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Electric bass? These days, Gene Perez. Not that long ago, Sal Cuevas.

What about this thing?

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The funkiest smelling instrument I have ever been around. Something about the plastic that Ampeg used. The man who designed this instrument also invented an amplifying pickup rail for vibraphone. I believe his name was Oliver. I corresponded by email with him a while back. I'll have to dig through archives. He has since passed away. I want to say Jess Oliver.

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although me not being a fan of electric bass in jazz overall, here certainly is some incredible playing by Gerald Veasley, best augmented via (this album`s track) "Almost Like Me".......like one blogger once remarked "This ist the album Jamaaledeen Tacuma should always have recorded".....

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...and all those organists who took care of bass-ics with their left hand and feets, esp'lly John Patton and Larry Young. I'll have to check to list some particularly grooving tunes.

Here an example by Lou Bennett. thks to Mark Stryker on twitter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjS39J5QHA4

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Bob Bowman, fine player, Kansas City cat who passed through NTSU relatively quickly when I was there, started strong, got stronger, and then got out and on with it. Been back in KC for a while now, here's a recent article http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article4001005.html

Here are some discography: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-bowman-mn0000060804/credits

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Bob Bowman, fine player, Kansas City cat who passed through NTSU relatively quickly when I was there, started strong, got stronger, and then got out and on with it. Been back in KC for a while now, here's a recent article http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/back-to-rockville/article4001005.html

Here are some discography: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bob-bowman-mn0000060804/credits

Thnx for the infos !!

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I have been revisiting this thread as I try to put together an 80 minute CD of jazz bass for a friend, working with what I own.

This is what I have so far:

Syeeda's Song Flute (Chambers) from Giant Steps

Conference of the Birds (Holland) from Conference of the Birds

GvE (Hopkins) from Air Time

M.B. (Grenadier), from Ode by Brad Mehldau

Ramblin (Haden) from Change of the Century

Footprints (Carter) from Miles Smiles

Nature Boy (Garrison/Davis) from The JCQ Plays

Haitian Fight Song (Mingus) from The Clown

64 minutes

Favorite bassists that could end up in final 16 minutes include: Pettiford (Brilliant Corners), Doug Watkins (Sax Col), Wilber Ware (Night at VV), Scott LaFaro (Waltz for Deb/Sunday at VV), bassists who played with Verve-era Bill Evans, Michael Henderson (Miles' Cellar Door Sessions).

Any suggestions?

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