| Author | Message | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 219 Registered: 6-2002 |
Although I'm not his biggest fan, I really like Stanley's Bass line in "We Supply". Can't stop playing it! What do you guys think? Rami | ||
| echo008
Junior Username: echo008 Post Number: 14 Registered: 2-2003 |
Stevie Wonder Another Star. Although not the funkiest line but nonetheless great! Ive been on a Stevie kick lately, I just got one of his songbook collections and I cant stop playing him... - Tom | ||
| mdrdvp
Member Username: mdrdvp Post Number: 58 Registered: 7-2002 |
The Funkiest? Hair by Larry Graham. I always use that bassline for soundchecks and everytime the whole band start to jam with me while playing that. Rami, do you mean Stanley's line in we supply or Louis Johnsons opening line? Don't forget about Bootsy. He has put the F in Funk. Manfred | ||
| dnburgess
Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 91 Registered: 1-2003 |
I've been putting together the set list for the Alembic Australian launch - and wanted a Level 42 piece, seeing as one of the instruments being demoed will be a Mark King Signature Deluxe - so have chosen "Love Games" (Track 11 on Level Best). That is wickedly funky! (And, yes, Christian Young, the official demonstrator for Alembic in Australia can nail it with ease!) My other nomination for funkiest bass line goes to The Brothers Johnson - "Strawberry Letter 23". Smoooth! | ||
| malthumb
Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 98 Registered: 5-2002 |
Strawberry Letter 23 is one of my favorite warm up songs. I also play it when I'm just bummin' around the house. There are too many "funkiest" to pick just one. Today the ones I'd lean towards are "Glide" by Pleasure and "100 & Rising" by Incognito. On the other hand, "I Heard It Through The Grapevine", Gladys Knight version, is a James Jamerson classic and just exudes funk. Peace, Jazz | ||
| bigredbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 141 Registered: 9-2002 |
I will second malthumb: While I can think of many funky grooves, The Mighty JJ with the Funk Brothers on "Heard It Through the Grapevine" is so dangerously grooved that there should be a Federal law prohibiting it from being played within earshot of cemeteries so as not to rouse the customers. J o e y | ||
| bigredbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 142 Registered: 9-2002 |
I will second malthumb: While I can think of many funky grooves, The Mighty JJ with the Funk Brothers on "Heard It Through the Grapevine" is so dangerously grooved that there should be a Federal law prohibiting it from being played within earshot of cemeteries so as not to rouse the customers. Then the law should grandfather in ANY Stevie Wonder . . . J o e y | ||
| dnburgess
Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 92 Registered: 1-2003 |
Funny you should mention Stevie Wonder - another song on the launch set list is Superstition - with the Clavinet line being played on a Spyder 8-string and the brass lines played on (Alembic) picolo bass with envelope follower & chorus. Now that's funky! | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 220 Registered: 6-2002 |
I was referring to Stanley Clarke's song "We Supply(all your funky needs)". Very infectious FUNK! Rami | ||
| mdrdvp
Member Username: mdrdvp Post Number: 59 Registered: 7-2002 |
Indeed, very infectious funk, but two basslines. First you hear Louis Johnson on his Music Man, than Stanley comes in with a wah effected Alembic. Syncopated to Louis's bassline. Somehwere I do have an old live version of the song recorded in Amsterdam 500 years ago. If I can find it, i'll make a copy of it for you. Bad quality because it is on tape, but still great to listen to. Manfred | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 221 Registered: 6-2002 |
Thanks Manfred, I didn't know that. I guess It's Louis Johnson's line that I keep ooohing and aaahing over. I always thought that it was all Stanley. Rami | ||
| mdrdvp
Member Username: mdrdvp Post Number: 60 Registered: 7-2002 |
Hey Rami, No, it's Louis Johnson. Do you know the Master Class bass video from Louis Johnson? Lot's of oooohs and aaaaahs on that video. It's a funny video. He starts explaining his technique and licks slowly for about two minutes, than he's thumping his way through the lessons at full speed. I really enjoyed that video years ago for practicing, now I'm just playing it to hear him put down all these funk lines. Try to get your hands on it if you don't have it, or send me an email so I can send you a copy of it. (which is illegal, but nobody is reading this, so no prob.). Manfred | ||
| dnburgess
Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 93 Registered: 1-2003 |
Joey On the subject of great Jamerson lines - my votes would have to go for his work with the Four Tops - "Reach Out I'll be There", "Bernadette" (leaving aside the Kaye controversy); or "Uptight" w. S.Wonder; "Ain't no Mountain High Enough" w. Gaye & Terrell. I love the way the bass is somehow detached, on its own trip, but still foundational. David | ||
| valvil
Moderator Username: valvil Post Number: 172 Registered: 7-2002 |
One of my favorite funk players is Tower Of Power's Rocco Prestia (God bless his liver donor). Almost anything in East Bay Grease really grooves; great funk lines in the pocket. "Back on Streets Again" is one of my favorites. Valentino | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 222 Registered: 6-2002 |
God help me for saying this, but check out Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall" album; track #4 'Get on the floor'. Wickedly funky line - I believe that's Louis Johnson as well. YEOW!!! MJ sure knew how to surround himself with great musicians. No doubt a big factor in his success. Rami | ||
| bigredbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 144 Registered: 9-2002 |
Rami I often think the real reason people should think that Michael Jackson is not quite right is that he thought he DIDN'T need Quincy Jones to produce his projects anymore ! I think Quincy did the surrounding: A real landmark in that stuff is Chuck Rainey under "Rock With You". Of course, there's Chuck in Aretha's "Rock Steady", Chuck under so many of the Steely Dan tracks. I bought his five volume bass method, and it's a real treasure. dnb, that's what I always loved about Jamerson, and especially Paul McCartney: They played the groove, and yet they would insert these little adlibs that added so much, still in the groove. What a gift. Oh, and another of my favorite funk: ANY of the Al Green hits produced by Willie Mitchell in Memphis, ESPECIALLY "Love and Happiness". J o e y | ||
| bbe1020
Member Username: bbe1020 Post Number: 78 Registered: 5-2002 |
Remember "CHIC" with the late great Bernard Edwards grooving on a Series I with omega cutout? The tone was huge and those bass lines of his were funky yet smooth...certainly influenced my interest in bass playing with songs like, Good times, Stage fright, My feet keep dancin and At last I am free; a few of my favorites. I was only eleven or twelve years old at the time, but I believe CHIC produced a few Sister Sledge projects too? | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 223 Registered: 6-2002 |
Check out Chuck Rainey's work with Donald Byrd. "BlackByrd", "Street Lady", "Places and Spaces", "Stepping into tommorrow". All great classic albums. Then of course, there's the genius of Donald Byrd himself. I totally worship EVERYTHING he's ever done. I'm naming my next Alembic project in his honor. Who'd have thought that the greatest musician in musical history could be a trumpet player? (ok - maybe just according to me and any other Donald Byrd fans). Rami | ||
| dela217
Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 192 Registered: 6-2002 |
Michael Jackson.....I am not a fan of his, but some of those basslines!!! My favorite is a song from when he was a child. (Still is?) The name of the song is "I Want You Back". Oh my! I don't know who is playing that, or came up with that, but it really grooves. Anyone know who that is? Go learn that song now! It is the coolest, walkingist stuff around. I think the bass in that song IS the song. | ||
| dnburgess
Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 94 Registered: 1-2003 |
Yes the bass line to "I want you back" is great. According to Dr Licks in "Standing in the Shadows..." the identity of the bassist is a bit of a mystery with Wilton Felder, Ron Brown or Bob Babbit as contenders - as well as JJ himself. | ||
| bassment
New Username: bassment Post Number: 7 Registered: 3-2003 |
I really love Jaco's "Barbary Coast" he did with Weather Report. Jaco could lay a groove like no other and the mutes in that song make it what it is...FUNKALICIOUS!! | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 171 Registered: 5-2002 |
how about "Tell me something good" by Rufus, that song is knee deep in funk | ||
| echo008
Junior Username: echo008 Post Number: 15 Registered: 2-2003 |
The Meters, Can you do without, George Porter Junior yummy cajun soul funk | ||
| jazzyvee
Junior Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 42 Registered: 6-2002 |
Bootsy Collins is hard to beat when it comes to the funky bass lines... :-) | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 224 Registered: 6-2002 |
There's no denying that Jaco was the greatest bass player of all time. His signature style was that great skipping-stuttering funk that appeared on everything he ever played. Rather than trying to dazzle with chops, he just had the funk and rythm everytime he picked up his bass. I never get tired of listening to Jaco - even now after all these years. I still hear something new each time. Rami | ||
| alemboid
New Username: alemboid Post Number: 8 Registered: 5-2003 |
It takes two to make it happen- Tower of power. Glide- Pleasure. Intro of "Tune 88" by Jeff Lorber. Higher Ground cover by Fourplay- its so FUNKY that whenever I play it in New York, people in Australia have to clean their ears!!! Nothing by Air Supply (LOL!!!!!!) ...My picks, Alemboid | ||
| smokin_dave
Junior Username: smokin_dave Post Number: 38 Registered: 10-2002 |
Hey Rami,I picked up a copy of the Jaco instructional video on DVD.He must of had the strongest hands of any human in the world.After studying the DVD,I found that I simply don't have the physical ability to play the scales he was capable of playing in the way that he was playing them.My hand just won't strech that far from index to pinky nor have the strength.I'm more of a meat and potato's type bass player and I guess that's why I get alot of work.Cats like Willis,Stanley,Beaver Felton,LaRue,Wooten,all the guys who play like that just blow me away.I hope to be able to do things like that in my own way some day but for now I'm trying to play the nastiest,lowest,funkyest in the pocket grooves I can come up with. Jaco was the master. | ||
| kipknee
Junior Username: kipknee Post Number: 45 Registered: 10-2002 |
Okay, I'll jump in here... First, I used to play "I want you back" with one of the top-40 bands I was in back in the 80's. It was always my favorite songs in the setlist. Anyway, here's a short list of some favorite funky basslines off the top of my head... "Papa was a rolling stone" - Temptations "Forget me nots" - Patrice Rushen "Low rider" - War (Don't laugh) "Wheels of fortune" - Doobie Brothers "Josie" - Steely Dan "Smiles and smiles to go" - Larry Carlton | ||
| dnburgess
Intermediate Member Username: dnburgess Post Number: 101 Registered: 1-2003 |
I'd like to put in a plug for Kenny Gradney's work with Little Feat - he really puts the funk in the feat. | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 585 Registered: 9-2002 |
Hm-hm ...with the risk to be the goofy of the bunch I propose the bass line in the title track from the film "Dirty Dancing": The time of my life. I don't know who played it but I always liked that groove, it's so ...."bassic".... in my ears. Paul the little bit ashamed one | ||
| adriaan
Junior Username: adriaan Post Number: 39 Registered: 6-2002 |
Once heard an extended version of one of Chic's hits - could be Good Times or Le Freak - with some incredible fills by Bernard Edwards. Tasty, to say the least. | ||
| pastorscott
Junior Username: pastorscott Post Number: 14 Registered: 7-2003 |
If anyone is still reading this thread... I remember enjoying some nice lines from the group Sister Sledge. Anyone remember?? | ||
| adriaan
Junior Username: adriaan Post Number: 42 Registered: 6-2002 |
Oh yes - uh, that's still Bernard Edwards on bass. Funk with finesse. | ||
| bigredbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 160 Registered: 9-2002 |
The fabulous Bernard Edwards, rest in peace. I think I admire this stuff because it's technically not difficult, but the timing/feel is just so 'there' . . . Average White Band. 'Person to Person', 'Schoolboy Crush', really some of my favorites all 'round. J o e y | ||
| essencetimestwo
New Username: essencetimestwo Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2003 |
Pointer Sisters "Yes We Can Can" Gets my vote. So simple and way so funky! | ||
| 811952
Junior Username: 811952 Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2003 |
Stanley with Animal Logic, second CD and the tune is Another Place, if memory serves. Great dissonance and cool funk. He bends the D to get a *near* unison with the open G (once again, if memory serves) and it just sounds bad as hell... | ||
| miami
New Username: miami Post Number: 1 Registered: 10-2003 |
Anthony Jackson's bass lines on the "Naughty" disc from Chaka Khan are some of the funkiest on the planet, especially "Move Me No Mountain". I got that new Michael McDonald record (Motown)today, I am not saying Funkiest Ever, but Nathan East is ripping on those old tunes. Definitely coming with the James Jamerson vibe. Thumbs way up | ||
| groovelines
Intermediate Member Username: groovelines Post Number: 122 Registered: 4-2003 |
I've always thought of Nathan East as being one of the best all around players ever, he's sooooo solid. I don't know the player's name and it's not at all funky, but the backline groove on Al Green's "Together" is superb. | ||
| malthumb
Intermediate Member Username: malthumb Post Number: 113 Registered: 5-2002 |
Ahhhh, Nathan East. One of my all time favorite bassists. (Hint: Look near upper horn)  Just to stay, umm on topic, my other favorite bassists are Stanley Clarke (who signed my Series I) and Louis Johnson (who signed my Series II, but it wiped off) Peace, James (Message edited by malthumb on October 31, 2003) | ||
| lbanks
New Username: lbanks Post Number: 2 Registered: 7-2003 |
Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic ("Boogie" Mosson) Dig In by the Pac-Keys I Got The Feeling by James Brown Atomic Dog Don't know who play for the Pac Keys, but Dig In and Stone Fox (also by the Pac Keys) were my first bands jam numbers (they were new then), which means they would last about a half hour each; everybody soloed (at least once). I had always thought the title was 'Dig It', but the Internet says I'm wrong. As for the bassline in 'I've Got the Feeling'... I still use that in jammin'. Atomic Dog...hey! What can I say, dog? | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 698 Registered: 9-2002 |
Euh ...James ...nice bass by the way ...what is it? Seems a nice match for your A's Paul the bad one |
