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fuxi 
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 Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:46 |
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Tal Wilkenfield is awesome! |
I agree; I saw her on Beck's recent live DVD - what a talent! She must have been having the time of her life!
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Progosopher
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:42 |
Tal Wilkenfield is awesome! She's playing for Jeff Beck now, and is something like 20 years old, at least when he discovered her in Australia, and five feet tall. 
Ariane Cap from Tempest (U.S.) is also awesome.  She's on their more recent albums.
Others already mentioned: Billy Sheehan, Tony Levin, Chris Squire. 
If you want to go in the Jazz-Fusion direction: Jaco Pastorius (Weather Report) and Stanley Clarke (Return to Forever) are both mind blowing.  |
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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easytargets
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:22 |
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Billy Sheehan
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The water rushes over all
cities crash in the mighty wave;
the final man is very small,
plunging in for his final bathe
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GaryB
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:13 |
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OK, I take it all back. StyLaZyn has just shown me the true definition of "hot bass player".
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GaryB
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:10 |
That was funny, but the "cute" ones belong in the ongoig thread about gays in prog music.
I've heard some bass players that are not just in the background with the drummer. They are "up front" solo artists that demand your attention. I've even heard some of them doing solos with wah wah pedals and other effects.
The ones I mentioned are all from 70s era prog bands.
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:05 |
OK, not Prog, but easily could be.
StyLaZyn wrote:
Tal Wilkenfeld |
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:05 |
Tal Wilkenfeld
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StyLaZyn
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 11:03 |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 10:49 |
Off the top of my head: Tony Levin Jeff Berlin Chris Squire Jonas Hellborg Now in hot, you are talking about playing skills and not that they're really cute or something?  I honestly don't know any of the ones you mentioned, but if you're looking for lesser known ones, you have to check out Hellborg.
Edited by Slartibartfast - May 28 2009 at 11:49
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GaryB
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Posted: May 28 2009 at 10:30 |
This is a huge forum and I don't really know how to research topics yet so if this is a repeat topic I am sorry.
One thing that I have noticed about prog bands is that they almost always have incredibly HOT bass players. I am a guitar player but as I listen to my prog albums the bass playing constantly draws my attention. Here are just a few (in random order) that have impressed me:
Dave Schratzenstaller (Missing Link)
Trevor Parks (Automatic Fine Tuning)
Kees Den Hoed (Bonfire)
Marco Gallesi (Arti & Mestieri)
Luciano Milanese (Nova)
There are many more but I'd like to hear from the rest of you.
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