Had a chance to meet him a few years back, despite his talent he is somehow still humble. I remember him asking if any of us played music other than my buddies, who he knows and recorded a couple tracks with (this is why I was able to meet him). My girlfriend called me out. “He plays a little guitar”. I was frozen, couldn’t believe she put me on the spot. I corrected her. “I make a little noise”. Victor replied seriously, “it’s all music man, and that’s all that matters.” Such a cool person
In the early nineties I was at the NAMM. (National Association of Music Merchants - trade show for the manufacturers of any thing music) and my buddy and I are on the lower level where the smaller companies had booths. We come across this guy and even standing just three or four fett from him it was difficult to comprehend what he was doing. For years my friend and I talked about him as this mythical bassist that we once saw. As if he were Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. Years later when he became more famous people remembered us telling them about how he had a hair tie around the neck and the mythical God-like player became real.
I'm a guitar player and I went to one of his clinics. He's the nicest person I've ever met and the most informative. He has enormous patience and a good heart. He feels every note from goods soul. I'm a better guitar player from watching and listening to him. He gave the best advice of my career. "You're never more than a half step away from a 'right' note" God bless you Victor.
Got sad for a second when I realized it really doesn't get better than this, but then I just watch it again and seem to notice something different each time.
Brian Bromberg, Henrik Linder are in the same league, to name a few serious candidates. And there's that Indian girl Mohini but she makes horrible Bollywood-fusion. As it comes to solos, my favorite is still ruclips.net/video/tgffDVO2UyA/видео.html
I saw Victor play a 2-man show with Bela fleck a few weeks ago in New York. There were no other musicians. They didn't need them.They were having so much fun. The played a couple of songs in 11/16 time which they said was difficult, but you couldn't tell. although they played together in Bela fleck and the Flecktones, they had never played as a duo. Unreal.
Rolling Stone put Victor in number 10 for Top 10 Bassists of all time. VICTOR WOOTEN. SPOT 10. Below Paul McCartney and Flea. Both good musicians but... better BASSISTS??? THEN THIS GUY?!?!? I don't think so.
Well I guess they meant he’s a 10 on aScale from 1 to 10 where 10 is best. Man this guy is a beast. He first blew my mind with the lesson and just now I saw this😵
@@ZephyrBassPiano charles Berthoud is a professional Bassist unlike Davie504. Don’t get me wrong, I really think Davie got some serious chops but Charles is obviously way more experienced than davie, Victor Wooten on the other hand is on a whole different level of musicianship then both of the others. But who cares about chops? in the end of the day the gigs pay the bills and not the chops. And all of them got that going in their particular way which I quite like 👍
It's simply amazing, seeing him express his genius and, as a bass player, feeling motivated instead of overwhelmed. He is incredible, truly a great example of good musicianship. I know he'd be proud of all of us for trying lmao.
Victor has been banned from 7 galaxies for redefining physics with his thumb. His bass clef shaped spaceship crash landed into what is now the Yucatan peninsula creating the Chicxulub crater. Some 66 million years later his spirit emerged from the depths of the ocean and materialized in human form as the most funky creature to ever exist. If we make first contact with alien life-forms it will be to return victor to his home among the stars where he usually uses the power of his bass to alter the gravity around black holes for intergalactic space travel.
Watching Wooten play bass is sorta like when a girl removes her bra without taking her shirt off first. I can see it happen, and it's glorious, but I don't understand how either of them do it...
If I had that much talent I would love to just walk into a music store on a busy day, pick up a bass and just jam out real quick. Then humbly leave with out saying a word.
got to meet him just the other day, and he is very humble but he doesnt play like any regular rock or jazz bassist definately one of a kind that uses various techniques. The way he describes his playing is nothing is pre-arranged and when he gets on stage with steve bailey they speak a language to each other through their instruments. It was truly an honor.
Ha ha ha, this guy travels through time, fighting crime with the lyrical thumping of his bass guitar. We bassists worship him as a fearsome God and pay him tribute
His Rhythm is really strong. at times when he plays, he completely throws melody out the door, but it doesn't matter because the rhythm is what's keeping it interesting.
That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, Jimi Hendrix on bass. Lol, that whammy bar is so awesome!!! I didn’t know they made that on bass guitars but it makes sense. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
+tankmaster1018 Les Claypool has a very different style to Victor. Victor's a real innovator of double-thumb / pluck, where as Les is more oriented towards combining down-thumbing and flamenco strumming. The above clip could be imitated by many people without knowing what they're actually doing, where as Victor has a complete grasp of the palette he's working with.
I am so angry with myself for not finding this clip earlier. Victor u are undoubtly the Best Funk bassist to walk this earth. I heard them all. U are without a blink of an eyelid the best there was ,is and will be. Kick ass bass licks. WOW!!! U STILL KICK ASS VICTOR and will continue to.
i didnt even make it past the 0:30 mark man.... i keep rewinding, and now that i did i am not sure if i am inspired to keep playing or just quit in general and leave it to him.
Dude, saw you on Woodsongs #701. I'm playing catchup with my Woodsongs viewing. Your family was wonderful as is your musicianship. Love this "Victor's Jam" and especially enjoyed "Spotlight" during the Woodsongs encore! Thanks for sharing your music on that wonderful Radio & TV show.
As a bass player I see this as one of those situations where he’s so good it’s ridiculous! The best thing about his playing is that you can tell he loves what he does.
Had a chance to meet him a few years back, despite his talent he is somehow still humble. I remember him asking if any of us played music other than my buddies, who he knows and recorded a couple tracks with (this is why I was able to meet him). My girlfriend called me out. “He plays a little guitar”. I was frozen, couldn’t believe she put me on the spot. I corrected her. “I make a little noise”. Victor replied seriously, “it’s all music man, and that’s all that matters.” Such a cool person
Yup that sounds like Victor, I had the pleasure of playing with him at Berkeley summer program and I met him in Houston where I live
In the early nineties I was at the NAMM. (National Association of Music Merchants - trade show for the manufacturers of any thing music) and my buddy and I are on the lower level where the smaller companies had booths. We come across this guy and even standing just three or four fett from him it was difficult to comprehend what he was doing. For years my friend and I talked about him as this mythical bassist that we once saw. As if he were Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster. Years later when he became more famous people remembered us telling them about how he had a hair tie around the neck and the mythical God-like player became real.
Your GF commited the worst level of sacrilege there
What is humble?
Everyone who meets him says this. He’s not egotistical. He just loves music that much.
Victor Wooten just looks exactly like what a funky bass god has to look like.
Black.
how the fuck did I know this would be the comment before I even fucking hit view reply
@@colin6603 Fuckin' yeah
Victor Wooten is inevitable
@@ayunsero
This man could rip your hand off in a game of thumb wars
Lollllll we wouldn't stand a chance
That wouldn't be much of a game. War is not a laughing matter.
Best comment ever.
:D:D:D:D:D
Lol
They say in the womb, the brain is the first thing to start developing. for victor it was his thumb
false, its actually the anus
DENHOLM theDRUNK
So then there is truth in the thought that at one point in all of our lives we are assholes?
yes
(Golf clap) nice. Hahaha
DENHOLM theDRUNK nope, its the brain and nervous system
I'm a guitar player and I went to one of his clinics. He's the nicest person I've ever met and the most informative. He has enormous patience and a good heart. He feels every note from goods soul. I'm a better guitar player from watching and listening to him. He gave the best advice of my career.
"You're never more than a half step away from a 'right' note"
God bless you Victor.
8 year old reply, but I love that quote.
A bassist and a drummer. That's all you need. Wow. Genius.
Saw him in Largo Florida last night. Every 15 seconds of the 2 hour show was something I never witnessed before.
+Amelie at that rate you must have witnessed at least 480 new things
Not only props to Vic, but the drummer is killing it as well with providing a solid accompaniment! Both mixed just makes a perfect sound :)
Gregg lay down the beat 👍
Drums and bass compliment each other the best. It's like Marco to their Polo.
Drummer's haircut is pure gold.
A good bass and drum set never ceases to entertain me.
he makes it look so effortless
So happy to have seen him and the Flecktones twice. One if the best around, no bass player will ever shut him down.
greatest bassist who has ever lived. prove me wrong.
Dumb comment
This guy speaks bass like it's a second language.
It's his first
He did a TED talk about this topic! I highly reccomend it; he shares some awesome wisdom.
It's what he learned since a child indeed, check out his tedx
exatamente!
No man, he speaks G R O O V E
Got sad for a second when I realized it really doesn't get better than this, but then I just watch it again and seem to notice something different each time.
The precision he has with harmonics has me in awe
oh my GOOOD that groove when the drums start. no deeper pocket has ever existed in the history of music.
Can’t have no groove, if you ain’t got no pocket.
As a bassist, Victor has been one of my heroes for a LONG time. The man never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for posting this.
I don't think any human will ever be able to play bass better than this man.
Would that make him the end of progress?
Flea is pretty good
Brian Bromberg, Henrik Linder are in the same league, to name a few serious candidates. And there's that Indian girl Mohini but she makes horrible Bollywood-fusion. As it comes to solos, my favorite is still ruclips.net/video/tgffDVO2UyA/видео.html
Anthony Tran lol flea is nothing to this guy
Charles is insanely talented he is a bass youtuber from the Uk
I saw him twice in concert as a band member with Earl Klugh and then with Grover Washington Jr. His solos were outrageous! Great bassman! RIP GWJ
This is one of the greatest bass solos of all time. OF ALL TIME!
lmao it sound like the bass almost talked
I saw Victor play a 2-man show with Bela fleck a few weeks ago in New York. There were no other musicians. They didn't need them.They were having so much fun. The played a couple of songs in 11/16 time which they said was difficult, but you couldn't tell. although they played together in Bela fleck and the Flecktones, they had never played as a duo. Unreal.
I simply cant get over hearing this clip. I'm spell bound by Victor's playing. Great drummer as well. J
Não é possível,esse cara é monstro de maaaaaais😱
Rolling Stone put Victor in number 10 for Top 10 Bassists of all time.
VICTOR WOOTEN. SPOT 10.
Below Paul McCartney and Flea. Both good musicians but... better BASSISTS??? THEN THIS GUY?!?!?
I don't think so.
mccartney I would understand from the cultural impact, flea .. harder to say (nothing against him)
Well I guess they meant he’s a 10 on aScale from 1 to 10 where 10 is best. Man this guy is a beast. He first blew my mind with the lesson and just now I saw this😵
Bass skills I would even rate him better than davie504 and Charles Berthoud (both monster Bassists)
@@ZephyrBassPiano charles Berthoud is a professional Bassist unlike Davie504. Don’t get me wrong, I really think Davie got some serious chops but Charles is obviously way more experienced than davie, Victor Wooten on the other hand is on a whole different level of musicianship then both of the others.
But who cares about chops? in the end of the day the gigs pay the bills and not the chops. And all of them got that going in their particular way which I quite like 👍
@@MRlegofreak777777 👍
0:56, The best slap-bass lick ever!
Man that part where he tones it down with the tapping and he comes back in with that nasty slap,omg it takes me for a ride everytime
its like he's playing three bass solo's at once. soooooooooo amazing!!!!!!
Que tipo de ser deu deslikes para essa lenda? A menos que sejam 390 pessoas que tocam mais do que ele... Rsrs
It's simply amazing, seeing him express his genius and, as a bass player, feeling motivated instead of overwhelmed. He is incredible, truly a great example of good musicianship. I know he'd be proud of all of us for trying lmao.
I heard that song a million times along my life. I love it.
Victor has been banned from 7 galaxies for redefining physics with his thumb. His bass clef shaped spaceship crash landed into what is now the Yucatan peninsula creating the Chicxulub crater. Some 66 million years later his spirit emerged from the depths of the ocean and materialized in human form as the most funky creature to ever exist. If we make first contact with alien life-forms it will be to return victor to his home among the stars where he usually uses the power of his bass to alter the gravity around black holes for intergalactic space travel.
I believe you
This is the greatest post in the past 3 years.
Awesome words!
the funky soul is within you brother
Lol
Man this thing grooves SOO hard!!
Simply amazing. And one of the nicest guys to boot.
This man is incredible! It's like that bass guitar is an extension of his body.
If music is a language, Wooten is a rapper
Watching Wooten play bass is sorta like when a girl removes her bra without taking her shirt off first. I can see it happen, and it's glorious, but I don't understand how either of them do it...
Chip Ford awesome analogy and comment 😂
Brilliant. You comment made me laugh so hard. Nice one!
hahaha , best comment ever!
I feel the same way if i see her string
No wait, are you saying Victor's wearing a bra underneath his shirt? ;-)
Have watched this thousands of times and every time he says "Victor's jam" at the end, it cracks me up! 🤣🤣🤣👌👌👌
SO much funk. Grateful to have a bass player for a father. I would have never grown up appreciating musicians like Wooten.
Ele zerou a vida com esse groove!! Holy shit! This is so amazing! :D
esse cara é incomparavel! quem concorda clica no joinha ai.
My God, that bass tone is godly! Funky as hell, love it!
This a great tune men. Bravo ! Victor !
sem comentários esse cara é mtu foda!!!
If I had that much talent I would love to just walk into a music store on a busy day, pick up a bass and just jam out real quick. Then humbly leave with out saying a word.
Atleast twice a day lol
i dont think you can leave just like that.....after that
got to meet him just the other day, and he is very humble but he doesnt play like any regular rock or jazz bassist definately one of a kind that uses various techniques. The way he describes his playing is nothing is pre-arranged and when he gets on stage with steve bailey they speak a language to each other through their instruments. It was truly an honor.
Soooo friggin funky & nawsty....Vic gots to be from outa space.....Bass lessons from some other galaxy!!!!!!
This is how I imagine a level 20 bard plays in dnd.
How do I like this twice?
Curtis Judd Audio just do the double thumb like Victor👍
That. Was beautiful.
Wow!!!!! First I have heard of Victor, he's GREAT!
Sem palavras!!!
I didn't know Jeff Daniels played drums
I was very sad today... but thanks to this video I already feel really good...thank you Victor!!
Oh WOW! He's a master! Fantastic, tkx
Mind blowing. He’s a Master of the instrument and brings the bass to an entirely new level. 😮😮😮👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The man has a whammy on his bass...ON A BASS...
Les claypool also have a whammy bar in his bass
I discovered Vic for myself on 'BET on Jazz' almost 25yrs ago when he was with 'Bela Fleck and the Flecktones'...mind has been blown ever since
God! This took my breath away!
Maravilhoso 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
he can play anything played by anybody, but nobody can play anything of him
Damn accurate...
Indeed
Maybe davie504
ruclips.net/video/drALlAUESvg/видео.html
This man like u say is non other then the great VICTOR WOOTEN!!!!
Dear god what kind of funky madness was that? what a trip feels so good then it's over.
Ha ha ha, this guy travels through time, fighting crime with the lyrical thumping of his bass guitar.
We bassists worship him as a fearsome God and pay him tribute
I suck at bass, (no time to practice) but I have great taste, and HE IS THE GREATEST!
god not God bro, God is the Creator, respect that title
The Holy Trinity of bass Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, and Bootsy Collins
Teriyaki Jesus Jerkey Never forget Stanley Clarke. d:
Noir Asaki And Marcus Miller :-)
His Rhythm is really strong. at times when he plays, he completely throws melody out the door, but it doesn't matter because the rhythm is what's keeping it interesting.
it's the way he does it so casually that gets me every time
That was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen, Jimi Hendrix on bass. Lol, that whammy bar is so awesome!!! I didn’t know they made that on bass guitars but it makes sense. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
As clearly perfect Victor is on bass, that drumming is seriouslllllyyyyyy tight and has so much groove like damn
0:57 funk activated
Victor Wooten is simply magnificent.
une des plus belles prestation musicale que j'ai vu, bravo l'artiste
This is what I call in the back of Dennys in the dumpster type of funk...Wow
Muito bom !
Going to see him Tuesday in his home state of Idaho and I can't wait. It's definitely going to be great.
that's bloody awesome!
The drummer is so excited
I thought Les Claypool surely had to be the king of slap bass but it appears I was quite wrong...
+tankmaster1018 Common mistake amongst the uninitiated.
iambism Lmfao!
+tankmaster1018 as much as Claypool and Geddy Lee are my favourite Bassists... Victor shits on them lol, I love the 3 of them anyway.
Jose tomas B. M. They are all fantastic...
+tankmaster1018 Les Claypool has a very different style to Victor. Victor's a real innovator of double-thumb / pluck, where as Les is more oriented towards combining down-thumbing and flamenco strumming.
The above clip could be imitated by many people without knowing what they're actually doing, where as Victor has a complete grasp of the palette he's working with.
I am so angry with myself for not finding this clip earlier. Victor u are undoubtly the Best Funk bassist to walk this earth. I heard them all. U are without a blink of an eyelid the best there was ,is and will be. Kick ass bass licks. WOW!!! U STILL KICK ASS VICTOR and will continue to.
The two band crew is it
Extraordinaire jeu de bass, musicien exceptionnel, whoua😍
i didnt even make it past the 0:30 mark man.... i keep rewinding,
and now that i did i am not sure if i am inspired to keep playing or just quit in general and leave it to him.
Victor is putting it down - but let’s give a little love to the drummer keeping it tight!
The drummer is a great friend of mine, Mr. Gregg Bissonnette phenomonal drummer and instructor
Oh young victor! Super groovy!!
Dude, saw you on Woodsongs #701. I'm playing catchup with my Woodsongs viewing. Your family was wonderful as is your musicianship. Love this "Victor's Jam" and especially enjoyed "Spotlight" during the Woodsongs encore! Thanks for sharing your music on that wonderful Radio & TV show.
I put my phone speaker in my belly button and it tickled.
Damn! If Seinfeld aired on BET instead of NBC 1:00
ILL LOGIC hahahahahahaha!!
That’s actually too funny
LMAOOOOO GOOD ONE DAWG
Victor are a bass player I ever saw :). I love to see you play. no doubt that for me are the best bass player in the world :). big hug.
I’m STONED. Awesome.
I had a Seinfeld flash back there
and super mario
Um dos maiores génios musicais da actualidade!
man this guy is in tune with his instrument, gotta love it
As a bass player I see this as one of those situations where he’s so good it’s ridiculous! The best thing about his playing is that you can tell he loves what he does.
look at the drummers face at the beginning
hes like what the heck?
Pocket so tight ....
I could listen to this all day long.
Victor's jam, cooks. I played bass for 12 yes. We did jammed a lot. Nothing like the way this man moves. Awesome.
1:36 - 1:51 cant help but to do the robot during this part
***** AntiPopBoner TheDingo Arab Aleks Nike
He's my favourite bassist, next to Flea. I would however call him the world's greatest known bassist.
_So fucking funky_
Before the drums hit it sounded like a funky Animals as Leaders. That being said I wonder if this dude plays in other styles.
Still can't stop coming back to this lol
anti- tosin actually got his style from victor wooten.
Michael Stewart That's pretty sick
What an incredible bass player, sooooooo sickkkkkkk!!
Serious GOAT on the bass!