Bass Instincts

It's all about the bass line. Doesn't matter if it's Pop, Rock, Soul, Jazz, R&B, or C&W. Here is music I like; I try to answer the question, who played the bass? You can visit my other blog, Polyphony Rocks, by clicking the button below.

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Andy Fraser's album, "In Your Eyes"

This has got to be the best album of the 70s that I didn't hear back then. Excellent songwriting as well as bass playing!

Andy Fraser

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A cover of Phil Collins's "Another Day in Paradise" by Gussie Miller, Laura Dickenson, Noriko, Jay Gore, Chad Wright, and Leland Sklar, who also played on the original recording.

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An original composition © 2022

I wrote this back in 2021 to experiment with panning drum sounds and percussion in my mix. That's why the drum pars are on five different drumsets, so I can mimic the way recording engineers mic the individual parts of the kit and pan them in the mix.

Can you tell it was written by a bass player? 😉

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An original composition © 2022

Some funk, with flute, trombone, and bari sax over a driving rhythm section.

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An original composition © 2022

I was experimenting with some instruments I hadn't used before, so this one's got an unusual palette, with harp, flute, and banjo.

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Snarky Puppy - RL's

Michael League

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Resolution No. 9

An original song (instrumental) - fretless bass guitar, bass guitar, electric guitar, and drums. It started out as a bluesy, mean sounding piece, but then I found myself resolving it in an upbeat chorus.

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Original composition, © 2022

Like several recent pieces, I'm using two bass guitars, with the lead instrument being the fretless bass.

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Old Armando Had A Farm - Dirty Loops

Henrik Linder

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Escape Velocity

A rhythm-section instrumental with two kinds of pianos and two kinds of bass guitars. I love the sound of the fretless bass and wanted to use it as a lead instrument.

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Headed Home - original composition © 2021

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4 A.M. - Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock, keyboards Harvey Mason, drums Bill Summers, percussion Jaco Pastorius, bass

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Paul and Eric together - was it the only time?  (a part of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, isolated bass and lead guitar)

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I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day

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One of my favorite songs of all time.  Written by Smokey Robinson.

James Jamerson 

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The essence of great bass playing is to serve the music.  Paul McCartney is a master.

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Eskimo Blue Day  -  Jefferson Airplane  (live) 

Jack Casady 

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Cold Cold Cold  -  Little Feat with Bonnie Raitt 

Kenny Gradney