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Which albums do you prefer ?
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 3:34 pm
by FunkDaFied
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:01 am
by NickBass
Well, I have lot of fretless albums favorites: I would start with the mighty Uzeb, especially "noisy nights" , "fast emotion" and "world tour"...Alain Caron is on fire! some others must have are Jaco's first album and Weather Report's "black market" and "heavy weather" with Jaco on both and Alphonso Johnson on "black..." '70 fretless stuff with Chick Corea's "secret agent" (featuring Bunny Brunel) and with "masques" by Brand X (with Percy Jones on bass). In the pop field I like Paul Young's first albums (Pino Palladino!!) and Lou Reed's "live in Italy" featuring Fernando Saunders...We mustn't forget Yellowjackets and the great Jimmy Haslip, my favorites are "shades", "politics" and "the spin".
Marcus Miller plays some nasty fretless on his solo "the sun don't lie" and on "double vision" by Bob james/David Sanborn. The list could go on forever, but I want to mention also "illicit" by Tribal Tech (with Gary Willis), "beyond words" by Mark Egan, "momentum" by Bunny Brunel, Alain Caron's "le band" and a metal album , "focus" by Cynic, featuring Sean Malone...
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:09 am
by NickBass
P.S.: sorry if I didn't put pictures but I had too much albums to mention!
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 6:50 am
by FunkDaFied
Well, I have lot of fretless albums favorites: I would start with the mighty Uzeb, especially "noisy nights" , "fast emotion" and "world tour"...Alain Caron is on fire! some others must have are Jaco's first album and Weather Report's "black market" and "heavy weather" with Jaco on both and Alphonso Johnson on "black..." '70 fretless stuff with Chick Corea's "secret agent" (featuring Bunny Brunel) and with "masques" by Brand X (with Percy Jones on bass). In the pop field I like Paul Young's first albums (Pino Palladino!!) and Lou Reed's "live in Italy" featuring Fernando Saunders...We mustn't forget Yellowjackets and the great Jimmy Haslip, my favorites are "shades", "politics" and "the spin".
Marcus Miller plays some nasty fretless on his solo "the sun don't lie" and on "double vision" by Bob james/David Sanborn. The list could go on forever, but I want to mention also "illicit" by Tribal Tech (with Gary Willis), "beyond words" by Mark Egan, "momentum" by Bunny Brunel, Alain Caron's "le band" and a metal album , "focus" by Cynic, featuring Sean Malone...
Yeah good choice
I like also the title "Matinee Idol" from YellowJackets
P.S.: sorry if I didn't put pictures but I had too much albums to mention!
It doesn't matter
David Sanborn's albums:
As we Speak, Straight to the Heart (live) with M², Voyeur
Jeff Lorber Fusion:
Wizard Island, Lift Off, Water Sign...
Yellow Jackets: Yellow Jackets
Steps Ahead: Modern Times
Spyro Gyra: Carnaval
Kai Eckhardt
http://www.myspace.com/kaieckhardt
And French Jazz Fusion's Band:
Sixun All the albums
http://www.myspace.com/sixun
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 11:41 am
by NickBass
Kai Ekhardt is a monster! I remember especially a couple of great albums he played on: "Mississipi Kights live" by Billy Cobham and "live at the Royal Festival Hall " with John McLaughlin.
He has also a killer slap/chords technique on the fretted bass...
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:47 pm
by FunkDaFied
Yeah he rocks
Have you heard Richard Bona
He's a famous french bass player and a very good singer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jjGvSIXzms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opszgA6RkFQ
Enjoy
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:32 am
by NickBass
Yep, Richard Bona is another monster player on both axes, plus he sings and plays percussion and acoustic guitar...his playing is great especially on "world tour" by the Zawinul Syndicate (Victor Bailey too on this one!),"beyond words" by Bobby McFerrin and "spaces revisited" by Larry Coryell (Coryell, Bona, Bireli Lagrene and Billy Cobham...what a line-up!)...even if he doesn't play fretless bass my favorite bassist/singer is probably Mark King, what a groove boys!
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:51 am
by FunkDaFied
New from Steve Bailey
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:17 pm
by FretLessSince68
New solo CD by Steve Bailey --- So Low
Available from CD Baby $9.99 MP3
And it's 100% fretless!
Really impressive, right up there with Alain Caron but with perhaps a more American sensibility.
Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:04 pm
by bassike
Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 8:05 pm
by Nofretz6
This is what I enjoy about these forums; music and artists that you might not hear of otherwise.
A few that I've run across-
Beeblebrox
Garaj Mahal
Intransit
http://www.myspace.com/intransitjazz
And - not an album but an interesting bassist
http://www.reverbnation.com/alexments
