatever) from Live in Europe is the sickest thing I had ever heard. I finally got to see him live, in a trio, with Mike Stern at the old IMAC theater on L.I. in NY, many moons ago.
Hey man, you've missed the greatest electric bass player in jazz... Dario Deidda!!!!!
Anthony Jackson, Janek Gwizdala and maybe Stanley Clarke. Hard to edit out any of the ones you mentioned already though. Happy easter.
Manne Multibass! Dope sound! Looks like a Nordstrand Zen Blade super close to the neck-even closer than a P-Bass-but the tone isn’t muddy like I would have expected.
I love this channel. 🤟
For a new/ next gen guy I’d add Janek Gwizdala to the list. Crazy chops and very innovative. For me, as much as I respect all the guys on the list, I don’t aspire to play like them. I’d prefer to be the guy who accompanies Julian Lage or that style of playing (not that I have those chops either). It’s awesome there are people out there pushing boundaries though.
Impossible to reduce it to ten, but you've done a great job. If the list were fifteen, maybe, I would like to see Jimmy Haslip, Gerald Veasley, and Abe Laboriel included. Cheers.
This is what we need!!!
Dave Carpenter, Dominic DiPiazza, Jimmy Johnson! You are right about Jeff Andrews! Stanley Clarke.
Hey man I’m a 14 year old aspiring bassist and love your vids and my fav band is snarky puppy could you give a tutorial on either the solo from “young stuff” or “skate up”
Love Michael League!
I started at that age too my recommendation is find an album you like learn the whole album and then play the entire album alongside the tracks.
And then repeat that a lot.
Then after that find albums that you don't like so much learn those all the way too sometimes the best way to stretch is to get out of your comfort zone
That is some of the best advice anyone could give to a young player. Play everything and find the toughest songs out there and learn those till you can play them backwards. Outside the box will teach new players much.
@@codyeveryday5432 I’ve done that with the song dean town I’ve really played the shit out of it and I love how welI know it
Hey Scott, where would Squarepusher/Tom Jenkinson fit in, list-wise? Jazz??? He should be on some list somewhere... 👍
Excellent choice .
Hadrien really shines in Electric Side from Bireli Lagrene, it is an AMAZING album!!
Scott, what bass are you holding? That looks incredible! Great video and great choices!
Listen to it on headphones!! It’s range and tone are incredible. I really want to know what it is too.
Does not look long scale either. Reveal the bass of great mystery, SBL!
Imo Adam Neely is extremely talented for his age!
Oeppssss you forgot Linley Marthe!!!! IMO the best and my fav Jazz Bass player ☺️
Man amazing list, but marcus miller, stanley clarke and victor wooten should be there!
greetings from Brazil!
A give away of this bass would be a blast !
Man I wish I could as good as these people! I’m self taught so I don’t have the luxury of jazz education (and there is no jazz education either in my area, as no one really has an interest in jazz where I am :/). Great vid! Awesome picks
Yeah, Stanley and Vic.
Your list is great.
I wonder if you know Richard Bona. Maybe I would have put him in the list, because of his ability to play and sing along very rapid, fluid & complex phrases.
Scott, great list. I know you only wanted to list 10 and I'm glad Jaco was on it. But like others said, Stanley Clarke should of definitely made the cut. Marcus Miller should of been there too. Honorable mention to Victor Wooten....
How can you have electric bass Jazz and not have Stanley Clarke. This makes this list not credible no me.
Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and Victor Wooten and Wayman Tisdale should absolutely be on this list.
I know people have there favorites, but not to have Stanley Clarke on a list where he influenced 70% of the players on this list is beyond comprehension. He was Mr. Bass that opened the gates for everyone including Jaco.
Come on Scott!!!!
No Buster Williams… no Marcus Miller, No Pino… weak list
I don’t get it. Every time Scott does a list like this, the genius Anthony Jackson is always very conspicuously absent. Anthony is way more accomplished than many/most here. Jesus go listen to his catalog of work with Michel Camilo if you’re not sure. He was the person (along with Carl Thompson) who innovated the 6-string contrabass. His career goes back over 50 years and his playing and improvisation is second to none. What’s up with this Scott??
Thx for your list... Ok, 10 of the fastest bassists ever... but where are the other 10+ who redefined the acoustic jazz bass on electric bass? Stanley Clarke, Anthony Jackson, Paul Jackson, Abe Laboriel, Marcus Miller, Nathan East, Will Lee, Dave Holland, Rick Laird, Victor Wooten, Alphonso Johnson, Neil Jason, Jonas Hellborg... also Miroslav Vitous should be mentioned despite the fact that he like the double bass more than the electric.
Jonas Hellborg is a monster as are the others you mentioned. I’d like to throw Michael Manring in there too. Rick Laird is sort of an “unsung hero” too. There’s way too many to keep it to ten.
Niels-Henning Oerstedt Pedersen did not play electric bass.
I tell you what, I checked out Rick Laird's album "Soft Focus" just after he passed, and it's incredible. I had thought he played upright on most of it but no, it's almost all electric bass. In Mahavishnu, he played fairly simple bass parts (compared to the bass in other top fusion groups) but he solos with great fluidity and horn-like depth of ideas on his own record. The piano player is fantastic as well.
Not sure if I'd put him in the top ten, but a player who walked on electric well was Charles Ables, who played for Shirley Horn for many years. I believe that he was a guitar player who learned bass just to join her band.
@@nyobunknown6983 Youre right. I changed it.
@@charlescoleman6896 With the Mahavishnu Orchestra the guitar, violin, keyboards and drums were so busy that it left no room for the bass player to do anything but be the foundation. I saw them live in a small venue in the early 70s when they were still unknown and TBH the music got a bit tiring in a hurry because it was 100% all the way.
Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson, Federico Malaman, Esperanza Spalding, Thundercat, Janek Gwizdala, Henrik Linder, Michael League
Scott,
That was a very happening list.
I’ll also throw out there:
•Tom Kennedy
•Jimmie Earl
•James Genus
•Tal Wilkenfeld
•Janik Gwizdala
• Laurence Cottle
The BEST! Definitivamente amigos, fue el mejor y será siempre el referente y el más virtuoso
you NEED to go over Evan Marien if you haven't yet, absolute beast in the new generation of fusion bassists, his arrangement of Havona alone is astonishing
Came here to suggest Stanley Clarke, but I see everyone else beat me to it.
Anthony Jackson, Marcus Miller, Stanley Clarke
Very solid list. Maybe Jimmy Haslip? Nothing wrong with your list though.
Since you are Focusing More on Bassist who Can Solo...
I would say you should've Added:
Oteil Burbridge, Stanley Clarke,
Brian Bromberg
If you looking at Jazz Bassist who Don't Solo, BUT have Incredible Technique
For Playing FAST Melodic Lines
I say
Anthony Jackson!
Richard Bona!
Top Topten. Thanks.
I remember when BASS Villa in Pennsylvania had his Smith up for sale 10k!!!
It's encouraging to see those 5 and 6 string basses.
Stanley Clark Marcus Miller and Victor Wooton!
I’ve seen Patitucci play a few times and he was awesome. Once when he had just released an album (c1990) and then a few years ago in Hollywood with Chick Corea. Good times.
When you hear Scott's heavy breathing while playing, you know he's cookin'
Can you talk about a few japanese bass player? They absolutely deserve a mention. Thanks!
T-square and Casiopea!
@@mickeygoh25 Tetsuo Sakurai was like the Japanese Jaco on the early albums
Great set of players. I got a set back to when I discovered John Patitucci…omg how great isnt The Elektric Band/ The Eye of the Beholder 🤘
Janek Gwizdala!
Follow up with upright bass players? We need to talk about Ray Browns timing.
You missed out probably the number 1 Stanley Clarke!!! 🎸
Stanley Clarke is an OG, what about Percy Jones, Victor Wooten, and Ralph Armstrong?