Rio Funk _ Lee Ritenour

[@UnchainedGrace]

As a bass player myself, I really appreciate Jimmy Johnson. He doesn't overrun anybody aand keeps it right in the pocket and in the groove during his solo which I though was really melodic and fit the song perfectly. Like Lee, he can say something with just the well placed notes rather than tearing up the neck. He cooks.

[@Dolanian1492]

He is stirring up the pots and pans in this one, yeah.

[@tomasjung4460]

He knows well that the end of the solo is much more important than the start! He is brilliant at it!

[@Traben]

Flim is Awesome ❤❤❤

[@thomassebring5198]

Ever since Flim and the BBs…the man

[@bazement]

Jimmy Johnson is one of the most locking-in bass players I've EVER heard or will hear in the future. Amazing!

[@Bassic778]

Jimmy is a force of nature on bass and has IMPECCABLE technique, fills, groove, and TONE, the BEST-SOUNDING ALEMBIC ON EARTH(Jimmy and Alembic pioneered the 5-string bass)!!!!!! The great Anthony Jackson mentions Jimmy as one of the finest electric bassists ever!!!

[@lambert1702]

Seven years later and Jimmy still killed it! Goddamn that Alembic sounds good!

[@niwdeeel]

The guy playing the cowbell definitely seems like he is having the most fun here.

[@aderyonn2015]

he is phil perry,and i "phil" him too

[@marcocavalieri6272]

He’s simply one of the finest singers on the face of the Earth

[@Fili2009able]

He is a happy guy

[@pigulus]

IMO, this is one of the two best live versions of Rio Funk--very easy on the ears and not overdone....and yes, I can't get enough of Jimmy Johnson's awesome bass solo, always on point.

[@thomasfebyanto43]

My list of best bass solo for Rio Funk: 1. Abraham Laboriel 2. Jimmy Johnson 3. Marcus Miller

[@livemusicalgarve]

The sound of that bass is beautiful, love Jimmy Johnson......Awesome👍

[@gideonsikk8733]

Best. Tad

[@louiscardineau2945]

It's been 10 years I'm listening this song, and every time the bass solo is kicking my ass. So groovy

[@lorenzmuller3542]

The great Jimmy Johnson

[@hazlosipuedes]

The best solo... Forever

[@d3v4]

Jimmy Johnson .... melodic killer

[@rickb1266]

Jimmy Johnson and the Alembic bass, the perfect match!

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

Jimmy Johnson....Funkaaaaaaay!!! A Groove Master..!! Love him..

[@MrDiscordinated]

I MET JIMMY J on a allan holdsworth tour . he was such a lovely chap to talk to .what a player

[@catsduke974]

RIP, Carlos Vega. You were the graet drummer.

[@aderyonn2015]

RIP

[@gideonsikk8733]

Awww Jimmy soul . Also the nicest guy u could hope to meet

[@myworms]

Gideon Sikk agreed! Met him 10 years ago and he couldn’t have been nicer

[@kentrow7010]

Jimmy Johnson attacks the groove on Bass. Great Player. Great Motive in His playing.

[@MegaMario1955]

Great version of this song! The late great Carlos Vega on drums! Thanks for posting!

[@NikkieRoxxx]

Horray for Jimmy Johnson: the FIRST to play a 5-stringed bass with the low b!!!

[@DavidNewton-mm9po]

I first heard Jimmy Johnson with the Wayne Johnson Trio around 1980, a group that never received the recognition it deserved. If you have not heard/heard of the Wayne Johnson Trio, search KZbin for the 'Live at the Comeback Inn' videos.

[@revelationsoundstudio]

Love Jimmy Johnson's bass solo. I like it better than any other bass solo from other bass players with Lee. Very tasty

[@BradMaestas]

Jimmy Johnson's one of my favorite bassists. His tone is usually pretty dark for playing an Alembic but here he's really letting it come through for a change.

[@stratoblaster5331]

Brad Maestas I don't agree. Jimmy is one of the identifiable Alembic bass players and also instrumental in developing the Low B with Alembic for 5 string bass. Film and the B.B.'s has a very distinct Alembic tone, as well as his playing with Allan Holdsworth. The music it self may be dark but not his tone.

[@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION]

I think he stated that he played it wide open as a compromise for not "Thumping". So, you get the growl..

[@davidp158]

I totally agree about his tone. Often he is buried in the mix, by design, as he is a very supportive player. That said, I prefer a more "up front" tone, and it was a pleasure to hear him so clearly in this video. Amazing, tasteful musician!

[@lambert1702]

Agreed. Jimmy is killing it!

[@davidp158]

Seek out Jimmy Johnson's recordings with the band Flim and the BBs. Totally accessible jazz, and Jimmy is heavily featured on so many tracks. Great stuff.

[@riccardoranzi8684]

Jimmy Johnson... great great great bass player!!!!

[@duane9415]

WOW !!! CARLOS VEGA AND JIMMY JOHNSON AS LEE'S RHYTHM SECTION.

[@BlackRootsAcademyOfSoul]

I'd never heard of this Bassist before, until today when I read an interview by my favorite Electric Bassist, The GOAT Anthony Jackson saying Jimmy Johnson is one of the best Bass players around. I agree 👍🏿

[@marvihernandez7665]

Carlos Vega Rocks! He can read your scales when and when not to interfer! Shows the true groove of music no matter the genre is... 😊😊😊

[@laurentdarcq5624]

Jimmy Johnson , a true master.

[@mohdidrusmohdhamzah5118]

my all time favourite bassist in the world...Jimmy Johnson...👍

[@fido0825]

yeeeaaaaahhh, lee and flim....don't get much better!!!

[@ggguitar]

Im still listening to this. Best version of Rio Funk.

[@isuruabeykoon66]

That is such a tasteful Bass solo!

[@revelationsoundstudio]

Love Jimmy Johnson's playing. Not only does he play with Lee Rit including his 6 String record, but also on Allan Holdworth Metal Fatigue record and James Taylor including his double live CD. This year in 2019 he is playing with Steve Gadd and his band. See him if you dare.

[@funklover24]

I love the version with Jimmy Johnson and I love the one with Melvin Davis. Both are outstanding, but totally different.

[@raident29]

i am a guitarist but that bass guitar player is a beast!

[@MeshuggahDave.]

Everyone is a guitarist. Smh

[@kilikdudley]

Jimmy Johnson!

[@idcashflow]

i love hearing very different bass style and line of this legendary song , this one is very unique , i like it

[@gustavofortunato4779]

Great!!! Lee and Phill...great musicians ❤

[@writetovagelis1975]

R.I.P Carlos. One of the best groove drummers of all times!!

[@edennard1]

Man I've seen Jimmy playing that Alembic for almost 30 yrs. Red is got some "Crisco 4 sho !

[@sosmooth7]

Damn, I've looking for this particular version of this song for ages! Thank you for loading it. Jimmie Johnson is a killer bass player. Love his technique!

[@victorimanpandiwidjaja1600]

Jimmy's melodic bass solo so amazing, so conspicuous among slappers.

[@mackymaca]

Hot dayum, Jimmy!

[@glennbucc7107]

He played a great bass solo while staying in the context of the song with its chords and feel. It's not a shred solo (thankfully) and you can hear when Carlos and Jimmy get a solid lock and then it's magic. I just noticed Jimmy had a chorus on his bass when doing his solo only.

[@snowstorm5590]

Barnaby Finch on keys. Brilliant - and underrated keyboardist.

[@onetwoBias]

I can't handle it! it's just too damn funky!!!!!!!!!

[@ajadrew]

Love Jimmy Johnson!!

[@MissingMars]

Look at Flim showing 'em how its done basswise....... Flim & The BB's anyone -nuff said! :-)

[@Phlizz]

Johnson is killin it. Besides the original Miller this is by far my favorite version I found so far. The song seems to be a invitation for bassist to throw around with any syncopated slap pattern they got lying around which totally ruins the idea. This is great!!!

[@lee399]

As a bass player, this can be true. Marcus played the original on the album, and his solo still reflects the song. As Neil Steubenhaus has said about Marcus, "sometimes it's only 8 bars, but it's a great little piece of music."

[@pittiplatsch9635]

Da zuckt die Schulter! 🇩🇪 Then the shoulder shrugs!🇬🇧 ERNIE WATTS!! Wow.....

[@janetremsing6988]

R.I.P. Carlos Vega (drms)! Such a fantastic drummer..😢

[@gregormarini]

Carlos Vegas! Unbelievable Drummer!

[@revelationsoundstudio]

Best version of the song with the best bass solo which just grooves so nice and stays in the chord structure. 2nd best version is with Abe being silly with Lee on stage

[@CaipiradoBHZ]

ooooooowww isso sim é musica de qualidade...

[@thiagomanobatera]

Esse era o tema do telecurso Segundo grau na Globo !hehehe

[@mangkyou]

that bass solo

[@juancarlosrodriguez334]

Esta muy bueno !!!

[@MauSKP]

The Precision is the father of all . . . . I know that Jimmy Johnson has developed with alembic this 5-string bass (the definition of low B is amazing) but it costs a blunder!

[@fotjaniramanrungrueng5289]

Masterpiece. Lee

[@jodesloo2280]

Jimmie Johnson, the best!

[@Hatori64]

NEEDS MOARRRR COWWBELLLLLLLL!

[@rockersun]

love this bass too; alembic.. great playing.

[@darreywell4110]

Carlos Vega is legendary

[@jkson9657]

이게 레전드지

[@paulhenry61]

Super cool!!

[@i-hate-mondaaaaay]

Thank you for upload🤗🙏🌈 Marvelous❣️🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Yesss, Mr. Jimmy Johnson❣️

[@handsdown5x]

Carlos Vega the greatest pocket player of all time !

[@jamesyoung1012]

Absolutely correct and I may add Jeff Porcaro these two players like no other!

[@laxvazquez2419]

2:06 JIMMY JOHNSON

[@Kujalamuse]

I remember a session for one of my own records back in the late 80's where we had Jimmy come in to lay down a track. We asked him to do some slapping, and he looked at us and said - and this is an exact quote - "I DON'T BOINK". He's the most amazing bass player I have ever had the pleasure of hearing and working with, so as far as I'm concerned he can remain "Boinkless" forever! The rest of the band is amazing as well...Lee of course, and Carlos Vega on drums (R.I.P.). Was that Ernie Watts on sax? And Luis Conte on perc? Thanks for posting.

[@karlmorris423]

haha phil perry grooving on the cow bell

[@HairyScaryMark]

Is that an envelope filter on the acoustic guitar? I am interested to how he gets that amazing funky sound here.

[@MauSKP]

Alembic, Man!

[@nickj2508]

2:19 sounds like the melody from Bella Fleck and the Flecktones - 3 flew over the cuckoos nest album song "The Message"

[@tembakaugunung6139]

"I Don't Boink!" Jimmy Johnson

[@michaelb.42112]

Jimmy Johnson - GOAT

[@lambert1702]

+1 So much better than all of the gimmicky Laboriel stuff!

[@soundwave8466]

This is my favorite solo for this song. I still love Abe's version and others, but Jimmy's version is just killer.

[@guilhermepriolli6614]

The guitar that Lee is using seems to be the Gibson Chet Atkins Acoustic !

[@Funkyme4]

everybody is slappin and hammering it is almost a gimmick, it is refreshing to see a none slapping bass player like Jimmy and even if Marcus play none slapping it is sometimes a relieve

[@gilbert9407]

Very clean bass performance rival to Kim stone

[@Tim62590]

sweet! jimmy johnson!

[@aderyonn2015]

JJ so so so so great player

[@GeorgyPorgyPuddingPie]

3:42 This part give me a weird summer vibe🌴

[@fernandovillablancahernand2585]

QUE TAL GUSTO DEL BAJISTA. EXCELENTE

[@MrArbex]

Great BASS Solo

[@sandiworoproject]

apik tenan..

[@kouadiomianman548]

Goddammit who the paradise is the bassist ? Jimmy Johnson.

[@nobuomurata5182]

このバージョンは、珍しい

[@jaimefarias1755]

simply....masters

[@huwgethynrichards]

The alternative bass solo is great. Different slant and works well.

[@꿀꿀이-g8v]

Melodic killer. virtuoso...

[@SDCsRevenge]

Phil Perry on percussion!

[@HENDYV]

Bassplayer with the squidhand is Jimmy 'Flim' Johnson

[@jaimeskiebel]

I miss Carlos Vega!

[@duane9415]

JIMMY JOHNSON IS THE BASS GUITAR'S SECRET WEAPON.

[@skurumba]

R.I.P Carlos Vega.....

[@steelheels43]

Is he wearing a blouse?

[@luthiao]

Phil Perry playng cowbell hehehehe!

[@rickymauldin5894]

Jimmy proves u don't have to slap to bring the funk

[@Kujalamuse]

And Barnaby Finch on keys!

[@haginz]

Yes it's true. I like the most Jimmy J in BB'S and Flim incarnation

[@MauSKP]

Jimmy Johnson is the best bass player of the world!

[@gianniorlati9275]

Who’s the bass player? Nice 👌🏻 solo

[@jaymedearagao4309]

♥

[@GharmanNL]

0:28 is one of the most epic fills i have ever heard :|

[@prjake04]

Hola, que guitarra acustica es esa?