James Johnston (Biffy Clyro)
Kris Blight (People In Planes/Tetra Splendour)
Ham (Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies)
Catherine Popper (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals)
Gordon (Bloc Party)
What about Bobby Weaver?
I can't argue with any of those choices really. I just want to throw in one name:
John Myung of Dream Theater
Jack Bruce
John Entwhistle
Chris Squier
Paul McCartney
and whichever of Bernie Edwards or Nile Rodgers - the team behind a lot of disco stuff in the late 70's/early 80's, including Chic, Sister Sledge etc - played bass....not my kind of music, but boy could he play...and good musicianship is still good musicianship, whatever the setting...
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Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
I'll go with most of this group based on a combo of innovation and playing talent -- cannot believe Jaco wasn't mentioned before this. If you don't know Jaco, you don't know bass.
I don't know if I'm just so unlucky that I've never heard his "good" stuff, but nothing I've heard of Jaco's has really blown me away. I hear him praised so often, but I've never heard the work that apparently made him so well respected.
Flea gets my top honors, everything he has written I wish I had written.
Les Claypool
Duff McKagan
Victor Wooten
Andrew Wintersteen
Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life...
Jaco. Ron Carter. Charles Mingus. Victor Wooten. John Paul Jones.
Locally, Kelly Sills.
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Jaco, JPJ, Tommy Shannon, Paul McCartney, and the dude from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. That guy is crazy!
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