Double Bass DB bassist you cant miss?

#105
All of the above! Two of my favorites are Mike Arnopol and Ralphe Armstrong.




These dudes definitely deserve more props!!!!


A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste! :cool:
 
#108
When I was at Jamey Aebersold's jazz camp last July I got to hear a dozen jazz bassists in a week. They were all very good, but the stand outs for me were Rufus Reid and Lynn Seaton. I particularly enjoyed Lynn's playing one evening because he not only had perfect intonation and rhythm, but distinctly reminded me of Ray Brown, but maybe a bit hipper, if that's possible. I heard Rufus play later in a bar gig and he was unbelievable - so "on" that it was a real pleasure to hear. John Clayton is also a great bassist I'll go to see when he plays. So many great bassists! We're so lucky to live in this time period!
 
#109
tcl said:
When I was at Jamey Aebersold's jazz camp last July I got to hear a dozen jazz bassists in a week. They were all very good, but the stand outs for me were Rufus Reid and Lynn Seaton. I particularly enjoyed Lynn's playing one evening because he not only had perfect intonation and rhythm, but distinctly reminded me of Ray Brown, but maybe a bit hipper, if that's possible. I heard Rufus play later in a bar gig and he was unbelievable - so "on" that it was a real pleasure to hear. John Clayton is also a great bassist I'll go to see when he plays. So many great bassists! We're so lucky to live in this time period!
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My son studied with Lynn.
 
#112
A few more I didn’t see mentioned:
Walter Page—he swung the count Basie band hard.
Wilbur Ware-esp. with Monk and sonny Rollins.
Jamil Nasser
Ahmed Abdul-Malik
Charnet Moffet—check out Ask the Ages by Sonny Sharrock with elvin jones and pharaoh sanders
Ronnie Boykins on so many sun ra records
Henry Grimes
Unsung Alex Blake on a number of Randy Weston records
Cecil McBee
 
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