The Top 20 Jazz Bass Soloists of all time (The New Breed)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • ​When we talk about the best EVER bass guitarists then most of us hark back to household names like Jaco and Stanley Clarke. But who are today’s bass heroes? I’d argue that we still have plenty.
    In today’s new video we’re taking a closer look at 20 of the best and brightest bass soloists in 2021. Some are boundary-pushing virtuosos, others are experimentalists who are ripping up the rulebook.
    As always, see you in the shed…
    Scott :)
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  • @FedericoMalamanBass
    @FedericoMalamanBass 3 года назад +273

    WOW! Thank you so much Scott!!! ;-) I'm very proud & happy to be part of it! :-)

    • @thescale599
      @thescale599 3 года назад +18

      So what's your birthday??🤔🤭

    • @nevilleilunga9973
      @nevilleilunga9973 2 года назад +4

      You're a genius Frederico, really appreciate your bass exercises on your channel.

    • @FedericoMalamanBass
      @FedericoMalamanBass 2 года назад +4

      @@nevilleilunga9973 Thanks a lot :-)

    • @jubileeolumati
      @jubileeolumati 2 года назад +1

      Amazing bass player you are... Federico...

    • @Alysse111
      @Alysse111 2 года назад

      @@nevilleilunga9973 ExxonMobil utztztzt*tztztzutztztzutzutztzuutzutztzutzutzzutzutztzutzuuuxuxx non t

  • @DamianErskineBass
    @DamianErskineBass 2 года назад +120

    It's wild to be included on this list. Thanks Scott (and everyone else listed here for the inspiration!)

  • @migscacao
    @migscacao 3 года назад +79

    Finally got to see some MONONEON on SBL! Those 254 times MONONEON WENT BEAST MODE, would be sweet!

  • @scarab944
    @scarab944 3 года назад +164

    Kind of his own genre on bass, but still worthy on this list, imo: Tom "Squarepusher" Jenkinson. Would love more content on that alien of a musician.

    • @danilospiga282
      @danilospiga282 3 года назад +7

      An amazing bass player, u right... And perfectly fit with his "genre", not easy thing by the way

    • @boimesa8190
      @boimesa8190 3 года назад +2

      Yep 4 sure

    • @unol
      @unol 3 года назад +4

      Was thinking exactly the same thing.

    • @martinheath5947
      @martinheath5947 3 года назад +2

      I saw him live once doing a solo bass show and noted that his playing sounded disjointed and lacked musicality. Phenomenally dextrous fingers for sure, but much of his bass note placement sounded to be a random bi-product of flashy technique rather than consciously composed or chosen

    • @Popcheese10
      @Popcheese10 3 года назад +3

      Came here to say the same, Squarepusher the goat

  • @cliffshbk2589
    @cliffshbk2589 3 года назад +36

    As soon as I saw Thundercat, I knew this vid was gonna be 🔥🔥🔥

  • @wholeshowjoe2614
    @wholeshowjoe2614 2 года назад +5

    We don’t care give us 20 more minutes. Give us more bass players. Such fantastic work introducing us all these great players. My daughter and I, who is a bass player too, love this. Thanks!

  • @eliassantos1334
    @eliassantos1334 3 года назад +7

    Brazil!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thiago, Braguinha e Pipoca! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you!

  • @bannanapancake
    @bannanapancake 3 года назад +39

    Thank goodness.... Mono made the list, that guys phrasing and ear is just freakishly good!!!

    • @JoshuaWillis89
      @JoshuaWillis89 3 года назад +1

      And let me tell you as a left-handed person who used to play on an upside down guitar, it is not easy or comfortable. When I finally bought a lefty bass, things got a lot easier.
      The two primary reasons: the knobs/hardware catching your wrist, which can change the tone or volume dramatically, and the higher strings are further away from your wrist resting under the neck, which means more of a stretch when you solo. Plus, the body of the guitar is designed to fit comfortably with your body at only one angle.

  • @marcioazzarini
    @marcioazzarini 3 года назад +32

    Brasil fortíssimo na parada! Celeiro de baixista bom! 👏👏👏👏👏🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷

  • @DOGroove
    @DOGroove 3 года назад +41

    Every player on this list is incredible. A lot of people love to live in the past but this list shows how amazing the best bass players are these days.

  • @doomslayerplushie6662
    @doomslayerplushie6662 3 года назад +21

    The most monstrous instrumentalist come from jazz fusion my God

    • @grmblfzzzt
      @grmblfzzzt 3 года назад +6

      Or maybe the most monstrous instrumentalists just go to jazz fusion?

  • @Thrungey
    @Thrungey 3 года назад +7

    I am in awe of Evan Mariens left little finger :)

    • @jonsidell3338
      @jonsidell3338 3 года назад +2

      I love watching him play, it’s like a spider dancing on the fretboard.

  • @sakusaaristo191
    @sakusaaristo191 3 года назад +11

    Great list, though leaving Mohini Dey out is a straight up crime! :)

    • @MyKakasa
      @MyKakasa 3 года назад +6

      capital offence

  • @allysongomes4363
    @allysongomes4363 3 года назад +14

    Amazing! A lot of monstrous bassists and that's so good to see that the Brazil is well represented in this list! I miss Ricardinho Paraiso but this list still really great!

  • @AhhSwells
    @AhhSwells 3 года назад +12

    love Evan Marion. His compositions are stunning too

  • @BebopHardRock
    @BebopHardRock 3 года назад +9

    Lovin' Dane Alderson's time and tone!
    Can't believe you missed Christian Gálvez!!

  • @damiansanchez429
    @damiansanchez429 2 года назад +4

    that tal wilkenfeld clip is so special. she didnt rely on playing arpeggios and scales at lightning speed. she way not be a jazz soloist, but that melody is so amazing

  • @deprichef9903
    @deprichef9903 2 года назад +10

    Mono Neon is something else! Its intrested to see, in this compilation, that sound and playing style and harmonic style of the most solos are very similar. With closed eyes, its hard to hear some differences...

    • @yoochrls
      @yoochrls 2 года назад +1

      He’s a beast!

  • @tayy2072
    @tayy2072 2 года назад +1

    I really can't tell yall how many times I have rewatched Scott doing the riff at the beginning of the video. What a legend.

  • @Rodney_see
    @Rodney_see 3 года назад +7

    7:13 for Thundercat!

  • @feedthechunk9836
    @feedthechunk9836 3 года назад +2

    Kinga Głyk - The first name that came to my mind.

  • @Frisbieinstein
    @Frisbieinstein 3 года назад +3

    Hiromi in her mountain woman phase. (I'd forgotten about that.)
    I thought I knew what was going on, but you have me beat with bass players. These guys are good! But I sure was surprised Mohini Dey wasn't in there.

  • @m.charron
    @m.charron 3 года назад +11

    Janek's my favourite from this list. Lyrical was the right word to describe him.
    The 2 bassists I would add both belong to Paco de Lucia's bands: Carles Benavent for the previous video (born in '54), and Alain Perez (born in '77).

  • @Ian_Hay
    @Ian_Hay 3 года назад +35

    “You probably wouldn’t think of Tal Wilkenfeld as a jazz soloist…”. ??? Her first (and for a long time afterwards, only) album was entirely an instrumental jazz album, with a scorching jazz bass solo on nearly every track.

    • @SixteenVoice
      @SixteenVoice 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, but let's admit that she pretty much fully retired from that lifestyle many years ago 👣✌️

  • @irvineivan
    @irvineivan 3 года назад +29

    Mohini Dey?

  • @mukomanjisichilongo8796
    @mukomanjisichilongo8796 3 года назад +5

    Moto Fukushima.🥺🥺

  • @jonse6
    @jonse6 3 года назад

    Jazz Bass Player: *Plays*
    Scott Devine: Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • @irumaru
    @irumaru 3 года назад +3

    Was pleasantly surprised seeing Anton and Federico on the list, they are among my all time favorites, blazing solos!

  • @gabrielrochamelo8183
    @gabrielrochamelo8183 3 года назад +17

    I just missed one in this list: Scott Devine. That one from UK

  •  3 года назад +11

    Feliz demais de ver muitos nomes brazucas nessa lista!
    So happy to see a lot of brazilian names on this list!

  • @TrevorandThea
    @TrevorandThea 3 года назад +15

    Personal fave in this category at the moment would have to be the fabulous Kinga Glyk- wonderfully melodic jazz/fusion bassist. Born in 1997 as it happens since that seems to be important ;)

  • @louisaccardi2268
    @louisaccardi2268 2 года назад +2

    Just amazing. Such great musicians. Thanks Scottie for this video.

  • @thescale599
    @thescale599 3 года назад +3

    Great selection...
    I'm in awe for
    Evan and Michael pipo

  • @mjtsirhc
    @mjtsirhc 3 года назад +1

    Kind of surprised to see Henrik Linder here. Not thathe can't do jazz. I just always imagine him primarily in the Dirty Loops sort of genre.

  • @CliffHuxtableSweater
    @CliffHuxtableSweater 2 года назад +2

    Richard bona if you ever come across this please accept my apologies, please sir. You are an easy top 5 most mind boggling bass players I have witnessed. Also mr Wooten, the man I believe has had the biggest influence on the evolution of the bass guitar, my apologies extend to you too sir. Mr Wooten, you were doing things that no one could understand long before a “RUclips”. That’s why you stood alone. No disrespect intended but there’s a reason if i only listened to the audio of this clip, except for a few, I wouldn’t be able to tell one from the other. RUclips allowed instant access to everything you even thought you wanted to learn. Mr victor wooten listened to records but then had to develop his own unique sound in his bedroom without immediate access to other players techniques. This was like naming the greatest pop singers of all time and including Britney but forgetting Michael.

  • @rickrolli7091
    @rickrolli7091 3 года назад +12

    Some other bass players to maybe add to your next video list would be Mohini Dey, Nate Navarro & Kinga Glyk.

    • @valhallaatmedawg6446
      @valhallaatmedawg6446 3 года назад +2

      +1 for Nate Navarro. He's a Jack of all trades bassist, and a Master of all those trades as well. He's a lot of fun to hear, and watch.

    • @comradebigio
      @comradebigio 3 года назад +1

      They are the Gen Z of bass

    • @robotx4242
      @robotx4242 3 года назад +1

      Dey has a John Coltrane solo posted on RUclips. Unbelievably awesome.

  • @JaQba91
    @JaQba91 3 года назад +2

    This video of Federico and Anthon is completly NUTS. I watch it time for time and it never made me other reaction than giggling and enjoying ending 😁

  • @Stckmand
    @Stckmand 3 года назад +4

    Daniele is great musician but also a very helpful and kind person....

  • @ErixSamson
    @ErixSamson 2 года назад +5

    I'd say main missing ones in the new gen are Romain Labaye, Charles Berthoud, Mohini Dey

  • @nelsongrimaldi3926
    @nelsongrimaldi3926 2 года назад

    Linley, your SOUND, gosh, love it

  • @gkouba
    @gkouba 3 года назад +1

    Looking and listening to these guys play is humbling.. One thing I believe is that if you are rolling around an instrument with more than 5 strings. you are a a unique combination of bass and guitarist and a well rounded musician with lots of mileage. A good musician is always learning.

  • @blakebass1
    @blakebass1 2 года назад +1

    Great video, thanks so much for introducing us to these amazing players! Mindblowing!

  • @downtownwillie
    @downtownwillie 2 года назад +1

    So glad you put MonoNeon in there.

  • @slimk3836
    @slimk3836 2 года назад

    Hahaha that cracked me up "great lines, great jumper"

  • @therocketeer7171
    @therocketeer7171 Год назад

    I was anticipating Esperanza Spalding, however these picks are phenomenal

  • @chrisggoodwin777
    @chrisggoodwin777 3 года назад +1

    I'll admit it, I thought, for a split second, something was wrong with Henrik's video resolution, until I realized he had the true temper frets 😂 so many great players...

  • @scunion66
    @scunion66 3 года назад +4

    Incredible! I would have to add Jonas Hellborg to this list but all of these cats are so creative in their approach to the instrument. Definitely can't wait to check out more of the players I'm hearing for the first time, like Anton Davidyants. Lots of new players to check out named in the comments as well!

  • @alexsalapan6329
    @alexsalapan6329 2 года назад

    1:28 Is that HIROMI UEHARA?
    Fascinating pianist

  • @mattbrumit8592
    @mattbrumit8592 3 года назад +1

    So good. Thanks Scott and Team SBL for another amazing video.

  • @claudetshibasu5470
    @claudetshibasu5470 2 года назад

    Thank you Scot!, even though i was born in the early 70 , I agree with your picks!

  • @eyelidman09
    @eyelidman09 3 года назад +2

    ‘The new breed’ - indeedy! Some amazing players taking us into the future generations of bass playing. Thanks a million, Scott!🙏🇬🇧👍🙏

  • @andresegone
    @andresegone 3 года назад +3

    Dario Deidda, Etienne Mbappe, Michel Alibo

  • @TeaHauss
    @TeaHauss 3 года назад

    You can't fix perfection. Nobody has more perfect an arc as Dinobot.

  • @stratrovarius
    @stratrovarius 3 года назад +5

    Missing just two : Anthony Crawford (played with Allan Holdsworth & Virgil Donatti) & Snow Owl (currently playing with Hans Zimmer).

  • @bassinitmac1T
    @bassinitmac1T 2 года назад +1

    That was awesome Scott! Your an incredible musician and a great inspiration to us all!

  • @raymondjuniorgama900
    @raymondjuniorgama900 2 года назад

    Bass is the future of modern music and thé style of New Word in the world

  • @noahhight7781
    @noahhight7781 3 года назад +1

    Moto Fukushima is a killer player worth mentioning, amazing soloist

  • @othinielkatembokainda294
    @othinielkatembokainda294 2 года назад +1

    You're the best scott

  • @daniBassman
    @daniBassman 3 года назад +9

    Conclusión: la cantera de músicos brasileños es impresionante.

    • @daniBassman
      @daniBassman 3 года назад

      Por cierto, Robson Albuquerque....... sin palabras

  • @Oscaraha
    @Oscaraha Год назад +1

    Dont know how old he is, but Dario Deidda should be on this list. One of very few electric bass player besides Steve Swallow who really functions well in a straight ahead jazz setting without going fusion.

  • @Arbigale
    @Arbigale 3 года назад +2

    THE FACT THAT MICHAEL LEAGUE LEADS snarky puppy says it All…

  • @canaldanventura
    @canaldanventura 3 года назад +4

    mohini dey is 21 :)

    • @ChuloDavidcito
      @ChuloDavidcito 3 года назад +1

      Yeah, great stuff here by everybody, but Mohini should be in here.

  • @AndyBassPlayer
    @AndyBassPlayer 3 года назад +2

    Era of virtuoso,love it❤️

  • @George.___
    @George.___ 3 года назад +1

    Mohini Dey should be on this list for sure 😎

  • @M3rox11
    @M3rox11 3 года назад +3

    I was hoping for some Kinga Głyk (1997) in the end.

  • @georgelamie7001
    @georgelamie7001 3 года назад +9

    Missing Anthony Crawford, but a comprehensive job, Scott!

  • @bkdexter79
    @bkdexter79 3 года назад +3

    Please do "another" top 20...this was soo good!

  • @robchiappe9253
    @robchiappe9253 3 года назад +14

    Esperanza Spalding should be on this list, and she sings too.

  • @SALESPRODUCTIONS
    @SALESPRODUCTIONS 3 года назад +10

    Esperanza Spalding and Kinga Glyk - BIG MISSES ( Especially Kinga - she is a monster )
    Also - forget the name - but that one guy was a classical guitarist playing a bass - let's be real
    And I was curious if this Mono Neon literally learned to play up side down and backwards - because it looked like he was playing a right hand style bass - and stringed normally.
    Which is incredible - because the E string would be the physically ( not sonically ) LOWEST string. and A D G going upwards. ( Upside down and Backwards )

    • @Bconsuegra255
      @Bconsuegra255 2 года назад

      Esperanza Spalding is an incredible musician.

    • @clark1bass993
      @clark1bass993 Год назад

      Mono is right handed. He just started playing the bass upside down sitting on a couch.

  • @ibelieveinsound
    @ibelieveinsound 2 года назад

    some great creatives here.
    Who’s been digging E’Lon JD ?

  • @khileshjairamdas8410
    @khileshjairamdas8410 2 года назад

    Dude these groove hard and earned a sub for sending all this to my ears

  • @jusplayinmybass
    @jusplayinmybass 3 года назад +3

    Mohini Dey belongs on this list.

  • @mrstock7986
    @mrstock7986 3 года назад +4

    Thanks Scott! Great vid. 👍 And i hadn't even heard of most of these bassists...
    However... (gotta ask) How about Esperanza Spalding? How about Kinga Glyk?
    And, for what it's worth, i for one am not afraid of 40min videos. As long as it doesn't get boring. 😉

    • @luckyonyekaharrison435
      @luckyonyekaharrison435 2 года назад +1

      Esperanza is a beast!!!. I think there should be a series for the bass women

  • @jaysilva868
    @jaysilva868 3 года назад +5

    Thiago Espírito Santo 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @kwaailight
    @kwaailight 2 года назад +1

    1996 - Mohini Dey 💪😎💪

  • @Likeaforest
    @Likeaforest 3 года назад

    hi scott
    i realy want to thank you and all the mentors in "Scott's Bass Lesson"
    i feel like im fainaly in the MOST rigth school now .......................it is so big im so new there and im Israeli so my English is not so good BUT im i heaven in there realy ' you are all soooooooooooooooooooo perfect teacher's

  • @ClerioMurbach
    @ClerioMurbach Год назад

    Junior Braguinha e Michael Pipoquinha representando o nosso Brasil tão rico e tão musical... Que orgulho! 😍They're representing our rich and musical Brazil... What a pride!

  • @MrHunte87
    @MrHunte87 3 года назад

    Had the pleasure of meeting Michael League while working for Jazz venue in Manchester called Band on the Wall and filmed a project him and the SP crew did at the venue with local musicians. He's a great teacher too.

  • @6minus3minus2
    @6minus3minus2 3 года назад +14

    I'm much more excited by the lyrical or funky players who leave space in their soling than the ones who are more about speed. I respect the technical ability of all of them, but musically the really busy solos don't do much for me.

    • @mountaindont34ify
      @mountaindont34ify 2 года назад

      Same. It's like ego showy playing versus passionate groovey solos that you can feel down in your soul. I think it's cool and it impresses me but it doesn't affect me like a groovey solo.

    • @ggh_-ts6pn
      @ggh_-ts6pn 2 года назад

      well its jazz. By your standard Giant Steps is just about technique not music?

  • @bozzbass9624
    @bozzbass9624 3 года назад +10

    Heavy technician passages you chose with 95% similar tonalities. Great players yes. I know at least half have shown the souls side. How about clips with FEEL.

  • @ephraim.1964
    @ephraim.1964 2 года назад

    Excellent bp’s selection.👍👍

  • @DerekFrazier2014
    @DerekFrazier2014 3 года назад +3

    Why nothing on Mohini Dey. She is unreal and I have not heard you give her love or did I just miss it. Also these pros you just showed are fantastic and half were new to me so I have some listening to do on Pandora. Ty

  • @briangrose8392
    @briangrose8392 2 года назад

    Awesome players, thanks SBL! My favourite player is Dauno Martinez from Australia.... Seriously, he is on another level!

  • @franciscoazevedo1346
    @franciscoazevedo1346 3 года назад +1

    Janek sounds so much like Pat Metheny its crazy good. Gotta love anyone who loves Pat

  • @ZlatoyarBass
    @ZlatoyarBass 3 года назад +1

    It would be awesome to see SBL workshop with Anton, Bubby, Mononeon, Junior :)

  • @WoodenTiger2023
    @WoodenTiger2023 2 года назад

    wow Scott this is so incredible!!! I'd love to meet you one day in the UK. I am based in Madrid. Last week I have started lessons with Gary!! :)

  • @bleyzza3739
    @bleyzza3739 3 года назад +3

    Thundercat got 2 seconds of screen time💔

  • @wolfwarren6376
    @wolfwarren6376 3 года назад +2

    Impressed and pleased to see Janek Gwizdala on the list. Really great bass player, really impressive technician!

    • @dtales77
      @dtales77 3 года назад

      Unlike Janek he dosen not want to be part of Scott bass community

  • @mrten510
    @mrten510 2 года назад +1

    Yooooooo..... where's Esperanza Spalding?! She's killer!

  • @wuanjing
    @wuanjing 2 года назад

    Yeayy I was going to recommend you Dane Alderson but midway of watching I see you have included him in. I used to watch him play in Llama bar in Perth Australia when I was living there. He play regulars there with his band called Void, i think there are vids in youtube of them during that days. He's amazing, I used to watch him in awe with my mouth open

  • @jimmyknopflericussi6488
    @jimmyknopflericussi6488 2 года назад

    Damned hard for the young to find a very personal sound.

  • @matto9734
    @matto9734 3 года назад +1

    Finally Linley Marthe gets some attention. One of the most unique bassists out there...
    Lotsa great younger players out there, they stand on the shoulders of giants.

  • @keytronek
    @keytronek 3 года назад +4

    Junior is a killer! He needs to be on more records.

  • @hegeduslaszlobassplayer8796
    @hegeduslaszlobassplayer8796 3 года назад

    The selection is very good!

  • @Matthordika
    @Matthordika 3 года назад +19

    As much as these are all incredibly talent musicians and deserve all the recognition for their contribution to music as artists... They also all sound so much the same. You'd have to be super familiar with them individually to pick out the nuances that separate them, but no one hear stands out like Jaco Pastorius or Marcus Miller. Just an observation, not trying to knock these clear masters who have achieved the greatness I envy!

    • @jubileeolumati
      @jubileeolumati 2 года назад

      In this generation, it seems more like solos are hinged more on techniques and speed much more than the relaxing melodic approach of the earlier generation of the likes of Marcus Miller. I love them all either ways though.

    • @bassplayer807
      @bassplayer807 2 года назад

      Let’s not forget about Stanley Clarke, and Billy Sheehan, but both of them can hold down the low end in the rhythm section and go off and do the solo stuff too!

    • @felipecagorago
      @felipecagorago 2 года назад

      Listen to Michael Pipoquinha's album Lua, you gonna find the variation that you want there

  • @voidofbeeswax
    @voidofbeeswax 3 года назад

    It’s good to see Tony Grey getting some love.

  • @xxitz_pr0gxx631
    @xxitz_pr0gxx631 Год назад

    I would also like to thank the camera man at 8:27 for the wonderful shot. It's the moset replayed section on the video.

  • @lechtrzeciak6084
    @lechtrzeciak6084 2 года назад

    8:38 bumps!!!

  • @garyrichwine2543
    @garyrichwine2543 2 года назад

    All amazing players!
    I hear a little Jaco in all of them.

  • @theduppykillah
    @theduppykillah 8 месяцев назад

    I play Dub reggae used Pbass for the first 20 years, I switched up my string to a BEAD tuning and the old girl couldn’t handle it. Switched to a 2020 fender player, jazz, I can dial in my old tone plus it got a little bit of extra edge and can handle the lower tuning