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Hi,

I think this will be an unpopular comment, but for me, in PROGRESSIVE MUSIC there is no best bass player, or keyboard player ... because it is about the MUSIC and its complete piece of work.

The main issue, for me, is that there are so many different styles of playing, and so many different uses for all the music, that choosing one, becomes just a preference for a song or two that we have ... and to me, that is not "progressive music" thinking.

To say, that YES is about Chris is sad ... it kinda invalidates all the work that the others put in that was also fabulous ... thus, my preferences always go with the music from the band ... not individuals!
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Without a doubt, Triumvirat's great bassist, the late Helmut Koellen (who incidentally, also played six string guitar, and sang lead vocals).
     He was at the forefront of the new progressive rock sound of the early to mid seventies, and was really the greatest thing that happened to Triumvirat, and was instrumental (no pun intended) in putting that band on the musical map, but is hardly ever mentioned in polls, lists, etc. of bassists. No doubt because of his early death way back in 1977 at the age of 27. Listen to his two Triumvirat albums, and if you can find it, his posthumously released solo album You Won't See Me, and if you do, then maybe he will become more well renowned, and rightly so!


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Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

Lee Sklar
Mostly noted as a session player for the singer/sonwriter crowd in the 70s, but might be more known to fans of this site as the bassist on Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" album, easily one of the greatest bass performances of all time in any genre.  



Yes. Lee Sklar rules. He's played on everything with everyone. I didn't even realize that was him on Cobham's "Spectrum" until I checked the booklet. Arguably one of the most ubiquitous bass players of all time!

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^ Agree with him + as i mentioned erlyer Dee Murray
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Far and away, the most underrated bassist would be Dennis Dunaway of Alice Cooper. Absolutely brilliant.
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I thought there was already a thread about this subject and I think when I posted on it I mentioned Randy George of the Neal Morse Band, and Martin Turner of Mark 1 and Mark 2 Wishbone Ash.
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by progmatic progmatic wrote:

Percy Jones
And Jeff Berlin.
 

Not underrated, especially Jeff, who's something of an icon in the world of bass-playing.
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Lee Sklar
Mostly noted as a session player for the singer/sonwriter crowd in the 70s, but might be more known to fans of this site as the bassist on Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" album, easily one of the greatest bass performances of all time in any genre.  
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Maybe not under-rated as much as unknown is Roger Newell, just for his playing on Wakemans' Journey to the Centre of the Earth. If there was a category ' Best Bassist in an Ensemble ', that would be the choice.


 
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Not really prog but the late bass player in mid 70s Elton and live band Dee Murrey is very underrated and hes basslines are worth checking out also as a if you are a developing bassplayer in your own right.

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Originally posted by progmatic progmatic wrote:

Percy Jones
And Jeff Berlin.
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The guy only known as "Foley" that played live with Miles in the mid-late 80's.

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Dave LaRue from the Dixie dregs comes to mine. Not a household name but a great bass player. 
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Apparently there is some question about who plays on that Heep track.....Thain or Mark Clarke...?
I can't think of another Heep track where Thain does so many runs ...are we sure that's Thain.?
According to our PA logs it's Clarke.
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Touring bassist-for-hire Lee Pomeroy comes to mind.
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Originally posted by omphaloskepsis omphaloskepsis wrote:

At least once a year, my husband begs me to play air-bass on this version, of this song.   Whoever plays bass on this, is underrated.  



Killer track and playing, totally forgot about this one.

Also, Alexander "Erroneous" Dmochowski (Zappa's bass player on Waka, Wazoo, Apostrophe, etc.) is a fantastic and often overlooked player.


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Also, Mo Moore of Nektar (I might have misspelled his name).
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Jonathan Noyce, who played first for Martin Barre, and then in Jethro Tull during the 90s.
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If we're going with the "most" underrated bassist in prog rock, it's gotta be Eloy's Klaus-Peter Matziol. He's a great bass player who's seldom talked about outside Eloy discussions. He doesn't overcomplicate things and yet sounds aggressive enough to complement the guitar and keyboards and he cuts through the mix pretty well!
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^ Gary Thain.. and has long been consdiered one of the great underrated prog bassists.. mainly for having put himself in the grave before he really became a 'known' player

and ummm.. air bass huh.  Sheesh he most unsexy of all air instruments.. next time to want to get Mr. Ompha really hot and bothered.. and spice things up..  I can say with utmost confidence and experience.. there is nothing.. NOTHING that will drive a man more wild than...

air drums..  especially to a Who album

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