10 Greatest FUNK Bass Players of All Time
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- Опубліковано 9 тра 2024
- In today’s video I’m paying homage to the top ten funk bass players of all time. Featuring Larry Graham, Marcus Miller, Bootsy, Stuart Zender and more! This is the definitive, 100% infallible list!…
Of course, we all know that isn't true. Any ‘Top Ten’ like this is a funk-fuelled bunfight, and I’ve inevitably included someone who you would never have chosen! So who are the greatest funk bass players of all time? Let me know in the comments and help me find out!
As always, see you in the shed…
Scott :)
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LOL... ok, the Jamiroquai track (Stuart Zender) was in 1997 - NOT 1977 ;) ...
Again - thanks for watching and the continued support of this channel, guys... it's because of you that I can keep creating content for all of my fellow bass-nerds out there. I salute you! :)
Lol I began to wonder if they had been around before I was born and only made it big in the 90s. The. I saw the video and realized that’s not the 70s. Straight to the comment section...
Victror wooten for part 2 please
Is that a Ken Smith your playing on?
You should listen to an Argentinian band called Divididos, it has an amazing bass player called Diego Arnedo. And you should check out Javier Malosetti, another excellent Argentinian bass player.
Willie Weeks, Melvin Dunlap, Paul Jackson!!
The Great Stanley Clarke has some seriously funky Bass lines too!
Primus/ Les Claypool's cover of Silly Putty is NASTY, the original is good but not as funky or fun to listen to.
Stanley Clarke was almost like The Victor Wooten of his era. Wow, just incredible back then 🔥
Lopsy Lu is his funky jam for me that made me want to become a funk fusion player
That’s exactly right!! And Mark King needs to be mentioned too. Wtf is this limited to US only. Total BS 🤪
School days. Mic drop!!!
Mark Adams R.I.P. from SLAVE...One of the Funkiest Bassist's to walk the planet....of course💥
Yes lawdy!!
My favorite bassist, Mr. Mark Adams, The Hansolar made the bass “growl”!!!!
I concur
Mark Adams, created the slide thang on the bass
Nathan East, Freddie Washington, Abe Laboriel, Victor Wooten, Stanley Clarke and Anthony Jackson should also be mentioned in this.
That's right ....you also could include Richard Bona and Brazil's Alex Malheiros and Nico Assumpção
Yes sir. No doubt about it. I think all of this proves we really cannot name a top 10 and not leave out fabulous players.
. . . and Nathaniel Phillips of Pleasure.
Also Alfonso Johnson....
It says" funk bassists", not "fusion bassists"
Could not believe you left Stanley Clarke off the list.
And Jaco
Stanley Clarke is a jazz bass player not funk .
@@i-496project9 he is both
Funky isn't just playing, it's a way of life and a personality. Larry Graham and Bootsy Collins have that. Larry Graham's instructional video from the 70s is so cool because of the way he is and it makes his playing even cooler
Without a doubt!
that's the nail on the head right there.
JW are fakin' the funk. Especially when they knock at your door.
Agree. I met Bootsy Collins as a child. It was 2AM and my brother-in-law brought him by the house. He was fully dressed in full Bootsy regalia. I took a picture with him and a gold record.
STANLEY CLARKE
Mark Adams with Slave, Aaron Mills with Cameo, Dontay Taylor with Sun, and of course Nathaniel Phillips with Pleasure and Victor Wooten!
MY FAVORITE MARK ADAMS BASSLINE!!!!!! ua-cam.com/video/xSdKsbXny0M/v-deo.html
Those Ohio boys know a thing or two about playing the Funk!
Setaylw - You named some folks right there! My High School funk years. Glide? Oh my gosh...
B. Irving - That Odyssey tune Sounds like a clone of Slave's Watching You...
Personally Mark Adams on Slaves song Smokin' just gets me for some reason.
You almost nailed it ... Add Bernard Edwards and Bootsy Collins he played bass on almost all the P-funk albums...That Glide track from Pleasure was bassline heaven damn good choice.
Ohio deserves more recognition
Louis Johnson was amazing stomp really highlighted slap bass playing.
Man, you ain't gotta a legitimate list without Stanley Clarke!
We Supply!
I don't recall Stanley Clarke as being funk
Or Victor Wooten.
@@tomallen5837 👀
@@tomallen5837
Funk is its own reward
Hot Fun
Silly Putty
We Supply
I Wanna Play For You
And plenty more.
Mark King , Stanley Clarke, Wyzard (Mother’s Finest) , Wojtek Pilichowski, Rod Ellicott (Cold Blood), Aaron Mills (Cameo), Marshall Jones (Ohio Players), Doug Wimbish
Mark Leslie Adams of the 70's and 80's r&b band SLAVE.The song"Slide", "Just a touch of love", "Watching You" are some of the tracks from them that had a phenomenal bass line.
Feel my love, my favorite bass line period!
Regi Hargis of Brick with Dazz
Funky Lady
Yep Mark Adams was DA BOMMMMBBBB!
Charles Glenn of Motown group Ozone
As a Jamiroquai fan, thanks for including Stuart Zender, such an underrated bassist!
During a couple of minutes I feared you would forget Bernie Edwards.
Man, that guy created "Good Times' bassline, which is one of the most beautiful basslines ever! ^^
-Bobby Vega
-Jesus Coombes
-Paul Jackson
-Victor Wooten
-Natt Watts
-James Jamerson
Brian Bromberg
Alain Caron
@Jpkrao until this comment i swear i was the only one who had ever heard of t-connection.
iF YOUR LIST DOES NOT HAVE LOUIS THUNDERTHUMBS JOHNSON....YOU DON'T KNOW FUNK!
@@sismeo1 Calm down, he was in the video's top 10, these are bassists who weren't...
Mark King was unique because he incorporated such a rythmic style while singing - bloody incredible!!
Mark King is a lot of things and very good too, but funky?
@@steensuder115 A lot of the early jazz-rock stuff was funkier.....to be able to sing at the same time as that stuff still is pretty unique in my book
@@Crichton51 Definitely really cool ability... wish I could do that. Scott did however not call out the cool bass players but the funky ones... and yes; there will be a significant overlap :-D
Mark KING probably deserves a place in part 2. He definitely grooves, inspired a lot of people like me to see bass as a cool instrument, and had great skill (and stamina) whilst singing at the same time. Percussion combined with melody combined with groove.
@@steensuder115 don't think you know what funk truly is
Bootsy and Larry! 💖💖💖 Louis Johnson❤Verdine❤
Mark King of Level 42 was not only a thumper style of a bass player but can slap the bass as well.Larry Graham was the leader of the thumping sound.He started and revolutionized the thumping sound while many others followed and came up with their own style and sound.The group Cameo had great bass players on their albums during the late 70's and 80's."Be yourself" and "On the one" is another.I can name almost as many bass players that are my favorites.
Joe Dart has really brought something to the table in the last 10 years. The licks he does and basslines are something to be mentioned!
He's awesome and definitely one of my favorite bassists, but these are the legends on this list
Joe is very talented and unique, not sure about a funk bassist what is that ?. Like actual funk ?
@@dwayneelizondomountaindewh1465 Funk is a genre that was popular for a while between jazz and disco music. So funk evolved from jazz, and then eventually funk evolved to disco.
@@albertarason4502 Cool, yeah thanks I understood what funk is, but not sure how Scott defines funk bassist. Not many bassists actually fit this genre, though. Except ones in bands known for funk music, like Bootsy or someone. It would be hard to name 10 of them.
@@albertarason4502 I guess it depends what Vulfpeck considers themselves, a funk band or a jam band. But they are not really a funk band, they are very jazzy too.
I consider them jazz/funk/jam fusion.
Larry Graham singing and playing that funky bass line at the same time without missing a lick - CLASSIC Larry! As a friend of mine, I got chance hear him mixing this one down at his home.
My words exactly
Bernard Edward's still the filthiest bass line to this day 2020.
What group was he in & what’s the name of that song
Chic
@@thebigchief1503 everybody dance by chic
@@thebigchief1503 CHIC also checkout Good Times and I Want Your Love
My favourite bernard edwards bassline is "cant stand to love you". its so good. most people dont know it. check it out
R.I.P. Francis Rocco Prestia, what a great player he was.
Mark Adams one of the most underrated funk bass players of all time when you say slave the first thing you think of is Mark Adams
I think of slide.
Mark Adams? Yes indeed and he was very underrated.
I just commented on him. I don't know how he missed him.
Exactly!
Just logged on this,no Mr Mark?!Also I don't recall Jamiroquai in '77.
Nathaniel Phillips the bassist for the group Pleasure. Their song Glide from their Future Now album was the quote unqoute RITE OF PASSAGE for all young bassist back in the day
Man Nathaniel Phillips played perhaps the greatest funk bassline ever with Glide! The techniques he used had Bass players in awe for years not to mention the way he syncopated his plucks it's soooooo good!
Haha...I said the same thing! That whole Future Now album. D@mn!
We said, Brother!
Hey Elijah Gaskin! What State Are You In? You Sound Like You're About My Age 55, Talking About In The Day! I'm In Inglewood, CA, Brother And YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT! When That "Future Now" Album Came Out It Changed The Musical Landscape For Everybody!!! That Album Is A MASTERPIECE No Matter What Instrument You Play. The Live Music Scene Was Still Vibrant Back Then. My Brother Played In The Group MOTIVATION And He & I Used To Jam In Our Parents Garage And Musicians From The Neighborhood And Our High School Used To Drop In. Playing "Glide" Was, Like You Said, A MUST Or ELSE!!!!
Keith I'm 56 years young & in the state of Pennslyvania
Not sure how there can possibly be a best bass player list of any kind without Stanley Clark.
Stanley is bad, no doubt!
I don't really get the funk vibe with Clark.. bootsy should definitely be the 1# funk bassist.
@@posternuttbag from JB to Funkadelic to solo career Bootsy is the shit.
@@rievans57 Common sense
Ok if you look at classic songs, influence, and originality ya' gotta' put Bootsy at the top of the heap.
Scott - I simply just love your skills and complete and contagious love for all things bass - thanks for sharing and making UA-cam a better place to be :-)
Bernard Edwards and Louis Johnson are my favourites.
Yes,sir😊😉🔥
Mine too. And Miller.
Also Leqeint Duke Jobe from the band (Rose royce) just disgusting 4real 4real...
Chuck Rainey on Aretha's (Rock Steady)
Stuart Zender!!!!💖💖💖my biggest bass influence for sure, glad you gave him some well deserved recognition
So glad you have Rocco Prestia in this list, that guy is like my idol on Bass
Good to see you're still in action Scott. You taught me bass about 7-8 ears ago. I traveled australia for 2 years, carrying a backpack, a 5 string yamaha, and a laptop. Watched your videos everywhere i went. Good times.
he pay not have the legendary status of the others on the list but I'd love to see some love for joe dart in part two!
yeessss! i instantly thought of joe dart, when i saw the title of this video :D
I agree, to me personally the funkiest man alive riiight after pino paladino who's also not on this list
Elias Martelo really..? He’s good, but I don’t know about that...
In 30 years I reckon Jack and the boys'll've made Vulf a household name, and then Joe'll have enough experience and exposure to back that up. Right now he's an incredibly talented up-and-comer, but I wouldn't say he qualifies for the same status as, say, Pino or Jamerson. As you say, that's all down to time.
Ollie King I have to agree with you. It’s sad to say but I literally just learned of him last month and was blown away.
Omitting MARK ADAMS Is An ABOMINATION!!! Nathaniel Phillips Work On Pleasure's "Future Now" Album ALONE Earns Him A Spot (I Know, Only 10) Plus, He Did Studio Work For Other Musicians! CORDELL "BOOGIE" MOSSON (Who Flea WORSHIPPED!!!) Work On "Electro Cuties" PHENOMENAL In Addition To All His Other Work.
You are absolutely right my man!
@@vellyvell33 I gotta agree with the Mark Adams pick. I like Buddy Hankerson of Young and Co, SA Hall of Fame and Aurra.
True Dat. Mark Adams!!! YES!
Yet, Flea was there...
I...
I don't get it.
Not saying he's bad, but top 10? Fookin el
Couldn't agree more, bro, on leaving out Mark Adams. 🥺
Thank you Scott for keeping me engaged in the "roots" of bass playing - so dig on the Funk and Groove. I am predominantly a Hard Rock Bassist but my beginnings were in fuck and groove style like Larry G, Bootsy, Marcus Miller, Andrew Gouche, Flea and the list goes on. Keep on sharing this stuff, freakin' killer! Love it!
WOW! That was so much fun! I kept muttering under my breath (Verdine White Verdine White!) and BAM! last clip. It was SO good I got chills from head to toe. Many thanks for making this video!
Mark Adams from Slave. ..a beast
You’ll have to mention Paul Jackson from herbie Hancock and the headhunters next time. 😃
I do not think Scott feels Funk has anything to do with Jazz. No Jaco or Stanley Clarke
Great bass lines indeed!
He is as funky as anyone else.
Oh yeah, I gonna put the Headhunters tonight. The very moment the bass enters on Watermelon Man is thrilling me each and every time I hear it.
@@veedub95 Stanley Clarke was UBER funky! ever see him LIVE? I did!
Always love your channel, Scott - even though so pretty long hardly playing the bass for ages. Hahahaha
Thank you for picking Bernard & Verdine... personal favourites of mine. Maybe you could highlight another favourite of mine next time - Mark King of LEVEL 42. Thanks.
I have just read a few comments that mentioned Mark King or Stanley Clarke, but I would like to add Leon Sylvers (from Solar Record) and also Prince who was not just a good guitarist, composer, producer or whatever.
Prince was not a Bass Player
@bill stephens
"Lady Cab Driver" & "777-9311" says he was a great bass player.
@@mateensharrieff3400 Playing a Bass a few times does not make you a great Bass player, I am a musician!
@@billstephens5472
since I'm not a musician, I will concede to you on this.
I guess you're of the opinion that playing great bass doesn't necessarily make one a great bass player.
(similar to Apollo Creed's line to Rocky Balboa in Rocky III)
Lol.
I get it.
@@mateensharrieff3400 Their is no consistency
Bootsy Collins, man... what a legend.
How you gonna miss Norwood Fisher of Fishbone he’s amazing
Scott - please look up “Lakeside Bassist Marvin Craig “
Excellent list as always, Scott. I feel like Mark King definitely deserves a place on this list - maybe something like "Almost There" or "Love Games" - but I'm not sure who I'd drop to make room.
Was also pleased to see George Porter Jr. on the list - I just recently realized that he did the great, funky bass line on Tori Amos' "God" (and indeed the rest of that excellent album). It's not always easy to stay funky through odd, changing time signatures, but he lays down some beautiful work on that song.
Absolutely! Mark King was extremely influential in the 80's and the reason why many chose the bass as their instrument in the first place. Just like Flea in the 90's. I have no idea why he's not on the list...
Brian Schoner Definitely! I would have definitely had Mark King on the list. Songs like Fashion Fever, Kouyate, True Believers, and Love Games are some of my favourites. I understand the limited number and that many bass players should have made this list. Really cool!
Yeah!! Almost there is the hardest bass line to play, and sing, at the same time like the King!!
Paul Turner, Mark King, Randy Hope-Taylor, Jerry Jemmott, Joe Hubbard, Yolanda Charles.
Love all of these! Thunder thumbs is my personal favorite but man Verdine was killing it in... funk slayer!
I love your enthusiasm Scott, clearly you're still in love with the bass.
Mark Adams of Slave.
No Mark King??!! Kudos to correctly including Bootsie and Zender, but a funk bass list without Mark King is like a hug without a squeeze.
Absolutely
Agreed!
Precisely! "Sun Goes Down"
@@roiijamez33 Livin' it up.
For sho for sho!!
Son of Otis, Dexter Redding "The Awakening", can't stop lovin (and playin) this track.
Thundercat is one of my favorites of all time. His use of effects creates really unique bass tones that are really funky
James Lee Jamerson played on all the Motown Records hits in the 1960s and early 1970s. He is regarded as one of the most influential bass players in modern music history. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. As a session musician, he played on twenty-three Billboard Hot 100 number one hits, as well as fifty-six R&B number one hits.
“The Hook” is one of the best of all time...but this is a funk bass opinion. All genre bassists, of course Jamerson is at the head of the class!
John Norwood Fisher of Fishbone. Bonin' in the Boneyard is a treat.
Excellent obseevation and analysis dude🎸👍🎤🎵🎶😄there are indeed dozems of talented bassist out there
I seldom see Mark King from Level 42 on these lists of great Bass players...he is mind blowingly good!
Agreed, should be in the top 5
Bernard Edwards
Louis Johnson
Larry Graham
James Jamerson
Robert Bell
Scott, are we twin brothers? Every move with head, hand or body is exactly what I do. Especially when you picked out the horn sections. Every song I listen to, I pick out every instrument, every beat etc. Love your channel 👏 👏 👏 👏
Leon sylvers defintely deserves a place on the list, he had such a unique style, which are usually 16th lines disguised as 8th note lines which make for some tasty licks. He just strikes that perfect balance between rhythm and melody. He has his well known ones like 'And the beat goes on' and the shalamar stuff but some golden ones to check out are:
Carrie Lucas show me where you're coming from
Freda Payne In motion
Dynasty Does that ring a bell
Scott...come on, man....no Willie Weeks..? Mark Adams..? Chuck Rainey...? Rock Jones..? Freddie Washington..? David Hood..? Byron Miller..? JAMES FREAKING JAMERSON..!!? How do these guys get left out of the TOP 10..!?
yeah man you struck some nerves with this list right here they the real deal i don't know where he got his list from
only 10 people go into a top 10...have to make some personal choices... By the way: Larry Graham, Bootsie Collins and Louis Johnson are pretty much the inventors of funk-bass as it is..
i was waiting for jamerson to be #1...
@@guzzopinc1646 Jamerson is legendary, but not "funk" bass.
@@SkammLykelee Well, he was one of the legendary FUNK Brothers.. But I get ya
Louis Johnson: Not only that (slap and so). Listen carefully the whole bassline in MJ's "Don't stop 'til you get enough", such a lovely inventivity ! !
Isn’t that a synth?
Nope. 100 % Louis Johnson
Get On the Floor - MJ wrote the song around the bass groove!! Thunder Thumbs in all his glory!🙌🏽
Tony Byrd it ist Synth. Greg Phillingains once said in an interview that he played it on the record. Louis just dubbed some parts.
Obviously, synth dubbes only the main line, the real bass notes"around" are the very interesting clever parts from Louis.
The Band Slave's Mark Adams Bass playing style was unique and funky. No one at the time was playing like Mark Adams and when you heard something new on the radio you knew it was Slave and Mark laying down the Funky Beat.
Very good choices you made Scott. Great Scott!
Mark King of Level 42, Derrick Graves from Dexter Wansel's "Life on Mars" and Stanley Clark with Eumir Deodato's "Skyscrapers". Cheer!
Derrick Graves! To this day I'm still trippin off his tracks 'Voyager' album! All Night Long, Voyager, and those unbelievable sections on Time Is The Teacher... glad someone mentioned him!
Mark Adams from Slave!!!!!!!! Also the guy from Level 42. What’s his name? He killed that Starchild song they did back in the day!! Glide by Pleasure was pretty funky too!!!
ua-cam.com/video/mlzpuyjh3sE/v-deo.html
Matos007007 Mark King is name!!! This is a killer video! Thanks for sharing!!
@@djcoolcliff yes Mark King. I invite you to see some other videos. He is a killer :-)
ua-cam.com/video/E36CxniZZXw/v-deo.html
Matos007007 Thanks for sharing!!! Please check out my uncle Wah Wah Watson! He passed away 2 years ago and he was beast of a Motown session Rhythm Guitarist player all the way up until his passing! Pa Pa Was A Rolling Stone, Let’s Get it On, Car Wash and etc....
@@djcoolcliff very cool guitarist with a very special style :-) . He played with a lot of celebrities 👏
Good stuff! May the funk be with you, young Jedi.
I remember being in my teens in the early '90s and trying out a bass in a music shop in Luton just to kill time before my national express bus back up north (my girlfriend was at uni there) and the guy saying oh you'll get a lot of work you sound like Stuart Zender, and I gave him a big list of who Stuart Zender was listening to! :-)
Mark King
Stanley Clarke
Nathan Watts
Nathan East
Joe D exactly! I said the same thing in my comment and then started reading the other comments and this is overwhelming 🤬🤬🤬
We're talking FUNK not speed!
What about Joe Dart? He may not have had as long or have the status of the guys on this list but he's an amazing player
So I only just come across Vulfpeck today believe it or not (I don’t know why it’s taken me so long) and man I can’t agree with you more. A pure funk talent right there.
OMG he forgot about Joe O_o !!
Joe is good but there’s so many bass players that can play like him or if not, even better. He is not a bass pioneer like any of the guys on this list, nor does he even come close. I’m a big Vulfpeck fan but I have to keep it real
@@kaleptoz you may have a point there. Cheers mate
kaleptoz .. You are right, while pretty talented, this is a pretty exclusive list full of innovators.
People are coming on here and naming great bass players, *but many do not play FUNK at all.* That's what this video is about. FUNK.
Roland Very well said 👏and👏 February 23,2021
He missed les claypool
Flea is not a funk bassist, although he can play funk!
He missed Wayman Tisdale! He missed a lot of Funk bassist!
There's no way you can put Flea on this list and leave out Level 42's Mark King!
What an awesome video, amazing bassists all and Earth Wind & Fire rule!
Mark Adams of Slave.
Stanley Clarke
Nathaniel Phillips of Pleasure.
Marshall Jones of The Ohio Players.
Are missing!!
Thumbs up 👍
Some love for late great Marvin Isley... The Pride, Climbin' Up The Ladder, Livin' In The Life... that album alone (Go For Your Guns) is a masterclass on "the pocket" - what it is, where it is, and how never to leave it.
YES! I’ve been listening to those songs a lot lately and he needs to get more props!
Marvin Isley is THE TRUTH .
@@michaledavissr.4661 was, he dead RIP complications from diabetes
@@jsamc
Song lives forever.
Let's keep it real: I love the Isley 3+3 immensely, but you're referring to songs more than the bass work on them. There are lots of great bass players that simply didn't fit this list (Wilton Felder, Bob Babbit, etc). With all due respect, Marvin Isley is one of them.
Hey Scott, great list. I would add Mark King to the list. Thanks again😀
Hey Scott, Thanks for all the great bass videos of both women and men. Thanks for mentioning Larry Graham. However, what you didn't mention is the fact that, Larry Graham was the first one to bring the slap funk bass to the world. This came about when he was a young man playing at church, but there wasn't a drummer. So, he figured out a way to keep time in a way that could be felt, in addition to playing the bass line. The was before he was with Sly And The Family Stone. It's important to acknowledge to the world that he's the Godfather of this style of bass playing... Give that man his props!!
Prince and Eric EQ Davis from Confunkshun - monsters
Actually it's Eric "EQ" Young. He's my Funk Brother.
Yes sir 👌💪👍🔥 Mr Eric eq young ,wow ♥️ it 😉🔥 str8t heat not to mention prince
Prince is a pure beast...
@@timothyboles2521 I like whoever played Bass on 777-9311, either him or Terry Lewis. But whichever one it was killed it.
Yeah, I said Prince, too 💪💪
Very informative.
But a whoooooole lot of funk bass players were not mentioned:
Mark Adams (Slave)
Aaron Mills and Michael Burnett (Cameo)
Steve Washington (Slave, Aurra)
Jerry Livingston (Rick James, Mary Jane Girls)
Oscar Alston (Rick James, Stone City Band)
Terry Lewis (The Time, Flyte Tyme Productions)
Raphael Saadiq (Tony Toni Tone, Solo)
Prince
Andre' Cymone
Brown Mark
Robert Bell (Kool & The Gang)
Jara Harris (Slapbak)
Lonnie Marshall (Weapon Of Choice)
Billie Bass Nelson (Parliament Funkadelic)
Marshall Jones (Ohio Players)
Cordell Mosson (Parliament Funkadelic)
Junie Morrison (Parliament Funkadelic, Solo)
Robert Wilson (The Gap Band)
Michael Wiley (the Dazz Band)
Sonny Thompson (Prince, The NPG)
Doug Wimbish (played on many early rap songs, Living Color)
Charles Glenn (Ozone, Teena Marie)
Allen McGrier (Teena Marie, Rick James)
James Alexander (Bar Kays)
Thundercat
Mono Neon
And I know I am missing more names, but I think this list is long enough for now.
These are all TOP Funk bass players.
I hope this helps for the future...
Make a list with those on it
Nate Phillips (Pleasure)
Great video, thanks Scott
Great list! Got all my faves! Are Jaco & Stanley not funky enough for this list?
I guess the definition of funk is a bit flexible, but I have to agree with the other guys who mentioned Mark Adams of Slave for true funk bass lines. Check out the title track of the Stone Jam album. That entire album is a funk bass master class!
Damn near every song on "The Concept"
You KNOW IT, Bro!🤪👊🏾
Long live the Funk !
Thank you for sharing the Bass inspiration SBL Family
Love it! 😎👊
I would humbly add Stanley Clarke (School Daze), Victor Wooten (Intro/Amazing Grace) and one I personally consider to be my Bass God: Jaco Pastorius (Teen Town)
Funk ain't a matter of speed, and speed will NEVER be Funk!
It is good to find this channel!
Are you base on Melb.?
I think I used to work someone just like you same name and same voice and similar look!
When I think funk bassists, I think of Billy Bass Nelson, Boogie Mosson, and Lucky Scott.
Thank You!!! Rodney skeet Curtis,Lige Curry,Jeff Bunn
Stuart Zender!!! One my all time favorites. MonoNeon should be on part 2.
Scott I am a new bass player and I have learned a ton about iconic bass players like Flea, Jaco and Larry Graham. One player you should review in the future is Wayman Tisdale. I guarantee you and your viewers will love it! Thanks again!
Great topic! Enjoyed very much. But what about Mark King?
Mark Adams - Slave. Top funk player and worth a mention if only for the tone used.
What happened to Willie weeks?
Where does he fit in?
Larry deserves to be #1 solely based on him singing while playing “Pow”! 😂😂
That was incredible, I feel almost intoxicated from all that funk. Louis is probably my favorite. Those Brother Johnson bass lines and Michael Jackson’s Get On The Floor, incredible. And I’m a huge fan of Marshall “Rock” Jones of the Ohio Players.
Pretty nice list. I love all of these guys.
The bass from 777-9311 deserves a mention though.
Such great players. Bootsy Collins, Bernard Edwards, Verdine White, and Flea will forever be strongly influential to me.
Love how you threw Stuart Zender in there. He and Paul Turner are just so damn good.
Luis Risbrook from B.T. Express, and yes Sir Larry Graham on "The Jam," "Hair," "It's Alright," "Release Yourself," (and yes his Rock-styled song entitled "Earthquake"), Yes on Larry Graham's work with Sly & Family Stone, "Runnin Away," "Thank You for Lettin' Me Be Myself Again-- classic funk, Yes on his inversion of same tune on Sly & Family Stone's tune "Thank You for Takin' Me to Afrika"), Yes on Stanley Clarke Jazz/Funk legend, Yes on Victor Wooten and all the other bass players that have been mentioned below-- especially Luis Johnson, "Stop", "Feel So Good" (with Grover Washington, album of the same name), "Hydra" (on same Grover Washington album), Yes on Verdine White on "Rejoice" (with the Emotions, album of the same name), Yes on Stanley Clarke/Luis Johnson (collab) entitled "Play the Bass" (to the 10th power), Yes on Flea (of Red Hot Chili Peppers) on cover of "Roller Coaster" (originally released by Ohio Players)... so many others worthy of honorable mention as well. Yes on Chuck Rainy for his work on Steely Dan's "Asia" album (especially funk bass on "Peg")...
Too many great funk ALUMNI to have "Top 10" Scott. Thanks a million for mentioning 5 of my favorites, including Francis Rocco Prestia-- listen to "Squib Cakes" (Tower of Power) for another great example of his work.
André cymone, some stuff he did live with Prince in the early days was amazing
Finally someone who gives recognition to an extremely underrated bass player, Stuart Zender. Jamiroquai is one of my favorite groups of all time and part of their amazing sound is thanks to their bass player Stuart Zender which is not longer playing with them but you cannot forget the work they did in the 90s with Zender.
Nevertheless, their current bass player, Paul Turner, is pretty killer too and should be featured in your next part 2 video.
Mark " Hansolor" Adams of Slave!!!
Thank you for including Bernard Edwards he's my favorite bassist of all time but frequently gets overlooked
Agree, he was the Funk in person.The GOAT. Funk is not just slapping... It's much more, it's a feeling.
Don't Forget the guy in Pleasure. Song Glide.
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Absolutely.
Consider Victor Wooten, Willie Weeks, James Jamerson, Stanley Clarke
Definitely james Jamerson
I love Victor Wooten
Joe dart
Oh yeah! Willie Weeks, can't forget him.
Victor Wooten is in a much higher class for the title of this video!
Victor Wooten is also the one of Funky Beasts 😁👍🏼❤️
What happened to Mark King? A fantastic, super funky bass player! He seems to have dropped off the radar yet has been consistently funky and prolific for 40 years!
Couldn't agree more. The best hands down.
Ok Scott. Nicely done. Wondering: what do you think of Mono Neon?
Nathaniel Phillips - Pleasure
Mark Adams -Slave
Although they were trained in Jazz When Jamerson and Anthony Jackson wanted to funk there was nobody better