It's just so refreshing to find a list of bassists where McCartney isn't at #1 😅 I've been playing bass for decades and knew exactly zero of these beyond the top five. Different styles - different circle - different reference points. That's cool though.
@larryseifert103817 күн бұрын
Absurd-Jaco is #1, like Hendrix is #1 on guitar-innovation beats everything else; and while Victor Wooten is phenomenal, he is sometimes not spot on, and in any case he would tell you (as Marcus Miller has previously stated), who was and is no.1 !
@korgen-rock19 күн бұрын
Les claypool. Rocco p
@burtmann392121 күн бұрын
Danny Partridge !!!
@lawdovibes26 күн бұрын
Jaco Pastorius John Patitucci Stanley Clarke Alain Caron Tom Kennedy Marcus Miller Richard Bona Pino Palladino. STOP
@darrellleach883327 күн бұрын
Nobody ever mentions Joe Hall of the Blackbyrds he is a very good player. None of these people are actually playing Bass .
@yokarp1Ай бұрын
If Anthony Jackson isn’t on here, I’m going home.
@peteshand543Ай бұрын
This should be called top 10 best bass clickers..i didnt hear any low end groovy bass ar all.
@sheldoninstАй бұрын
Fabulous list… in fact, you could easily have reversed the order and still be right!!! However, there are some omissions: 1. Ralphe Armstrong Amazing bass player with John McLaughlin and Jean Luc Ponty, every bit as good as as any of these other amazing players. 2. Jonas Hellborg 3. Neil Jason Formerly of the Brecker Bros and a session player for decades, a fabulous soloist going back decades. above. 4. Maybe just maybe Alphonso Johnson, though he may be great but more along the lines of Marcus Miller who’s good but not quite top 25. PS. There are three wonderful bass players who have NO business being on this distinguished list despite being quite excellent… -Tal Wilenfeld is decent but NOWHERE near even top 75 (and yea I’ve seen her live just 5 feet away from me and NOTHING impressive by any stretch), come on, Steve Bailey runs circles around her! -And of course Mohini Dey, though she’s quite excellent and decidedly and dramatically better than Wilkenfeld, not quite worthy of a top 50 even. -And yes, we love him but he’s NOT quite top 50 cuz his main (and over used and abused) trick is slapping, and that would be Marcus Miller… I really like Miller as I do Geddy Lee and Les Claypool, but clearly they’re NOT top 50 worthy by any stretch despite my personal love for them as players. These three bass players can’t even touch the 3 omissions from above.
@arvstephenson1107Ай бұрын
Wow! Thank you for reminding me and introducing me to some amazing bass players.
@seanc80032 ай бұрын
You bet you missed somebody: Percy Jones!!!
@Josh_CT502 ай бұрын
NEVER RATE AGAIN 🔥🔥🗣️🗣️ (nice green screen)
@Arael42 ай бұрын
Abraham at 20.... that's pretty amazing. You should have just called it a selection of and not list them
@jernejzobec4252 ай бұрын
No Bernard Edwards. Lame.
@gregthegreek69692 ай бұрын
Just started here! He would be my number one! Just calling it like I see it! Greg
@91dodgespiritrt2 ай бұрын
Let me name my favorite 25 bassists - about 20 of which - nobody ever heard of or cares about.
@MichaelThomasOflaherty2 ай бұрын
wheres buckethead he plays bass
@m4hs33r52 ай бұрын
254 comments...
@m4hs33r52 ай бұрын
Always gonna be a subjective minefield, but I guess 253 comments is the result. Yeah, half these players are just playing musak. I'm all for virtuosity and technique but surely somewhere there has to be melody and innovation too. That would be Palladino, Sting, Jack Bruce, Simon Gallup...But for the whole package, I find it difficult to look beyond Charles Berthoud, who seems to have it all...and then some. Although interesting to see a couple of players I'd never heard before...interesting though not particularly memorable.
@user-tx1hr9pr6l2 ай бұрын
Añadiría a ese excelente listado Jack Bruce de Cream, Stuart Zender de Jamiroquai, Steve Swallow que acompaña regularmente a John Scofield y Nathan East que es fiel escudero de Eric Clapton. Son 4 bestias del bajo.
@chasey23272 ай бұрын
Level 42's Mark King missing?
@nisbend2 ай бұрын
The presence of a 6 string bass on screen is a bit of a warning as to what's to come...
@BlueBlazer472 ай бұрын
It's a dang physical instrument. Those people all look muscular and fit, even more than most drummers. For this type of player, I like George Anderson Junior, from Shakatak. I know this isn't a list of rock stars, but Boz Burrell from Bad Company and King Crimson is one I'd mention. He learned bass in his 20s in King Crimson, and went on to become industry-standard, excelling on fretless bass.
@user-xp7fb3md9x2 ай бұрын
Jonas HELBORG? *Gene SIMMONS* ? You're not Serious, only your Favorit's but none Good or 'Great'! Wasted my Time 😮
@SuperGaia012 ай бұрын
Also the list would have to include Paul McCartney. He wrote the book on pop and rock bass lines along with people like Jack Bruce.
@SuperGaia012 ай бұрын
All great players but as others have mentioned they are all Jazz fusion or funk groove players chosen for soloing abilities. What is the number one thing that makes a bass player great - great bass lines. It’s odd to have a list of great bass players none of which are chosen for actually playing great bass lines. Jameson, Skylar have been mentioned in comments, and Geddy Lee. In the rock world you also need Chris Squire, Entwhistle and John Paul Jones and Flea. I like all your choices. Their awesome. But no value seems to have been placed on bass players who made great songs sound great
@PoorguyNick2 ай бұрын
If you didn't put Victor Lemonte Wooten at # 1 I was gonna smash the monitor with the hammer.
@kinderdude12 ай бұрын
He’s absolutely number 1, my friend!
@robertmarsh22912 ай бұрын
The two guys that changed bass forever is Jamerson and Graham. Every bassist after them is a copy of them to some extent. Afterward, Jaco P. Without those three at the top, there IS no list.
@johncrace9112 ай бұрын
wow no rock bass players. Weird jazz list. Sklar,Stu Hamm, EntwhistleJack Bruce, Duck Dunn, Carol Kaye etc. I do not get it
@randyedward12 ай бұрын
Just bologna!!! Why bother when you omit the legendary players??
@hermanhelmich2 ай бұрын
Percy Jones
@PTmayotte2 ай бұрын
No Paul McCartney? No Chris Brubeck?
@johndkastel79722 ай бұрын
Percy Jones, Pilichowski, Jimmy Johnson
@oe1freak2 ай бұрын
Nico Assumpcao!!!
@audiomix19692 ай бұрын
You are entitled to your opinion, but this kind of musical "mast***ation" just means they play fast. Bass is about groove and foundation .... not just chops. Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, Les Claypool, Paul Turner, John Enthwisle and Tony Levin all deserve to be on this list
@babyjessicascheekbones54632 ай бұрын
John Meyung, Larry Graham, Flea
@rientsdijkstra42662 ай бұрын
Victor Wooten is a great musician and should be in the top 3 to 5, but nowhere near Jaco. Sorry.
@brad-in-flight2 ай бұрын
No Groover’s, No Funker’s 🤔 no Jamerson, Chuck, Bootsy, just a list of soloists!
@Fredman24102 ай бұрын
Nice Jazz list - bassists can soar when masturbating to unstructured music, but I prefer my bassists to follow a groove, like Jamerson, Kaye, Entwistle, and Squire.
@AndyA12342 ай бұрын
Marcus is my number 1 with Mark King a close second based on there output, song writing & technique.
@garywaugh41142 ай бұрын
Oh PA-LEEEZE!!! Slap, pluck, dweedle dweedle...jazz snobbery alert!!! MIA and you should be ashamed James Jameson Francis Rocco Prestia Paul McCartney Chris Squier Carole Kaye Bob Babbitt And Pino only gets HM???
@davidgriffith39382 ай бұрын
The Top 25 bass players who can play lots of notes really fast over jazz.
@thevoicethatis2 ай бұрын
I can appreciate that this list represents “your” greatest 25 bass players. I agree with you about many that are on my favorite list and there were several I was unaware of. Thank you. I played with Gerald Veasley in my youth and find it odd that you missed my other friend Brian Bromberg (no disrespect to my friend Gerald). I invite you to check him out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zoi0q59qlMx_jtEsi=T-SmGPKsdZfAVtRb
@RobertMurphy-nc5kx2 ай бұрын
So, these are ask virtuosi and not necessarily ..... or maybe it's just all the 32nd note samples 🤣
@MarkFreeman-kd2hz2 ай бұрын
I know this is your list of greatest bass players, about I respect your list. But I would rather hear simple bass players like John intwistle, John Taylor, Billy Sheehan and so on. No disrespect, but can't get into the jazz or prog stuff. Les Claypool is about as weird as I get.
@fivestring65ify2 ай бұрын
John Entwhistle John Paul Jones Paul McCartney Bernard Edwards Thomas T Bone Wolk. I stopped watching after several bassists were listed. These are jazz fusion bassists. How about some rock bassists like I listed?
@stigb562 ай бұрын
Henrik Linder Dirty Loops
@sciwiz572 ай бұрын
Seems all those you picked are of the same ilk. How about all the bass players who actually created bass lines to enhance the songs their bands wrote. Chris Squire-YES , Geddy Lee- RUSH , John Myung - Dream Theater, John Paul Jones-LZ, Paul McCartney. I found the clips to be incredibly boring- bass guitar solos are useless- technically amazing but without music to what end.